Chalk

2018 Twenty Nine Palms Chalk Festival

Posted by Girl With Chalk

Last weekend I had the honor of participating in the Annual Twenty Nine Palms Chalk Festival. I decided to chalk up some Fisher Price little people…good choice, I won two awards, 2018 Mayor’s Choice and 2018 Most Colorful.

The beginning of my chalk square.
I am in “the zone”, chalking away.
Making progress towards the end of the day.
Finished!
This is my picture with my two awards, 2018 Mayor’s Choice and 2018 Most Colorful.
Close-up of my awards.

Check out my time lapse here:

2018 Ventura Art & Street Painting Festival

Posted by Girl With Chalk

I had a great time at last weekend’s Art & Street Painting Festival in Ventura. This year I chalked a mermaid square.

The ground here is really rough, but it adds character to the chalk.
Another angle of my square.
Finished!
A Dole Pineapple Whip float from Coastal Cone is always in order at this event!
After a day of chalking, the beach is always my happy place, and it’s right across the street.

Check out my timelapse here:

To see everyone’s else’s chalk squares, click on my blogspot here.

 

2018 Palo Alto Festival of the Arts

Posted by Girl With Chalk

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to chalk a square at the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts. This was my first time here, it was an amazing art festival. I chalked up some donuts for this event.

A photo that was taken of me from above by another chalk artist.
I think these were my biggest fans today. 🙂
My finished chalk square.

Palo Alto timelapse.

2018 Pasadena Chalk Festival

Posted by Girl With Chalk

I had a blast chalking at this year’s Pasadena Chalk Festival. The weather was overcast this year, which was perfect. I couldn’t have asked for a nicer weekend.

This year I chalked the Tightrope Girl from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, which is my favorite ride.
Detail of her face, from Saturday (Day One).
Is this haunted room really stretching? My finished square.
Close-up of my square.
I even spun the Otter Pop wheel and won this awesome shirt and one of the new Otter Pops!

Look at my time-lapse here!

Attack of the Comic Books at Sorensen Library

Posted by Girl With Chalk

Over the weekend I attended Sorensen Library’s “Attack of the Comic Books” event for Free Comic Book Day. I was tasked with participating in a “Diversity” community chalk project with the kids. We chalked on paper and it got kind of messy!

I started the project by introducing the color wheel and color theory concepts to the kids.
Then I invited them up to help chalk a “diverse” superhero universe while enjoying the nice air-conditioned room.
At the end of the color theory lesson, we took the project outside and finished it up.

This is a timelapse that I took with my new Hero GoPro camera.

2018 Austism Hwy Chalk Festival

Posted by Girl With Chalk
This was my square at this year’s Autism Hwy Chalk Festival, organized by Kelly Green to bring art and awareness of the autism spectrum. The message “It’s Ok to Be Different” is inspired by a t-shirt that I saw online.
Every year she brings in Scooter’s Italian Ice truck and it has become a tradition for the chalk artists to enjoy an ice cold treat after chalking.

Check out a timelapse that I did on my square.

2018 Autism Hwy Chalk Festival from Grasiela Rodriguez on Vimeo.

2016 Pomona Chalk Festival

Posted by Girl With Chalk

Last Saturday I participated in this year’s Pomona Chalk Festival. The them was “My Favorite Book”. I recently received this wonderful book titled “Latinx Comic Book Storytelling” in the mail from the author Frederick Luis Aldama and it has the cover art of one of my favorite cartoonist of all time, Jaime Hernandez so I decided to chalk it!

img_9405
“Latinx Comic Book Storytelling” cover art by Jaime Hernandez.
img_9406
Making progress on my chalk square…
img_9440
My finished square, I hope I did Jaime Hernandez justice, Love and Rockets Forever!