There are a lot of avenues that an artist can let his creativity flow. One such medium is called Street art or pavement / chalk art. The artist uses a specialized sidewalk chalk, they are typically large colored (and sometimes white or cream) sticks of calcium sulfate mostly used for drawing on pavement or cement sidewalk.
The technique here may also be called Anamorphosis. Oblique anamorphosis is closely related to an artistic technique called trompe l’oeil (French for “deceiving the eye”, pronounced “tromp loy”). Both use perspective constructions to create a “trick” image, but the difference lies in the nature of the trick.
For an anamorphosis, the viewer is presented with something that does not make sense when viewed conventionally, and so he or she must seek out the unconventional viewpoint from which the trick is resolved. For trompe l’oeil, the viewer, standing in one particular (and usually conventional) place, is tricked into seeing an invented image as if it were reality.
We have hand picked some cool Street Chalk Art for your inspiration. (photo source)
Chalk Art by Kurt Wenner
The Muses was created by Kurt Wenner an international master artist who interpret Renaissance Classicism with a thorough single voice. His works transcends the typical canvass and frames. He also creates architectural art and of course he is famous for his Street Chalk Art.
Chalk Art – Julien Beever
Julian Beever is an English artist who’s famous for his art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. Beever gives to his drawing an anamorphous look. His images are drawn completely deformed which give a 3D image when viewed at the right angle. See for yourself it’s amazing!
Chalk It Up by Lee Jones
Since graduating in 1982, Lee Jones worked for several years as a free lance artist, production artist, and managed a printing company, before opening her own design studio, LJ Designs, in 1990. Then in 1994 she was introduced to street painting and immediately fell in love with this centuries old art form. She has been street painting throughout Central Florida and in festivals all across the country ever since.
Ice Age – Edgar Müller
Edgar needed 5 days to compile this huge chalk drawing. With five of his assistants, he painted all day long from sunrise to sunset, which resulted with this incredibly realistic and 250 square meter painting. You can also check out his Lava Street Chalk art here. Edgar is from Germany.
Ford – Manford Stader
He began his painting, pavement art during his art studies at the famous Städel Artschool in Frankfurt, at the beginning of the 1980s and in 1985 he already became one of the few master street painters. Master Madonnaro.. a title which is awarded by the largest international street painting competition in Grazie di Curtatone in Italy. Pavement Painting Contest. Pavement drawings, sidewalk chalk art, done by artists coming from all over the world.
Joe Hill / Max Lowry
What is the most difficult aspect of street painting?
J: Getting intense tone on location. Chalk can look really washed out. If you ever see pavement art in real life it’s usually very pastel. Most 3D artists ramp up the contrast and colour on their photos if they use chalk: you can usually tell from the tone of people in the background of the pictures – they are normally really dark. It’s also why some 3D artists insist on people only using the photo they take for publicity etc… Although it’s sometimes not possible, I really like trying to achieve intense tone, so that passersby can enjoy the spectacle. Also, it doesn’t feel like you’re cheating!
M: Trying to get Joe to smile.
Ulla Taylor
Ulla Taylor has performed at festivals and events as a pavement artist since 1987, and tours festivals extensively as a solo artist. Her work ranges from community art at festivals creating original images of celebration… to fine handcrafted promotions and enhancements for government departments, businesses and corporations.
Tracy Lee Stum
Tracy Lee Stum is a fine artist committed to creating spectacular modern masterpieces that transform, captivate and inspire. Best known for her 3D street paintings, also called anamorphic or pavement chalk art, she specializes in extraordinary visual solutions for applications in communications media, identity branding, product design and performance art based projects worldwide; her signature style defines work which adds unparalleled beauty, originality and imaginative design to any project or event.