This weekend I revisted a childhood friend- sidewalk chalk.  My town of Bend, Oregon had a hot air balloon festival and space for artists to create chalk art as everyone strolled by.  I wanted to try using actual coffee grounds as the chalk, but wasn’t allowed to. Oh well, getting to use color was fun.

chalk starry night

It took about 2 days to complete Van Gogh’s Starry Night.  In the evening, crowds of people walked across everyone’s art!  I was surprised at how durable chalk art is, as well as being very enjoyable to create.  You should try it! Here are some tips I learned:

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cd cover painting in progress
cd cover in progress

What do Johnny Cash, the White Stripes, Bob Dylan, Bill Haley and the Comets, Brak from Space Ghost, Jars of Clay, and  Bob Marley all have in common?  Songs about coffee, as fellow coffee-lover and Danish musician Per Vers discovered. Continue reading…

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