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This past weekend I participated in the annual Street Painting Festival in my home town. It was 3 days long and multiple artists drew chalk murals on the street. This one is 12' tall. I ran out of time so unfortunately there are some details missing (mostly highlights and shadows). But the message still comes through. Over the course of 3 days I probably spend about 20 hours working on this. I kid you not, there was more than one mother walking by with a child who told them to not trip on the cracks because at first glance they thought the cracks were real. This was my first time attempting a somewhat 3D effect. Lots of people walking by stopped to speak with me. I'm grateful for the opportunity to put my art out there, and I'm grateful for the conversations and knowing that God will use this to touch people.

There was spray paint and tar drippings right through the middle of my assigned space. Alllllll the way through it. Fortunately I had some tempura paint (chalk and water) and mixed it with a bit of water and plaster of paris. I used that as a primer for my art area, as well as to cover up the tar and spray paint. Then I used grey chalk that was similar to the color of the asphalt to attempt to cover up the areas outside the cross. In this photo it looks a little dark, but in person it actually matched very closely.

It is titled "The Good Person" because most people would say, "I'm a good person". But when you look at God's standards of "good" well all fall short. None of us are truly good. We all need help. We all need Jesus. And Jesus is the only way to God the Father.

I was inspired by this image which was inspired by a painting kazmierczuk found online. I have been unable to track down the original source to give that artist credit.

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This past weekend I participated in the annual Street Painting Festival in my home town. It was 3 days long and multiple artists drew chalk murals on the street. This one is 12' tall. I ran out of time so unfortunately there are some details missing (mostly highlights and shadows). But the message still comes through. Over the course of 3 days I probably spend about 20 hours working on this. I kid you not, there was more than one mother walking by with a child who told them to not trip on the cracks because at first glance they thought the cracks were real. This was my first time attempting a somewhat 3D effect. Lots of people walking by stopped to speak with me. I'm grateful for the opportunity to put my art out there, and I'm grateful for the conversations and knowing that God will use this to touch people.

There was spray paint and tar drippings right through the middle of my assigned space. Alllllll the way through it. Fortunately I had some tempura paint (chalk and water) and mixed it with a bit of water and plaster of paris. I used that as a primer for my art area, as well as to cover up the tar and spray paint. Then I used grey chalk that was similar to the color of the asphalt to attempt to cover up the areas outside the cross. In this photo it looks a little dark, but in person it actually matched very closely.

It is titled "The Good Person" because most people would say, "I'm a good person". But when you look at God's standards of "good" well all fall short. None of us are truly good. We all need help. We all need Jesus. And Jesus is the only way to God the Father.

I was inspired by this image which was inspired by a painting kazmierczuk found online. I have been unable to track down the original source to give that artist credit.