Chalk on my nose ? ... Via Colori-Houston-2017

Update:
Went back over to the festival again today, to see if the sun was better in some spots, and if the pieces were now complete.  Lots still going on !
-M

-M

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There was a cool festival in Houston today...
...Via Colori 2017.

The streets around our Cuty Hall were blocked off, 
and various artists were working in chalk, 
right on the streets and sidewalks.

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

 Quote cool.

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Artists from all around the country...

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Plenty of "Ammo" on hand...

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Amazing results for something that is just...
...street...and chalk !

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Color, and some black and white...

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Amazing.

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Color all around...

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

This one's getting a late start, still sketching and scaling...

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Incredible work...

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

I think wine may enhance the colors...
...if the observer drinks some.

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Look at those eyes.

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

"Hurry", she says..."Hurry !"

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

This fellow's picture was born out of the Hurricane Harvey flooding...

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Covering up for the evening, hoping the rain will stay away, and the picture will survive for Sunday.

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Cracked lips !

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Marcel Marceau.  The real irony, I mean real, was that she was wearing a white glove, and the motion of her hand (unintentionally) mimicked the motion Marceau used when he did the "invisible wall".

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

All that work, and in the end, it's just chalk on a street, 
...like all of us...all too temporary...

Y'all take care now,
-Mark