Blackboard Art,

seems to have really taken off in Japan,

 we first made a post about the art trend in 2013, and again in 2015 and 2017, photograph Nichigaku/Facebook,

 since then the art form has really gained ground,

 so much so that in Japan that one blackboard manufacturer decided to use it as a means of self-promotion, organizing a contest for the best blackboard artists in the country,

 Japan’s blackboard art trend can be traced back to at least 2012, when Kotaku East published an article about three students who spent a whole week – drawing every day after class – decorating their blackboard with an impressive artwork inspired by the popular One Piece anime series, the following year, they covered the trend again, this time posting more amazing chalk drawings from the same three students, as well as other creations from various schools around Japan,

the students who engage in chalk art work their magic on the blackboard during recess and after classes and have the full support of their teachers, who allow them to use the blackboards for several days, until they finish their designs,

above is a short video,

and a longer one if you fancy a coffee break, as an aside every year since 2015, chalkboard manufacturer Nichigaku has been taking submission from hundreds of Japanese students and offering prizes for the best entries, and has even published a book featuring 250 of the best blackboard art entries it has received in the last four years, You can buy it on Amazon, what a change from my days at school, where one masters method of getting your attention was throwing a blackboard rubber at you, I kid you not!