Soul Carving

I got wind of a chalk art competition over at the Shops at Riverwoods and thought the children might enjoy seeing the artists at their work. We'd found a wonderful  book by Bill Thomson  which inspired us to create our own chalk drawings. The squirrel (on the left) may have been inspired by this incredible  music video  from Coldplay Stoplights and crosswalk We attended the festival, and at first I was a bit disappointed. Not that the drawings weren't impressive, but, as my husband said, there was a lot of artistic ability without much creativity. We saw mostly Disney characters and Superheroes. I'll admit, Iron Man was pretty awesome. Things started to get a little more interesting. . . But when I saw this one, it took my breath away: The brunette on the left is April and she's the one responsible for this gorgeous work of art.     ...