In this episode, Marvella Castaneda, a chalk artist extraordinaire, speaks on her journey of how she got into such a niche type of creative career. She shares how she started as a Clarinet major right out of college then finding herself working in the service industry until she figured out what she really wanted to. While bartending, it took one moment of saying “yes” to a restaurant owner who asked if she could draw a chalkboard cocktail menu, that became her lightbulb moment of THIS is what I should be doing!
The goal of Marvella’s artwork is always to capture the attention of a specific audience by creating the balance of information and illustration with clean and vibrant chalk art. She shares her favorite and least favorite types of images to draw, what tools she prefers, why marketing her work is still one of the hardest things about being an artist, and what her future goals are for taking on chalk art as a career.
Marvella’s social links & website:
https://www.marvellachalks.com
https://www.instagram.com/marvellachalks
https://www.facebook.com/marvellachalks
Her beauty product faves (mentioned in the episode):
Burt’s Bees Daily moisturizer :
Burt’s Bees Goodness Glows foundation :
Maybelline Brow Precise Volumizer:
My Pretty Powerful Product
Isle of Paradise self tanning drops: