Author Topic: Pavement Chalk Art  (Read 1289 times)

Tom

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Pavement Chalk Art
« on: April 09, 2010, 10:08:14 PM »
I've just discovered these on PhotoBucket... I don't know if you've seen them before, but I think they are quite impressive:







Jack

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Re: Pavement Chalk Art
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2010, 10:53:41 PM »
I've seen the first few before, but that last one has to be the best.

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Pavement Chalk Art
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2010, 04:47:26 AM »
I think they are amazing - I would like to see what they look like from a wrong angle too. I am/was a fan of Julian Beaver on Facebook.
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Pavement Chalk Art
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2010, 09:32:33 AM »
I love these things---I think they're astonishingly clever.

Offline Bilthehut

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Re: Pavement Chalk Art
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2010, 09:40:10 AM »
They're amazing - every time I see them. The dedication of the artist in spending so much time on a drawing which isn't permanent makes them even more impressive. 

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Re: Pavement Chalk Art
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2010, 11:39:41 AM »
This technique was inspired by the adverts that you see on TV every time a game of American football or Australian game of Rugby League is played, you know, where the huge logo for Budweiser dominates the centre of the field?

Whereas the ad looks perfect from the fixed camera angle up in the stand, if you were to run around on it at grass level it would look like a mess of colours, almost indefinable. It only "exists" as a design when viewed at that one angle that the TV viewer sees.

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Re: Pavement Chalk Art
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2010, 12:24:34 AM »
Really?