OPEN ⟹ [that yelling art meme from the iron giant goes here]

[fabrefactions]

WHO: Yusuke (fabrefactions) and anyone in the area who likes the idea of chALK ART
WHERE: Outside Palettes.
WHEN: 7/15
WHAT: just chalk art. Also, pictionary and probably shenanigans.
WARNINGS: I'm willing to bet money someone draws a dick.





{ chalk art }

[ Anyone wandering past Palettes today might be forgiven for thinking the store itself had exploded out onto the street outside - there are boxes of brightly coloured chalks, some open, others still sealed, littering the paving slabs, and selections of cloths, water, and liquid chalk markers seem to be dotted around randomly.

For those trying to actually get into the store, not only is there an obstacle course of art supplies to get through, there's also Yusuke. And Yusuke is budging for no one. He's completely absorbed in what he's doing - streaks of chalk dust littering his arms and one streak smudged across his cheek, as he works on his temporary art piece with all the attention he'd give something permanent or on canvas.

To be fair to him though, he's keeping his work to a square no bigger than a large canvas, leaving plenty of street space for other people to join him and let their own creativity run wild. In fact, the layout seems to be set up with some thought to other people joining in... so why not go for it?]

{ pictionary }

[ Amidst all the chalk art, there is a section of pavement and chalk boxes just off to the side of Palettes itself that seems to haven been kept clear on purpose. Alongside the supplies for drawing, someone has left a game box propped up against the window of the shop, with the instructions for how to play Pictionary sellotaped neatly to the glass itself. There's even a little chalk board on an easel propped up in the same place.

So, if expressing yourself through the expressive and exciting medium of chalk art isn't your thing, why not indulge yourself in a nice, friendly and not at all frustrating game of pictionary?

But with chalk. ]

{ buy things }

[ When it comes down to it though, Palettes is still a business and still doing its best to earn money. And seeing as half the shop has spilled outside, there are a couple of little sales set ups near by. Selling chalk, pens, pencils, sketchbooks, like a literal high light reel of what the shop itself has to offer.

Maybe you've been inspired, and want to quit your job and design the next big thing in the world of art? Well, luckily for you, Palettes has a sketch pad for that. And canvas. And paint sets.

Everything.

Buy it. ]

{ wildcard }

[ You literally have access to all the chalk, art supplies in general and space to go buck wild and do whatever you want. Go wild, chalk the town red. Play some games. Have a good, good time. ]

Comments

[stressweets]

[ Oh, phew— Tsukasa's shoulders relax immediately, and he returns to coloring his section. ]

Okay. [ ...He glances over, studying Yusuke's art. ] ...That's beautiful, by the way. Is it a certain place in particular, or just something you thought of?

[fabrefactions]

[ Yusuke finishes up another sweep of chalk - building on the layers of mingling colour where the sky meets the horizon of the sea. The he sits back, brushing chalk dust from the tips of his fingers with distracted motions. ]

It's the beach - at the Broadwalk. I was there a little while ago, and saw the sunset. It was... late Spring? I think? So I've had to re-envisage the colours to fit mid-Summer.

[ He looks at the picture, perhaps a little too intently, before nodding. ]

I'm quite pleased with how it came out though.

[stressweets]

Ah...

[ He sits back to look at it too, then turns to his own—a city at sunset, skyscrapers dark and awash with burnt colors. ]

I've never been to mine, but my brother sent me a picture of this a while ago, when he was still over in Japan... It's Tokyo around the same time. The actual picture's somewhere at home [ hidden, just like the rest of his treasures from his older brother ] but I can work from memory really easily... It's easier with some things than others, but I do a lot of sketches around the worship corner here, so I'm used to buildings.

[ A beat, and he switches his chalk out for a brown to darken an edge. Back to bright orange, to lighten up the sky a little more. ]

I think you did really well, though. It's no easy feat to think of how a place would look in different seasons, fufu. [ SLIGHTLY ENVIOUS it's fine. ] Did it take long to learn how to do that?

[fabrefactions]

[ At the mention of Tokyo, Yusuke leans over to look at the picture properly. The longer he looks, the more he feels a sense of familiarity in the skyline - it's been many years since he visited his grandparents there, but the cut of the buildings against the sky feels nostalgic. Like he's seen it before. ]

Ah... it feels familiar. I haven't seen it in a long time, but it looks like what I see in my memories. The colour of sky is beautiful too...

[ He tilts his head back and forth. Yes. Very nice. ]

It was less about learning and more... [ He waves a hand. ] Assuming. The colours in summer are richer and deeper - the world is at its most vibrant, and the skies are the clearest so the colours will be richer as well.

[stressweets]

[ Oh, how lucky... to live in Tokyo in his memories. Tsukasa has no idea where Yumenosaki is located, but... it isn't Tokyo, for sure. ]

Thank you...♪

[ For the compliment, though he sits back and looks up. Hmm, at its most vibrant... ]

...Can you really say that even now? Um, with everyone's different colors making everything... Ah, not normal, I guess.

[fabrefactions]

...

Yes, I think so. Just because the colour is not here doesn't mean we can't remember it, right?

[ He thinks so, at least. ]

[stressweets]

That's true. [ it's a matter of having been there, or seen it secondhand, for him... ] ...I don't mind all the colors either, honestly. It makes everything really interesting...♪ The sky, the stars, the clouds, all of them in different shades and hues.

Kind of like a children's coloring book, but, hmm... [ A beat, and he leans on one chalky hand. (don't tell him about the print he'll leave.) ] Prettier. A collage painting, maybe...?

[fabrefactions]

A colouring book is a good way of putting it. You could adapt the colours, and change them to whatever you want and it would still be a piece worth doing. It would just be an interpretation, rather than true to life.

[ The chalky print is Art in and of itself. Probably. ]

The only limits to what you do are ones you impose yourself.