1. If your chalkboard is new, rough it up a little with a quick, messy layer of chalk — this will give texture to your final masterpiece. 2. Drawing very lightly, sketch out one big flower as your ...

Those big, beautiful elephants kept plodding a path through Michael Summers’ mind, and he finally found the right home for them — his new mural at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. The contemporary pop ...