Posts Tagged ‘florence’

Official Street Painting (Chalk Drawing) in Florence, Italy

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Street painting is an experience I recommend to anyone and everyone.

It is good exercise, most certainly gives you good practice at taking criticism.

It is also a great opportunity to work quickly, at a large scale and under pressure, because you have to wash and scub it all away before midnight (or you turn into a pumpkin… only kidding).

Dirty hands after street painting

After spending several hours on your hands and knees in the street, on top of a large chalk drawing, it is likely that you may become a little dirty.

Below you can see the first of my street paintings on the road. I was of course doing it all legally, with an official “Madonnari” license in the centre of Florence on via Calimala, just off Della Republica.

Street Painting in Florence ~ Chalk Drawings after Botticelli and Vermeer

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Street Painting (Chalk Drawing) is hard, intensive drawing work.

You are constantly observed by a wide range of passers-by and under pressure to deliver and finish a work that the majority will admire.

If you don’t do something at least ‘pretty good’ you could be in for a barrage of criticism from all sorts of people – So I would say it is a little bit stressful too!

Girl with a Pearl Earing - Street Painting by Peter McClory

Girl with a Pearl Earing, and Passers By – Street Painting by Peter McClory

Well, despite all that, it’s worth it to see a smile on so many people’s faces as they walk past, or stop and watch.