Did you ever draw on the sidewalk with chalk when you were a kid? I remember doing that a lot… sometimes we’d use real chalk when we were lucky enough to have some, and sometimes we’d also use these white rocks we’d just find on the ground around the neighborhood.
Chalk rocks, we called them.
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Yeah, I was never as good at street art as these folks here…
Behold the marvelous madonnari of Marin County!
Last weekend El Hub and I went to an Italian street painting festival in the town of San Rafael. Basically, the town closed off a section of street, and then a bunch of madonnari, which is Italian for “street painters,” created works of art right there on the asphalt with chalk.
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All of the works were somehow themed around the 1940s, with some of them more lighthearted than others, but there were lots of different styles and subjects represented.
It was very cool watching the artists work, and I actually saw a couple things that reminded me of applying eyeshadow.
One girl cracked a big piece of chalk into smaller pieces she then sprinkled over a section of what looked like her subject’s leg, and then worked the smaller pieces together with her hands to create a wash of color.
Totally reminded me of messily applying liner on the lids and then smoothing it out with a buffing brush.
One of my favorite works was the one of Vivian Leigh from Gone With the Wind (there’s a pic down below). It almost looked like a photograph. The blues and greens in her eyes were so beautiful…
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Oh, incidentally, while I was there I also had my first Rainbow Popsicle in about 20 years!
So, what happened to the paintings after they were done? I’m not sure, but I spoke with someone later that day who said that they’re all just washed away…
They’re photographed extensively, and there’s a raffle and donations to raise money for different causes and charities, but yup. pretty soon they’re gone.