March 11, 2006 @ 10:42 am | Filed under: Art
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The Story of Ping
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My First Mother Goose
illustrated by Rosemary Wells
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That’s funny because we just discovered that artist this morning and I blogged about it here…
Posted on March 11th, 2006 at 12:04 pmhttp://studeo.blogspot.com/2006/03/amazing-3d-sidewalk-chalk-drawings.html
We found the author’s website (linked in post)with additional pictures. Neat stuff!
Thanks for the great link, Lissa. Those drawings really jump right out of the sidewalk. My family loved it!
Posted on March 11th, 2006 at 10:12 pmExtremely cool!
Posted on March 12th, 2006 at 10:54 amI liked the ones where they showed the art from the “wrong side” and then what it looks like if you look at it the right way!
This really is cool — thanks Lissa.
Posted on March 12th, 2006 at 6:15 pm