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Here are more photos of the Italian chalk art, properly called Gesso Italiano, at today’s 2013 Festa event in Little Italy. I’ve got so many great pics, it’s hard to choose which ones to show. Oh, well. I hope you like these! (Make sure you check out my previous post.)

Three blocks of a city street in San Diego’s Little Italy became the canvas for chalk creations! Lots of classical images, as one might expect from a celebration of Italy . . .

I bet Walt Disney himself would’ve been delighted by this colorful chalk art Jiminy Cricket!

This humorous piece seems to be named Dogue Italia. That’s one elegantly dressed dog!

More beautiful artistry . . .

A striking portrait. You’d think this was an exquisite painting hung in a museum!

I have even more photos coming . . . so check back soon!

Wow! I just finished a leisurely walk through Little Italy’s great 2013 Festa event, and by far the most amazing part of it was the chalk art competition! I learned that Italian chalk art is called Gesso Italiano. There were 62 colorful entries, taking up three full city blocks! I got so many great photos I’m going to break it all into several blog posts. Here comes the first batch!

All the artwork was fantastic!

It was fascinating to watch the many artists at work. I wish I had such talent!

Lots of people converged on San Diego’s unique Italian Festival!

Recreating a masterpiece with chalk.

I love this cool pic. One of the amazing chalk creations depicted another act of creation: that of God! The Sistine Chapel’s ceiling seemed to be transported to the asphalt street. Bystanders were invited to lie down and become part of Michelangelo’s divine masterpiece!

Stay tuned for more!