Fun With Chalk: Art Attack

The 13th annual Fun with Chalk Festival made its first appearance in Rancho Santa Margarita and the end result was breathtaking to those who viewed the pieces.

Fun With Chalk, under the direction of Frank Lieberman and Norm Rosenkrantz in RSM, raises money for art programs in the Capistrano Valley and Saddleback Valley school districts.

The event coincided with Relay for Life, which took place at Central Park, and the first of the summer concert series. Those who didn't check out the finished work missed out because the lot was cleaned by the following morning.

The event also included a workshop that enabled youngsters to create small squares of their own artwork.

There were more than 50 renderings on the parking lot of the Bell Tower Regional Community Center, from original pieces to copies of the masters.

Watch the video to see the finished products.

The winners, as selected by a committee, were:

• Best of Show: Everado Galvez, 12x12, "Cupid and Psyche as Children" (sponsor O.C. Jewish Life)
• Most Thoughtful: Oscar de Salcaja, 12x12, Original Piece—"Timeless" (sponsor Jack Leonard)
• Most Colorful: Brianna Cunha, 12x12, "Topaz" by Alphonze Muche (sponsor James Howard, CPA)
• Best Rendition of a Masterpiece: Kent Baker, 6x8, Girl in White Scarf (sponsor Santa Margarita Ford)
• Most Original: William Zin, Israel Arzaluz, 6x8, "Homer, The Scream" (sponsor Suzie Forbes)
• Most Whimsical: Jennifer Ripassa, 6x8, "Mermaid with Rainbow Eyes" (sponsor The Pilger Family)
• Honorable Mention: Maaria Kader, "Ice Age—Scrat"; Michaela Chapman, "Birth of Venus"; Cynthia Kostylo, "Jayden at the Zoo"; Catherine Hannah, "Portrait of a Peasant Girl"; Shaina Joel an Cherie Joel, "Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz."