Street painting CHALK IT UP!!!

What is it? also commonly known as pavement art, street art, and sidewalk art, is the performance art of rendering artistic designs on pavement such as streets, sidewalks, and town squares with impermanent and semi- permanent materials such as chalk.

Standards: I will be able to: VA.5.H.2.3 Discuss artworks found in public venues to identify the significance of the work within the community. VA.5.S.2.1 Organize the structural elements of art to support planning, strengthen focus, and implement artistic vision. VA.5.S.1.1 Use various art tools, media, and techniques to discover how different choices change the effect on the meaning of an artwork. VA.5.H.1.1 Examine historical and cultural influences that inspire artists and their work.

Learning goals: I will be able to learn about, identify and create art in the historical style of Italian street painters. Florida Standards: Historical and Global Connections & Skills, Techniques and Processes VA.5.H.1.In.a: Identify historically and culturally significant influences in artwork. VA.5.H.1.In.b: Identify ways that respect is shown to personal works of art. Supported VA.5.H.1.Su.a: Recognize a cultural or historical influence on artwork. VA.5.H.1.Su.b: Recognize reasons for respecting the work of others. Participatory VA.5.H.1.Pa.a: Associate visual art with a culture or time. Enduring Understanding 1 VA.5.S.1: The arts are inherently experiential and actively engage learners in the processes of creating, interpreting, and responding to art.

Street painting vocabulary Origin Italy-16th Century- Madonnari Britain- Screevers Medium Semipermanent Chalk Pastels Technique Realistic Pounce Grid 3D Elements/Principles Line, Value, Form Emphasis, Unity, Movment

history Street painting has a long tradition in Europe and is thought to have originated in Italy during the 16th century. street painting was also thought to be practiced in Great Britain around the same time period. In great Britain the term for street painter is screever.

Italian madonnari Italian madonnari were vagabond artists noted for a life of travel between festivals. They often lived solely from the coins tossed onto or next to their drawing as homage to the Madonna and possibly their skill. They arrived in towns and cities to paint religious pictures directly on the paved public squares, using chalk, brick, charcoal, and colored stones as their medium. In Italy, street painters are called Madonnari after their practice of reproducing images of the Madonna (St. Mary). Their work is tied to the rich history of Italian religious art, and is connected to icons

revival madonnari were true folk artists, reproducing simple images with minimal materials. Thanks to the International Street Painting Festival in Grazie di Curtatone in Northern Italy in 1972, the art form has been revitalized. Today a growing number of artists are carrying on the tradition and are introducing new images and materials.

Festivals The first recorded street-painting competition and 'festival' was held in London in 1906. In 1972 the first 'Italian' International Street Painting Competition was held in Grazie di Curtatone, Italy. In 1987, Wenner and Manfred Stader introduced street painting to Old Mission Santa Barbara, California. One of the largest events in the United States is the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival, held in Lake Worth Florida. Started in 1994, it attracts 100,000 visitors over the weekend to see 250 works of art by over 400 artists.[1] In 2010, the First International Street Painting Festival held in the United States[4][5] was organized by Denise Kowal, president of the Avenida de Colores, Inc. 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that produces the Sarasota Chalk Festival.[6] More than 250 street painters attended the Halloween-themed festival of 2010 that featured street painters from around the world and ran for eight and a half days. In 2011 the First International StreetArt was staged in Wilhelmshaven in Germany. The event is scheduled to return in August 2012.[7]

records In 2008 Mark Wagner and 6,000 people (over 4,000 elementary school kids from Alameda,CA) set a Guinness World Record for the World's largest Pavement Art covering over 90,000 sq. ft. (8,361 sq. meters). A satellite photograph was taken of the artwork.[3] Guiness World Book of Records

Master artist -3D Kurt wenner In 1982 Kurt Wenner combined traditional street painting techniques with his understanding of illusion to invent an art form all his own Called anamorphic, illusionistic, or 3D pavement art. In 1985, National Geographic documented Wenner’s works of art in their award- winning film Masterpieces in Chalk. Today all artists creating 3D pavement artworks can trace its origins back to Wenner’s invention. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-do-3D-Anamorphic-Artwork-and-Sidewalk-Stre/

Masterpieces in chalk- Madonnari

artists Street painting festival Lake worth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gePDFKPfA8

STREET PAINTING 101 Location Materials https://youtu.be/_eKnz57Y2ZY You need to acquire permission to use an area for the artwork and ensure that there is adequate space for scale of the work/ number of artists Materials Tempera Paint- is only used to prime the area (black or white) Chalk pastels & sidewalk chalk Baby powder (optional) Tape- masking & duct tape Plastic/surgical gloves (protects your fingertips) Photos for reference Template- if using pounce method. Knee protection/ knee guards/ or garden kneeling pads Sunscreen/ hat/ umbrella https://youtu.be/_eKnz57Y2ZY

Techniques- Pounce method VS Grid https://youtu.be/_eKnz57Y2ZY Pounce/Template Choose image Project on wall Trace on large bulletin paper cut to size of sidewalk 3’X4’ Perforate lines with pouncing wheel Tape template on sidewalk Put chalk/powder over template- pounce on it. Take template off and fill in with chalk pastels! Grid Create grid over image Draw grid on sidewalk Fill in grid square with image

tips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEcRnf3pZ4U Tape off border of your image on sidewalk with masking tape for clean border/edge You can frame or embellish border with designs Use a flat piece of card board to scoot around on Small sponges of foam piece are good for blending. Surgical gloves good for blending. A little chalk goes a long way Light to dark! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEcRnf3pZ4U

Rule #1 If you are reproducing an image or photograph originally created by another artist (living/deceased) it is important to credit the original artist and title at the base of your painting.

Rule #2 Sign your art when finished!

Rule #3 Since people will be walking around your square, Keep supplies well contained

Rule #4 Respect other artists space and the street painters around you. Do not walk on their space or spill drinks/etc

Rule #5 No permanent fixatives

Let’s get started! Choose an image that is significant to you. Have the image to work from- Person, animal, words, etc Tape off a rectangle space You can grid off your space with white chalk or sidewalk chalk Begin building up LAYERS of color BEWARE OF BLACK!- Use black sparingly start light to dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td_wzELYopY#t=39

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