How did chalk drawing get started?
Chalk Art is centuries old. It is rich with a wonderful heritage of pioneers who carried their easels on horse back to the town square, the meeting hall and the church house. They easily captured the imagination with the simplest of tools, illustrating their stories with live sketches and various media. Itinerate artist narratives can be found in history as far back as the 1600s Germany. Hezekiah Smith taught his army Chaplin students quick sketch drawing to help them hold the attention of troops during the Civil War. Invisible chalk drawings were popularized in the early 1900s by black light artists like Karl Steele and Nate Saint, Esther Frye and Ding Teuling. The Chalk Art News started in 1956 at a national chalk art workshop as artists saw the need to sharing ideas to encourage each other in the chalk talk ministry. It is a labor of love to be a blessing, help and encouragement to all who use their talents for the Lord.
