Janesville Chalkfest

I didn't follow through with the full idea on this one.  I had wanted to have real pizza next to it on the sidewalk.  The idea being to challenge Plato.  Plato summed up his views on the visual arts in an analogy about a bed.  The best bed is G-d's bed, the second best bed is the bed the wood worker makes, and the worst bed is the bed the artist draws because you can't sleep in that bed.  Well in my mind this is a little lacking because I can think of instances where the drawing is superior to the real.  My idea here is that you would not eat a real pizza on the sidewalk either, so that advantage is lost, and the real pizza is only going to get moldy and nasty and full of ants.

Voices

This is out of character for me, but it is an attempt to illustrate my auditory hallucinations.  The idea being that they seem bigger and louder than what they really are.  I did this with copperpoint, silverpoint, and a little oil pastel.

Eau Claire Chalkfest

Drake

I went out and drew for a couple hours.  Just for practice and fun.

La Crosse Chalkfest 2016

Maybe I should add that it was 95 degrees out.  I maybe could have done better, but my brain was getting cooked, and the sidewalk was starting to burn when it made contact with skin.  I should also probably add that I did take second place for this.

Silverpoint number two, might do some more to it.

Silverpoint

I tried out silverpoint for the first time today.  Silverpoint is a medium of the Renaissance.  Pure silver (or gold, copper, pewter, brass) are used to draw on a properly prepared paper.  It is unforgiving in that one can't really erase.  Another fun fact is that over time with exposure to air pollutants the drawings change and get darker (except for goldpoints).