230 separate pieces of art were on display around Saumarez Park over the weekend after the third annual Chalk Art Festival was staged.
Organised by local creative talent Ross Le Brun, the event was supported by volunteers including members of his family and friends, enabling hundreds of families and individuals to join in the fun.
Many of the artists were children, with some young toddlers taking part along with older youngsters.
Many families had visited the park to take part in the third annual free chalk art event, including the Pattimores.
Daisy and Tilly were among the young artists drawing on the path around Saumarez Park.
They had completed a picture each using different colours, creating vibrant pieces which caught the eye.
Older artists had a go too, with some sharing their own Instagram handles on their pictures so people viewing the chalk art could see more of their work.
This included Richard Helpe, an artist described on Instagram as “inspired by the macabre, weird and wonderful”.
His wider work can be viewed by searching richardillustratesgsy.
Mr Le Brun said he was delighted with the turn out, which saw 230 separate pieces of art produced during the day on Saturday.
“It’s brilliant, I love it,” he said.
“I’m trying to spread what I love doing, and I want more of this because I really enjoy this and I hope other people enjoy this too.”
Mr Le Brun is already thinking about the 2026 Chalk Art Festival and would like to try a new location, to enable more people to attend while being able to preserve the art work for a little while longer.
“It’s something that’s free to do which is always a good thing, and it’s for locals and visitors too,” he said.
“We’ve had a lot of visitors down here who are looking for things to do and we know, when you’ve travelled to Guernsey it is not the cheapest place to come to, as we know living here, and when it comes to things to do all these things cost money and to enter, but this is free.
“I would like somewhere else to do something (next year), and expand on materials or mediums that we can use. I’d like to be able to use temporary paints and pastels so we could do with somewhere else,” he said.
“In this area, people are allowed to walk and cycle through, which does upset some people because they’ve put their art down and it literally lasts five minutes until someone’s gone through it. So we could do with a nice space that doesn’t have this kind of traffic so we can keep the pictures for a little while.”
There were prizes for some of the artists, with different categories based on ages.
Mr Le Brun judged the chalk drawings, which he said it always a tough job.
“It’s difficult, and you’ve got to be harsh, because they’re all so good,” he said.
“I go around and mark them out of five in my head, then I go back over the top ones, as some of them are really good and they do deserve to win something, but sometimes they can’t because there’s just so many and something else is slightly better.”
