Chalk Art Training

Chalk art can be simple or sophisticated, it washes off in the rain, and can be fun for children.

Chalk art can be seen on city sidewalks throughout the world, where some brilliant artists design marvelous three-dimensional chalk artwork. Chalk is also used extensively by Christian artists, and chalk pastels can be used to design reproductions of master works and portraits. Training can get you started in chalk art and advanced training can lead you to producing professional-quality works.

Talent

Many feel that they don't have the talent to be a good artist. However, talent can be developed and skills can be learned. Eternity Arts, which provides training for chalk art through home study courses says accurately, "Even if you do not have a lot of talent, you can work effectively with chalk art."

Seeing Like an Artist

Chalk pastels can be used to design replicas of masterworks, or to produce high-quality portraits.

Similarly, art instructor Betty Edwards in her self-instruction book, "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain," states that it is not so much how you draw, but how you see. If you can train the eye to see like an artist, in time you can produce fine-quality works of art. Edwards teaches you how to develop your talent so that you can create beautiful chalk-art pastel portraits.

Home Study

The materials needed for chalk are are simple and inexpensive.

Home study is an effective way to learn chalk art. Videos on the Internet can teach you the basics. DVD instruction and books are also effective ways to train in chalk art.

References

• Chalkmart: LeGrand Chalk Art Training Course
• Eternity Arts: Chalk Art Services
• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain; Betty Edwards
• Dan Ondra: Art Theory and Therapy

Resources

• J. Beever Chalk Art Pavement Drawings
• KinderArt.com