Drawing with Chalk!

This last weekend Morgan and I had a wonderful time participating in a chalk art festival at the Riverwoods here in Provo. We discovered while were dating that both of us can draw pretty well and so we were excited to see what we could do. We showed up at the festival with two boxes of chalk and two sides of a cardboard box (to sit on). In comparison to our rookie supplies, the group next to us had paint brushes, tape, string, food, and a cabana for the sun. We were intimidated and were doubting our skill. We just decided to take a stab at it and started making a graph. It really started to come together from then on. Morgan and I work perfectly as a drawing team for a few reasons:

1) We both trust that the other person won't mess it up
2) He's detail oriented (Consequently, he drew all the details and made sure all the shapes were right)
3) I'm a little more "artistic" (in the unorganized sense--Which allowed me to shade without regretting the loss of detail)

Overall the project turned out better than we could have hoped.

We drew Toothless and Hiccup from "How to Train your Dragon". Our inspiration was that it was the movie we were watching when we first held hands. And here it is....

Not too shabby huh? Our favorite part of doing this was the comments/compliments we received. Children would scream and drag their moms to our spot to look at these characters and tons of pictures were taken. it was nice to receive immediate feedback. ;) Our favorite conversation from the night was when a lady came up to us and asked how long we had been doing this. We simple responded that it had taken us two hours so far. She said, "No, how long have you been doing chalk art." We looked at each other with a smile and said, "Two hours." She then asked us if we had ever been in an art class--we said no. She couldn't believe it and just shook her head in shock. 

It was such a fun activity. The Riverwoods should be doing a chalk art festival every year. I recommend going next year, if you missed this years. It was fantastic! Go here or here for more pictures from the chalk art festival.