From Aasheeta Dimick Posted from 68.30.97.166 on June 22, 2009 at 11:55 PM (GMT)
These are stunning! I especially love the koi fish. I can't imagine being able to create art of such caliber, let alone allowing it to be washed away in days. Thanks for sharing these!
From Richard Hellinger Posted from 66.66.193.102 on June 23, 2009 at 1:04 AM (GMT)
These are just stunning! When I first saw your blog about this scrolling through Facebook I thought the "Let it Be" was actually on canvas.
Bravo to these artists.
From Michael Divino Posted from 76.106.76.106 on June 23, 2009 at 3:56 AM (GMT)
Nice pictures!
If we think about it, isn't live classical music temporary art? I mean, yes the sheet music lives on to be played by someone else but each performance is its own thing, right?
:) my two cents.
From Laurie Niles Posted from 75.4.255.117 on June 23, 2009 at 4:38 AM (GMT)
So true; live music is just as fleeting. More so!
I took my son (who turns nine tomorrow) to see the chalk drawings this evening, and he was really inspired. Some of them were drawn to look three-dimensional. One of them asks the viewer to stand on a set of footsteps, cover one eye, then look for a three-dimensional effect. Cool! I wished I was Mary Poppins, and that I could grab my boy's hand and jump right in! But watching him take pictures of it was just about as good. :)
From David Beck Posted from 62.56.50.219 on June 23, 2009 at 5:04 AM (GMT)
O.K. but I still wish I could carve a scroll.
From Ryan Frania Posted from 74.212.25.16 on June 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM (GMT)
Sidewalk chalk paintings are truely incredible. The quality of the composition is insanely great especially considering their large size. It is very difficult to draw accurate porportions and perspective.
From Jessica Paesel Posted from 216.220.216.165 on June 23, 2009 at 11:45 AM (GMT)
these are absolutely stunning! especially "let it be"...i am a HUGE beatles fan, and the likeness in chalk almost made me cry! has anyone ever seen or heard of the english artist julian beever? he does these phenomenal 3d chalk drawings that look as if they're popping right out of the street, definitely worth checking out!
From Royce Faina Posted from 129.72.146.55 on June 23, 2009 at 2:42 PM (GMT)
Truly Amazing!
From Anne Horvath Posted from 68.117.144.110 on June 23, 2009 at 10:21 PM (GMT)
I like the fish pond the best, but those angels gave me the BEST laugh all week!
From Pauline Lerner Posted from 141.156.164.251 on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 AM (GMT)
If only Longfellow had lived long enough to see these works of art in chalk which will soon be washed away by the rain. The ones you posted are really beautiful, Laurie. Thanks.
Comments
Posted from 68.30.97.166 on June 22, 2009 at 11:55 PM (GMT)
Posted from 66.66.193.102 on June 23, 2009 at 1:04 AM (GMT)
These are just stunning! When I first saw your blog about this scrolling through Facebook I thought the "Let it Be" was actually on canvas.
Bravo to these artists.
Posted from 76.106.76.106 on June 23, 2009 at 3:56 AM (GMT)
Nice pictures!
If we think about it, isn't live classical music temporary art? I mean, yes the sheet music lives on to be played by someone else but each performance is its own thing, right?
:) my two cents.
Posted from 75.4.255.117 on June 23, 2009 at 4:38 AM (GMT)
So true; live music is just as fleeting. More so!
I took my son (who turns nine tomorrow) to see the chalk drawings this evening, and he was really inspired. Some of them were drawn to look three-dimensional. One of them asks the viewer to stand on a set of footsteps, cover one eye, then look for a three-dimensional effect. Cool! I wished I was Mary Poppins, and that I could grab my boy's hand and jump right in! But watching him take pictures of it was just about as good. :)
Posted from 62.56.50.219 on June 23, 2009 at 5:04 AM (GMT)
O.K. but I still wish I could carve a scroll.
Posted from 74.212.25.16 on June 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM (GMT)
Posted from 216.220.216.165 on June 23, 2009 at 11:45 AM (GMT)
Posted from 129.72.146.55 on June 23, 2009 at 2:42 PM (GMT)
Truly Amazing!
Posted from 68.117.144.110 on June 23, 2009 at 10:21 PM (GMT)
I like the fish pond the best, but those angels gave me the BEST laugh all week!
Posted from 141.156.164.251 on June 24, 2009 at 4:02 AM (GMT)
from " A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art is long, and time is fleeting
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Act, act in the living present!
Heart within and God o'erhead!
If only Longfellow had lived long enough to see these works of art in chalk which will soon be washed away by the rain. The ones you posted are really beautiful, Laurie. Thanks.