From the Studio Desk of: The Chalk Art Festival... what a great way to try out some new colors, give a little exposure to my Regal fish, have a fun day out at Redondo Beach, eat at the shops along the pier there, and ride bikes afterwards along the beach bike trail.
They gave us free
chalk... big sticks, and light colored of course. I suspected this, making sure
I found my own fine art chalks for the richness and brilliance of color. That's
what made that piece stand out and admired by so many. I just wanted to
represent that fish the best way it is in real life, with all those dreamy
colors. So many people awed, and that fish won the affection of so many walking
by. I imagine art entries need to be original, which is what I do, but gave out this Regal fish template already printed on watercolor paper, sealed, and ready for painting, to those who would find interest in trying their hand at some fun color, home with a paintbrush. You could use pastels too on the template, and these colors are just brilliant. When you put the color down on bumpy texture, but then blend it smooth, it fills in all the spaces below and makes MAGIC blended dreaminess appear! So many people stopped to look at this fish, I was amazed. The bright bold colors compel the passer to look. A teacher walked by, happening to want a fish to do for the beginning of school year. I just found some paint deals at JoAnn's, that are only part of the back-to-school specials, a great opportunity for teachers to save in some bulk items. Many people would stop by and comment, saying it looks like I've been practicing at this a long time. One man said it looks like a lot of work, and I said, “I guess I'm realizing that!!” ...to which my answer then made him realize this was my first time here doing this! I just plan everything out with the tools and reference picture needed. One lady said she liked mine the best, and had to tell me. I heard people come by and just be utterly amazed, and take pictures... GROUPS of 5 or more would take pictures, and many groups would walk by. I had my assistant, getting pictures of people getting pictures of this fish. He loved that job. One guy at the end of my painting, came with a group, and threw up his hands in the air: “Oh my God, this is just the best! Perfect, perfect. Just wonderful. Absolutely beautiful!” I wished I had him on film. A few asked how to enter, and if there's a cost, but then had no interest in participating.
Two
little old bickering ladies came, one pushing the other in a wheelchair, quite
funny actually: "We'll be back. We just keep going in circles, seeing everyone's progress."
"But
we need to find a hat." "You're gonna wear a hat... it's for your own good!" "I don't need a hat..."
One photographer guy who was with the Pier association, or did work for them, kept coming back to hang around and update us on the event. He would sit down in one camping chair, talking with us. He was pretty neat and informative about all the little things. This year was the biggest turnout. One photographer dude, Larry, went out of his way to ask if he could put up pictures of my painting on his website, and very courteous about people's personal publicity wishes... if I didn't like it, he would take it down. Wow, very kind, so I asked him to not put up pictures of me fat! Haha. Well, you can check it out for yourself under his pier photography. Pretty good: Larry Brambles photography One of these photographer guys kept an eye on my progress, continuing to come back and watch for the final full result, like knowing something special would result from how it started out! One lady was just dear, when I handed her a fish template to paint on, she had to hug me, and even kissed my cheek! Wow, a stranger. Very nice lady. She was so grateful. Well, done now, and very famished, yet wanting to see what other wonderful art was there, that I heard about. Took some final pictures first, of all the other chalk paintings out there, and wow. There were a few good ones.
Pictures
were taken of me all day making this painting, that showed progress. Then we saw
this one mother make her little girl stand there and take credit for my
painting, while she took pictures. What nerve! The little girl didn't want to
kneel down to the painting as prompted,
so she just stood there, but her stance was so matter-of-fact, for her size/age.
It was just funny. We saw that and laughed, BOTH taking pictures of *her* taking
pictures of her little girl. Then I was forced to impersonate her, which I would
never show such pride like that on my own, ego-wise. I felt like Tyra Banks,
playing with the sarcasm. Would be funny if I had an actual camera crew that
would film us taking pictures of her, taking pictures of her little girl, to
show other people the nerve she had to steal my idea and all my hard work! I
learned once to try and position yourself in the market where everybody would
benefit from you, that keeps your competitors down. That posed some great
thought.
The next day, oh man, I used more up-down leg muscles that day than in a year. The day after & following, I pretty much cried out in pain each time I sat down, and hobbled everywhere, as if crippled! Ugh Some of the questions & comments I got:
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