Skullele

Here's the first image on the chalkboard ukulele. I've been a fan of Noah Scalin's Skull-a-day blog for quite some time. I've also been a long-time fan of skulls, too. So, as a tribute, my first drawing is a skull ukulele - a skullele. The skull was drawn with Prang Colored Paper Chalk. Before settling on the skull image I did a few test runs to see how the chalkboard paint handles the chalk. The Prang chalk is harder than the Crayola chalk but the colors are more vivid. The t-shirt I'm wearing is a stencil I designed. I used bleach in a spray bottle to lighten the black fabric. Thanks to the Mrs. for taking my portrait. If you haven't been to Noah's blog you can find it here http://skulladay.blogspot.com/

This Could be Interesting

For quite a while I've had this cheap ukulele I found at the swap meet. I've been trying to think of something interesting and/or artistic to do with it. While looking at art cars on the web I saw some that were painted with chalkboard paint and I knew what I needed to do. A quick trip to the hardware store and I was ready to go. I dismantled the little uke and gave it several coats of Rust-oleum Chalkboard paint. A trip to the toy store and my garage studio produced two boxes of chalk. We're off and running, I hope you like the results.