{"id":7917,"date":"2018-06-03T22:06:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T05:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=7917"},"modified":"2018-06-03T22:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T05:06:34","slug":"chalk-arts-festival-2018-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/03\/chalk-arts-festival-2018-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chalk Arts Festival, 2018 — part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend was the annual Chalk Arts Festival, in Downtown Denver, on Larimer and 14th. We headed downtown during the late afternoon, after the heat of the day. As usual, there were many artists creating artwork on the street. Here is one of the featured artists.<\/p>\n

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A Featured Artist<\/p><\/div>\n

It is hard work creating this artwork, especially on a hot sunny day. Sometimes a reclining posture is required…<\/p>\n

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Reclining Artist<\/p><\/div>\n

Colorful boxes of pastels were found everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Box Of Pastels<\/p><\/div>\n

Inked up…<\/p>\n

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Inked Up Respect<\/p><\/div>\n

These three ladies were working together on this image.<\/p>\n

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Three Ladies In Pink<\/p><\/div>\n

The ladies were referring back to their reference image.<\/p>\n

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Studying The Assignment<\/p><\/div>\n

Two ladies were working on this picture of a blue flower.<\/p>\n

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Blue Flower And Chalk<\/p><\/div>\n

I noticed one lady’s red toe nails…<\/p>\n

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Blue Feet<\/p><\/div>\n

And made this image of her toe nails with blue soled feet.<\/p>\n

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Red Toe Nails And Blue Soles<\/p><\/div>\n

At the adjacent position, I made this image as the artist was reaching for the next pastel.<\/p>\n

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Reaching For The Pastel<\/p><\/div>\n

This artist had all her pastels arrayed out in boxes.<\/p>\n

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Artist And Her Pastels<\/p><\/div>\n

More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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