Eau Gallie Artworks 2015

Hi! I am trying to catch up with all of my blog posts, I’ve been a bit behind. Despite not doing many festivals it was a busy year.
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For the past few years I have coordinator the chalk portion of this festival. It is always a busy time, this year especially due to the rain. We didn't have alot of time, but a friend of mine (Amanda Shaw) and I teamed up to do an in memory piece for Link Johnston, the director of ArtWorks who passed away earlier in the year. He was a great guy and the festival would exist without his hard work.

Dunnellon Chalk Art Festival 2015

Chalk Art Festival - Dunnellon, FL | Oct 17, 2015

Hi! I am trying to catch up with all of my blog posts, I’ve been a bit behind. Despite not doing many festivals it was a busy year.

I was the featured artist for Dunnellon, so I decided to do a mermaid with the famous rainbow falls in the background. Like I said, it has been a while, so I don’t remember all of my details on this unfortunately, but it was probably 6x6 and 4 hours. I did use a reference photo for the mermaid, you can see it HERE credit to astrals-stock

Upcoming Chalk Festival I will be in... 2015

• Dunnellon Chalk Art Festival - Dunnellon, FL | Oct 17 | INFO
• ArtWorks Eau Gallie - Melbourne, FL | Nov 21 | INFO
• Chalk Block – Fort Myers, FL | Feb 5th – 7th | INFO

Florida Hospital in Kissimmee Grand Opening

These past few weekends I have had the pleasure of working for Glickman Productions to create some art during the opening of the new Tower at the Florida Hospital in Kissimmee.

The first week I was asked to chalk their new tower... 4ftx4ft on hardboard in 2-3 hours

The next week I collaged some other images for a Florida wildlife picture. 4ftx4ft on hardboard in 2-3 hours

Chalk T-shirts

Sometimes I design chalk-humor t-shirts based on my experiences as an artist... I hope you enjoy them...

"Chalk Monster" Chalk humor Tee Shirts by ArtofChelsey
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"Ra*N is a four letter word" Chalk Humor Shirt by ArtofChelsey
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Official "Gopher" Chalk Humor T-shirt by ArtofChelsey
Look at Chalk T-Shirts online at Zazzle.com

"It's Chalk, I Swear" Blood Splatter Shirt by ArtofChelsey
Make your own custom t shirt at Zazzle

"Next year I'm Chalking Landmines" Chalk humor Tee Shirts by ArtofChelsey
Design your own personal shirts online at Zazzle.

Master Certification

I have technically been a Master Street Artist since about September last year, however I had to wait till the President of the Florida Chalk Artist Association was at the same festival as me to officially get my certification... so YAY!

What exactly does being a certified Maestro mean?

CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

For many years, street painters have demonstrated their skills and talents. A certification system has been established in Italy to recognize the three levels of skill and proficiency. Likewise, the FCAA has established a certification-recognition system with three levels for its members:

SEMPLICE (APPRENTICE) - Student – entry level

• Beginning street painter, chalk artists

• Participate in 5 street painting festivals or events as part of a group or solo.

• Attend street painting demonstrations or classes.

• Produce artworks of people or nature (landscape, animals, seascape, plants)

QUALIFICATO (QUALIFYING ARTIST)

• Participate in a total of 10 street painting festivals or events; 7 as a solo artist.

• Provide a program or demonstration on the art of street painting.

• Write an article or column for an art publication or newsletter covering street painting techniques, events, or observations about the art form.

• Demonstrate an understanding of gridding, pouncing, and/or freestyle street painting techniques.

• Produce artworks from an original composition and a portrait (facial image)

MAESTRO (MASTER ARTIST)

• Qualify as an apprentice and qualified artist (meet those requirements).

• Participate in 15 street painting festivals or events, 12 or more as a solo artist.

• Participate in at least one Large Festival similar or equal to Disney Masters of the Arts Street Painting Festival. (Lake Worth Street Painting Festival / Sarasota Chalk Festival)

• Provide educational programs, instruction, or demonstrations of street painting.

• Receive an award in a festival of 30 or more street painting artists.

• Produce street paintings in 3 of 5 categories such as a master reproduction, portrait, landscape, still life, abstract, impressionistic, black and white, or pop art as part of your entries to demonstrate your skills and proficiency.

So needless to say I feel pretty accomplished having completed everything above. It is something I have been working on for a few years, meeting most of the qualifications but just needing to participate in certain festivals to achieve it. I guess now I will have to pick a new goal…

Winter Garden - Spring Fever in the Garden April 2015

This weekend I had the pleasure of recreating a piece by Jasmine Bkecet-Griffith in Winter Garden, FL. It was 6x6ft and took about 7 and a half hours... I am beyond happy with how this came out, it is beautiful and my proportions are pretty spot on, something that is always a challenge when you freehand...

 Here is the original piece just for reference and to credit the original artist...

Please visit her website at http://www.strangeling.com/

Some more in progress pictures...