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Art On The Street With A Chalk Walk In Downtown Lawrenceville Saturday, Oct 29th

Art Takes To The Street At Honest Alley, Downtown Lawrenceville

How fun would it be to take chalk and start drawing on the sidewalk? If you have ever wondered this, or imagined drawing the “yellow brick road”, you can try your talent with chalk in historic downtown Lawrenceville on Saturday, October 29th at .

There is still time to join in the competition! Entry fee is $25 per individual or group. For more information contact Aristeacrats Tea Shop or e-mail chalkwalkandartfrolic@gmail.com. There is a cash prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. 

The chalk competition begins at 10am and ends at 2pm. Public judging is from 2pm to 3pm and the winners will be announced at 4 pm. In addition to the competition, there will be an art exhibit from 10am until 4pm throughout the shops and garden in Honest Alley. You can sign up for both the chalk competition and art exhibit.

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A portion of the proceeds will go to Art Works! Gwinnett : http://artworksgwinnett.org/ 

Want some hints on drawing with chalk? It is better to wet it. Check below: 

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Drawing With Wet Chalk: (more details on wikihow)

Assemble the chalk you are going to use. 

Put the chalk sticks in a container, such as a glass, fill it up with water to about ¾ the length of the chalk stick. 

Leave the chalk soaking no longer than ten minutes, especially if it is thin chalk. You don’t want it to start to disintegrate. While your chalk is soaking, check the surface you are going to paint on for any grooves or imperfections that will affect your drawing. Use those places to add to the dimension of your work. 

Remove the chalk and place it on cardboard, plastic, or some other material that won’t be damaged by the wet chalk. 

Begin drawing. You’ll notice the colors appear richer than with dry chalk. You can smudge the colors together to create different effects. 

Let your drawing dry when finished. 

A bit of Trivia: A sidewalk chalk artist is sometimes called a “screever”, such as Bert in “Mary Poppins”.

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After the competition join the ArtWorks! Arts Mingle with Wine and Tea Tasting from 4 pm to 6 pm at Honest Alley, 178 E Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

All in historic downtown Lawrenceville. Plenty of parking across the street in the free parking deck.

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