TEMECULA Artists wondering where to begin when painting a 10-foot by 12-foot street painting are encouraged to participate in the Street Painting Workshop offered Sunday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Main Street parking lot. The workshop will be offered by the 2012 Best of Show artist Lee Rupp. There is no charge and chalk is provided for the workshop.Rupps winning artwork depicting a firefighter saving a young girl was voted the best painting by the 141 artists who entered in the 2012 event. This years event is June 21-23 on Main Street at Town Square Park.Painters and muralists are encouraged to enter the 13th Annual Old Town Temecula Street. Temeculas Street Painting Festival draws thousands of visitors each year.Street painters begin their creations on Friday, June 21 at 5 p.m. Over 100 muralists and visual artists create giant pastel murals on Main Street and Mercedes in Old Town Temecula during the event. Families, children, and beginners join in the creative endeavor in the family section where more than 500 smaller squares are blocked out for spectators to paint with pastels on the asphalt.The Ralph Love Plein Air Festival, now in its sixth year, will begin on Monday with plein air artists painting Old Town Temecula scenes and continue through Sunday, June 23. Lisa Fu, winner of the Mayors Choice/Purchase Award for 2012, will be the featured artist at the Temecula Arts Festival.Town Square Park will become a giant exhibit hall for visual artists to exhibit and sell their art during the Temecula Art Festival held concurrently with the Street Painting Festival. The Arts Festival portion started last year and includes 40 art booths and a youth art show.The Plein Air Festival and competition is a weeklong painting experience. Artists will paint scenes from Old Town Temecula, Monday through Sunday, June 17-23. The completed pieces will be on exhibit Saturday and Sunday at the City of Temeculas Civic Center 41000 Main St.Street painter Best of Show winners receive a $500 cash prize and are honored the following year as the featured artist. Additional prizes are awarded for Peoples Choice, Best Monochromatic, and Best Youth. The Ralph Love Plein Air Festival offers a $500 purchase award from the City of Temecula. First place award is $200 and a weekend stay at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony. The Artists Choice award is $100. An event within the event, plein air artists paint on location on canvas. Applications for both plein air artists and street painters are available at www.temeculacalifornia.com or by calling (951) 678-1456.