Add your Big Draw event to win a watercolour set
October's Big
Draw is very close! If you are planning an event, make sure you tell
us by entering it on our website.
We accept details throughout September and October, but for promotional
purposes please list your event NOW.
Events entered by 1 September will go into a prize draw to win one of
five watercolour sets.
Themes and Awards
In
addition to 2011's Drawing
Age theme we have added a new Fantastic Creatures theme.This
will obviously appeal to natural history collections,
environmental centres, parks, schools and nurseries, but it is open to
everyone. The special prize accompanying this theme will be
presented at our Spring Drawing Inspiration Awards ceremony. To enter,
just complete the Drawing
Inspiration Awards form as usual, ticking the Fantastic Creatures box.
Generously sponsored
by Puffin, this Award celebrates Eric Carle's new picture book, The
Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, out on 4 October. You will
find drawing sheets and pre-event posters on our website shortly to
help prepare your own Fantastic Creatures inspired Big Draw.
The Big Draw’s Big Splash
Don't
miss our free national Big Draw launch on Sunday 25
September, 12-5pm, at Kings Place, Islington. Patron Quentin Blake
will kick off proceedings in this spectacular canal-side
venue with a crew of top illustrators, including Hervé Tulle, Marion
Deuchars and Bryan Talbot. There will be plenty of new activities and
old favourites for all ages.
We are
recruiting volunteers to faciliate workshops. This will be a great
precursor for anyone running their own event. Or you may just want to
help and have fun. Seasoned professionals and newbies welcome. Please
contact Nick
for details.
The Campaign for Drawing needs you!
Like
many charities, The Campaign for Drawing depends increasingly
on its own fundraising initiatives to support its year-round work. We
ask everyone interested in The Big Draw to become active supporters.
You can
do this by joining our private view on 2 November of the ‘William Morris:
Story, Memory, Myth’ exhibition at London’s most intriguing new
cultural venue,Two Temple Place. Our hospitality includes a
drinks reception, distinguished guides for a private tour
of this wonderful building and its inaugural exhibition and a chance
to draw. Tickets at £50 from the Campaign office.
Come
Draw With Me! is a new fundraising project launching next
month. It will encourage everyone with a passion for creativity to
get together for communal drawing events at home, or in pubs and
clubs, and to have fun while raising money for The Big Draw.
Big Draw Membership
If you
enjoy being part of The Big Draw, our new membership
scheme is an excellent opportunity to keep your creativity topped up
year-round. We’ve created different packages to inspire people and
connect them to the wider creative community
Horrible Histories at the IWM
Don’t
miss Horrible Histories® illustrator Martin Brown at the Children’s
Literature Festival this week at Imperial War Museum London, where he’ll
be showing ’Horrible’ tricks and techniques (11am & 3pm, 17
August). You can join other children’s favourites, including Karin
Littlewood, Bernard Ashley and the Polka Theatre at the festival until 21
August.To book tickets (from £6) and find out more, visit the website.
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