Design ideas for chalkboard art to brighten up graduation ceremonies. A memorable piece.
Have you ever seen vibrant chalkboard art that fills an entire blackboard? The delicate gradations created with nothing but chalk and the heartfelt messages carry a warmth that feels different from photos or videos.
Chalkboard art that adorns the special milestone of graduation becomes an unforgettable memory for both the creators and the viewers.
In this article, we’ll share design ideas for chalkboard art that will add a touch of splendor to graduation scenes.
Why not pour your gratitude and well-wishes for a new beginning onto a single canvas—the chalkboard?
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Design ideas for chalkboard art to brighten up graduation ceremonies: memorable works (11–20)
wings
Since graduation marks the moment of taking off to a new place, wings are a perfect motif for a graduation ceremony.
Make use of the chalkboard’s wide, horizontal shape to draw a pair of boldly spread wings with a strong touch.
It’s also fun to consider various wing patterns—whether you use animal feathers as your motif or take inspiration from wings that appear in fantasy.
How you incorporate color is important as well; painting vibrant, colorful wings to celebrate a dazzling new beginning could be a delightful idea.
blue sky
https://www.tiktok.com/@ranas0803/video/7087378720612240641For a milestone like graduation, you want to welcome the day under a clear, sunny blue sky.
Let’s fill the entire chalkboard with a vast blue sky that stretches into the distance, and savor the sense of hope as we head toward the future.
I think the flow would be to first draw the other motifs, then add the blue sky as the background.
A design that makes the most of the blue-sky motif might be a composition that looks down over a town from a hill.
Another key point is to adjust the shades of blue skillfully to create a sense of depth, as if you’re gazing into the distance.
Overlapped hands
https://www.tiktok.com/@ranas0803/video/6808526800881208578At graduation, looking back on the memories you’ve built with your friends is an important part of the moment.
Think of the companions who have supported you, and turn those thoughts into the strength to move forward into the future.
This is a piece of chalkboard art that depicts a scene of hands stacked together, evoking the bonds with those friends.
Carefully drawing the shadows of the hands is a key point for creating realism.
Also note how adding effects like a glow around the stacked hands can help convey the strength of those bonds.
Countdown calendar
The blackboard chalkboard writing that gave us so much trouble during class, the doodles we’d sneak in during breaks so we wouldn’t get scolded—there are so many memories tied to a blackboard, aren’t there? On its own it can be a bit tricky to put to use, but when combined with video, this “countdown calendar” can create unexpected moments of emotion.
It’s great as a cover for commemorative photos, as insert images in a memory video compilation, and as an accent or scene transition.
It could be wonderful to have each classmate take responsibility for one day, draw something, and then edit it together flipbook-style.
With blackboard art, I’m sure all of you can come up with endless ideas.
rainbow
Let’s create a chalkboard art piece for the graduation ceremony using a rainbow—the symbol of happiness, often called a “bridge to happiness” or a “bridge that connects dreams.” A painting of a seven-colored rainbow, so fitting for a graduation that marks a new beginning in life, will serve as an encouraging message to graduates who are just now taking their first step forward.
In fact, when we see a rainbow in the sky, our hearts tend to feel clear and strangely buoyant, don’t they? If you draw it large and vividly on the blackboard, it alone will surely resonate with the graduates.
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Many schools create chalkboard art to commemorate graduation.
Designs vary, from cherry blossoms to balloons, but it could be interesting to use a diploma as the motif as well.
Unlike an actual diploma with fixed wording, you can craft a message filled with your feelings for the graduates.
Turn the entire chalkboard into a diploma and make it a memorable piece.
You can’t take chalkboard art home, but it will surely become an unforgettable page in your school life.
Design ideas for chalkboard art that brightens up graduation ceremonies: memorable works (21–30)
Tears and laughter
https://www.tiktok.com/@morinoki/video/6798800249621073153The years we spent together.
There were not only fun and joyful times, but surely many sad and difficult ones as well.
There were days full of smiles, and days when tears overflowed with frustration… This chalkboard art of laughing and crying evokes those memorable days.
You could say it expresses the feelings of graduates, mixed with the sorrow of parting and the hope for the future they’re about to walk into.
“Let’s meet again in a few years with smiles on our faces.” In front of this slightly bittersweet chalkboard art, make a promise with your friends.
