Chalk Art | A Showcase by 8 Anamorphic Artists
There are a lot of avenues that an artist can let his creativity flow. One such medium is called Street art or pavement / chalk art. The artist uses a specialized sidewalk chalk, they are typically large colored (and sometimes white or cream) sticks of calcium sulfate mostly used for drawing on pavement or cement sidewalk.
The technique here may also be called Anamorphosis. Oblique anamorphosis is closely related to an artistic technique called trompe l’oeil (French for “deceiving the eye”, pronounced “tromp loy”). Both use perspective constructions to create a “trick” image, but the difference lies in the nature of the trick.
For an anamorphosis, the viewer is presented with something that does not make sense when viewed conventionally, and so he or she must seek out the unconventional viewpoint from which the trick is resolved. For trompe l’oeil, the viewer, standing in one particular (and usually conventional) place, is tricked into seeing an invented image as if it were reality.
We have hand picked some cool Street Chalk Art for your inspiration. (photo source)
Chalk Art by Kurt Wenner
The Muses was created by Kurt Wenner an international master artist who interpret Renaissance Classicism with a thorough single voice. His works transcends the typical canvass and frames. He also creates architectural art and of course he is famous for his Street Chalk Art.
Chalk Art – Julien Beever
Julian Beever is an English artist who’s famous for his art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. Beever gives to his drawing an anamorphous look. His images are drawn completely deformed which give a 3D image when viewed at the right angle. See for yourself it’s amazing!
Chalk It Up by Lee Jones
Since graduating in 1982, Lee Jones worked for several years as a free lance artist, production artist, and managed a printing company, before opening her own design studio, LJ Designs, in 1990. Then in 1994 she was introduced to street painting and immediately fell in love with this centuries old art form. She has been street painting throughout Central Florida and in festivals all across the country ever since.
Ice Age – Edgar Müller
Edgar needed 5 days to compile this huge chalk drawing. With five of his assistants, he painted all day long from sunrise to sunset, which resulted with this incredibly realistic and 250 square meter painting. You can also check out his Lava Street Chalk art here. Edgar is from Germany.
Ford – Manford Stader
He began his painting, pavement art during his art studies at the famous Städel Artschool in Frankfurt, at the beginning of the 1980s and in 1985 he already became one of the few master street painters. Master Madonnaro.. a title which is awarded by the largest international street painting competition in Grazie di Curtatone in Italy. Pavement Painting Contest. Pavement drawings, sidewalk chalk art, done by artists coming from all over the world.
Joe Hill / Max Lowry
What is the most difficult aspect of street painting?
J: Getting intense tone on location. Chalk can look really washed out. If you ever see pavement art in real life it’s usually very pastel. Most 3D artists ramp up the contrast and colour on their photos if they use chalk: you can usually tell from the tone of people in the background of the pictures – they are normally really dark. It’s also why some 3D artists insist on people only using the photo they take for publicity etc… Although it’s sometimes not possible, I really like trying to achieve intense tone, so that passersby can enjoy the spectacle. Also, it doesn’t feel like you’re cheating!
M: Trying to get Joe to smile.
Ulla Taylor
Ulla Taylor has performed at festivals and events as a pavement artist since 1987, and tours festivals extensively as a solo artist. Her work ranges from community art at festivals creating original images of celebration… to fine handcrafted promotions and enhancements for government departments, businesses and corporations.
Tracy Lee Stum
Tracy Lee Stum is a fine artist committed to creating spectacular modern masterpieces that transform, captivate and inspire. Best known for her 3D street paintings, also called anamorphic or pavement chalk art, she specializes in extraordinary visual solutions for applications in communications media, identity branding, product design and performance art based projects worldwide; her signature style defines work which adds unparalleled beauty, originality and imaginative design to any project or event.
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Exquisite!Extreme artistic value. That is total eye candy and sensory
perfection. Amazing artwork boggling the mind and eye. Great post!
If only every sidewalk in the entire world could be filled with art??
I would have a very hard time staying in one place! WOW!
Thanks so much for the find and share! Totally fab!
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Superb artists I must say. Amazing! Amazing artworks! Great post misty! As you always do, thank you for sharing such inspirational and extraordinary creative works.
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Great post Misty. Some great images that you found, as well as the information about the designs and the artists. Thanks for sharing
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I just love art like this, the ability to draw that well is one thing, but then to do it from a perspective in which it looks 3D is just mind blowing.
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Wow! What a beautiful collection of chalk art! In my world travels, I love seeing the diversity in artistry among people, adding richness into our lives with their creative expressions of color, form and texture. Thank you for sharing these wonderful images. What talented artists!
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so glad that you guys enjoyed the art works from these amazing artists. To be honest, the real reason for me loving writing this kind of article is the fun in discovering and sharing. Your feedbacks always inspires us.
and to Richard, thank you for allowing me to be part of this prestigious site. You rock as always
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For those who would like to read interviews with street painting artists in which they discuss their art and share pictures of their work – the blog ‘Blog Now on streetpainting.tv’ has over 100 posts from and about street painting, chalk, and pavement artists, street painting festivals, and the festival directors from the USA and internationally. Feel free to take a look…
http://ispgstreetpainting.typepad.com
Twitter:BlogNowonSPTV
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Misty! What a great post. I love chalk art. I am a huge fan of Julien Beever. Great to see his work included in this collection. Thanks for always sharing such great info.
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Love, love, LOVE it. This is so great. I always enjoy seeing chalk art. It’s just inspiring! Great post, Misty.
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Thanks for this post. Those look amazing! They look like they are coming right out of the pavement and right out of the walls they are painted on. Wow!
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Thank you for introducing me to the word ‘anamorphosis’.
This example is cute: column deconstructed
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Truly inspirational! I’ll never get tired of looking at these
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Great collection…Creating 3D on streets and walls require expertise….This genre needs more exposure…..Each piece is unique in its own way…..The I liked each one of them, the best in the above lot is Ice Age and Kurt Wenner’s renaissance…….Thanks for this post….
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I love chalk drawings. I need some xtra lessons in this art. Can you help?
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March 14th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
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Excellent! This proves that the medium doesn’t prevent it from being art. Thanks for sharing these great drawings. Some of them are funny, all well executed & a couple have something extra to say.
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