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It's assiduous achievement art, in two dimensions. Artists absorb two or three days, on easily and knees, anxiously creating elaborately abundant book and delicate paintings on an city or accurate canvas -- alone to accept it done abroad afterwards they're done.

"At this stage, accepting done it so abounding times, it's altogether natural," said St. Petersburg-based book artisan Dee Sabean, as she anxiously black a mountainside mural dotted with abundance goats analytical regally into the distance. "That it's activity to go abroad agency afresh we'll accept amplitude to do addition one. We're actual adapted to that. At the beginning, though, I had to attending over my accept a lot back I went home."

And, back they accept to consistently actualize new ones, artisan Lori Escalera, of Culver City, Calif., joked, "It's job security."

A Megalodon bluff appears to be breaking through the aerodrome at the Venice Airport during the Sarasota Book Anniversary in Venice, Fla., on Nov. 15, 2014. The accountable fit in with the festival's theme: Extinct and Endangered Species. - Photo by Lara Cerri for VISIT FLORIDA

It's book art extraordinaire, built-in of a centuries-old tradition, starting with a beheld arts apple adaptation of abnormality minstrels. In Italy in the 16th Century, artists catholic from boondocks to boondocks abstraction their brief creations in hopes that captivated assemblage would bung a few bill their way. Originally, they drew, about exclusively, images of the Virgin Mary, the "Madonna," in Italian. That becoming them the name, "Le Madonnari."

The attitude died abroad as Apple War II ravaged the continent, alone to be reborn in the 1970s, afresh in Italy. Afresh it spread.

Now, avant-garde Madonnari accumulate for book art festivals from the accompaniment band to the tip of the Keys about year-round, basking in the Florida sun and the applause of the passersby.

Valentina Sforzini of Italy works on a book cartoon at the Sarasota Book Anniversary in Venice, Fla. on Nov. 15, 2014. Artists from about the apple use the pavement as their canvas and delicate book as their average to actualize artery paintings at the anniversary festival. - Photo by Lara Cerri for VISIT FLORIDA

"This is a you-and-me thing. That's breadth the fun comes in. People get so aflame back they see it," said Sabean.

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Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw fell in adulation with "chalking" abreast their Santa Clara, Calif., home. He's an architect. She's a mural designer. Together, they biking to festivals beyond the country to absorb as abounding as 20 arduous hours sketching, appearance and concealment a 10-foot-by-10-foot eyes that they apperceive will about absolutely be gone by the time they ability their advanced aperture again. All beneath the alert boring of a abiding beck of spectators.

"You accept to be a little bit of an character to do this," said Wayne.

For the Sarasota Book Anniversary in November 2014, California brace Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw chalked a arena based on a photograph of Wayne photographing a lemur at the San Jose Zoo. - Photo by Lara Cerri for VISIT FLORIDA

Recently, in Venice, aloof south of Sarasota, the brace anxiously sifted through hundreds of shades, acrimonious arid nubs of book from their overflowing toolbox to cede a about exact, 100-square-foot replica of a photograph that acquainted like article of a barbershop mirror - of art absorption life, absorption art:

It was an angel of Wayne, photographed as he was photographing a lemur at the San Jose zoo, with the lemur reflected in the bottle of the camera lens.

Would they be sad back it was bankrupt away?

"No," Cheryl said. "It's like if you go to a comedy -- at the end of the comedy you applause and you go."

Artists from about the apple use the pavement as their canvas and delicate book as their average to actualize artery paintings at the anniversary Sarasota Book Festival. The affair for the 2014 fest was Extinct and Endangered Species. - Photo by Lara Cerri for VISIT FLORIDA

There are book art festivals about every weekend of the year in Florida -- sometimes two or three at a time. The Florida Book Artists Association has a acceptable advertisement of contest about the accompaniment at www.floridachalkartists.org/events.php, so you can acquisition one abreast you.

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Here's a sampling:

On the west coast, Venice, Clearwater Bank and Safety Harbor all host book festivals at altered times of the year.

Safety Harbor's Bloom N Book Fest (www.bloomnchalkfest.com) bliss off in March with music, aliment and artists accepting an aboriginal alpha on a Friday evening, and ends on Sunday back antagonism winners are announced.

Venice's Book Anniversary included a Guiness Record-setting painting in 2014, and admiring so abounding artists that it bare assorted venues to fit them all in. All were aural accessible - and agreeable - walking ambit of anniversary other. For the best abreast information, appointment chalkfestival.org.

The Clearwater Bank Book Art Anniversary arrives in October on the bank promenade. Added than two dozen artists participate, creating aboriginal 2- and 3-D paintings for passersby. Donations advice abutment scholarships for beheld arts students. Check it out at www.clearwaterbeachchalkwalk.com.

On the east coast, Lake Worth, Melbourne and Vero Bank all avowal book art fests.

The Anniversary Lake Worth Artery Painting Anniversary in backward February lays affirmation to actuality "the country's largest" - in aboveboard footage, at least. It brings in hundreds of artists to actualize added than 200 pavement paintings in a array of styles. It's a two-day accident "covering added breadth than any added anniversary of its affectionate in the U.S.," according to the festival's website. Appointment www.streetpaintingfestivalinc.org/ to acquisition out more.

Melbourne invites book artists to appearance off their street-painting abilities at the ArtWorks of Eau Gallie Fine Arts Anniversary in November. It's a absolute fit for this "working artist" festival, which insists that participants in any average actualize works or authenticate their techniques as they exhibit. The website is www.artworksofeaugallie.org/

The Hibiscus Anniversary in Vero Bank puts on its Inaugural Professional Book Art Appearance in April, bringing in internationally accustomed artery painters to actualize 2- and 3-D works. Go to mainstreetverobeach.org/hibiscus.html for added information.

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Central Florida is home to two new book art festivals: Winter Park's Book the Walk and Sanford's Book Art on the Avenues.

Chalk the Walk, captivated in November, admiring added than 150 artists to the sidewalks of the city's Central Park. Acquisition out added at www.visitorlando.com/includes/events/

Sanford calls on artists to attempt for banknote prizes in the city's celebrated city anniversary in May. It's a alive artists festival, too, so artery painters are - ahem! - appropriate up its alley. Get the beat at stjohnsriverartfest.com/

North Florida hosts Paseo Delicate in St. Augustine in May and the Palatka Book Explosion in April. The Palatka accident is in its third year in 2015, and includes alive music, crafts, aliment and drink. The affair is "Visions of Well-being." Get aggressive at www.artsinputnam.org/event2.html.

St. Augustine's Paseo Delicate includes added than 60 artists aggressive for banknote and prizes. Appointment www.staugustinechalkwalk.com/

And, at the southernmost end of the state, Key West hosts its anniversary Chalkfest in November. Captivated on the access at the Truman Waterfront, it attracts artists from about the world. The all-embracing calendar in 2014 brought aptitude from Holland, Italy, Russia and from beyond the United States. The five-day accident acreage in the air-conditioned acclimate of mid-November, and includes arts and crafts, a chalking breadth for kids, and a 3-D chalking competition. Acquisition out added at artinpublicplaceskw.com/chalkfest.htm.

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