Chalk Art

Challenges

• Use the Chalk Art Handbook (1 copy in classroom) to learn how to do sidewalk chalk art

• Stained Glass Chalk Art

• Combine chalk art with a person to create scenes to photograph

• Create your own templates with paper, cardboard, a laser cutter or a 3D printer

• How does sidewalk chalk art compare with dry erase art?

• Make your own chalk

• Find a partner and do a Doodle Battle (p. 173 of The Chalk Art Handbook)

• Incorporate obstacles or pareidolia into your art (p. 81 of The Chalk Art Handbook)

• Skills

  • Sketching

  • Filling In

  • Smudging & Mixing

  • Detailing

  • Starting with Blobs

  • Spot & Bubble Eyes

  • Adding "Movement"

  • Lettering & Balloon Lettering

  • Using specks, splotches, spots, cracks, plants

Tools

• Sidewalk

• Chalk

  • Crayola Chalk

  • Koss Chalk

  • Eternity Arts Chalk (Michigan Supplier)

  • Fulltouch Color Chalk

• Chalkboard Contact Paper

Resources & How-To's

• Sidewalk Chalk Techniques with water

• Simple Snowflake Chalk-Art

• Chalk Art Tutorial with Nicole Kleinman (long and detailed example)

• Stateside Podcast: David Zinn’s chalk world (interview with the artist)

Tips And Tricks