Chalk Art Doesn't Stop With Just Driveways

The appreciation of art has never been a specialty of mine. It usually isn't until someone points out the creativity of a piece that I really begin to understand the meaning and thought that is put into something that could be as simple as a few line strokes of splotches of color. I write poetry to get my point across, to express myself when conversing with people doesn't seem to cut it. Others choose the more artsy expression of drawing. I've tried to understand the techniques of being a good artist and I've come to the upsetting conclusion that there are none. You have to have talent, and it didn't take long to discover that I don't have it. I've watched the way people can draw the same tree I'm seeing in such a way that all of a sudden the tree I was looking at is transformed into something fresh and new, yet on what used to be blank piece of paper.
It wasn't until watching Ben Glenn, aka the "Chalkguy", that I actually was able to enjoy watching the process of being shown up. Not only is he an amazing artist, he tells his story while he does it. He grew up with the problem of ADD and found a way to express himself and in a way cure himself through art and his faith, which he combines. He really helps you to understand the heart that goes into art. Not only are his finished products amazing to look at (even better in person), but his whole technique of creating his masterpieces is just as amazing. Let's just say with his talent with chalk, his driveway as a child must have been the talk of the neighborhood.


-purgalicious