Gran Queso Chalk

Here at Plymouth Meeting, our biggest chalks that regularly change out are our Specialty department chalks. We have three total, but we try to limit the changes to one per month. This partly due to the level of work that goes into each one, and the other reason being normal time constraints.

This is our latest one that incorporates hand drawn lettering by Jen Kelly and three separate illustrations by moi. My hope is for all of my illustrations created from now on is to save them (by avoiding drawing directly onto the chalk) and creating them on black foamcore/foamboard.

It is definitely a tricky technique; the foamcore sucks up the paint like a sponge, and due to the heavy moisture saturation into the foam and paper material, the illustrations start to warp like a pringles potato chip. The solution is coating the back of the foamcore with an equal amount of chalk paint, usually black, and after it dries, then compress with heavy weight, overnight is best.

Without any further ado, the Gran Queso chalk: