Chalk Drawing 2012

   My 6th year at The Riverhead Art Festival turned out to be a beautiful, sunny day. Although there had been a forecast for  thunderstorms the rain held out for all of us in Riverhead. My 8 foot by 8 foot square was sponsored by JEWL'S Book Shoppe & Writing Center. I was lucky enough to meet the who owns the shoppe, which will be opening in a bout a month.

   Since I had done Disney Princesses the past three years I decided to stick to the trend and draw Tinkerbell this year! I started with her big blue eyes and worked my way around and down to her green and white pom-pom slippers. Getting the perspective correct is tricky because you cannot move the street around like a piece of paper. Nor can you step back like when you are painting a wall mural. I always begin with the eyes and lay the design out in my head by taking a few steps around the square 'measuring' with my feet. Naturally, Tinkerbell was holding her magic wand and waving fairy dust around. To add an extra element to the piece I sprinkled glitter on the area of her fairy dust. The photographs wouldn't pick up the sparkle of the silver glitter but the added medium brought the drawing together very nicely. The little girls walking by loved it as well! :D