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The Big Draw Visual Literacy Charity, working globally to promote the universal language of drawing🌍 Also runs @Drawinglives Charity no.1114811✏️
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Announcing THIS YEAR'S Festival theme... 🥁
The
#BigGreenDraw
#ClimateOfChange
focuses on the relationship between people + the world around us, encouraging drawing as a means of positive activism from people wanting to make change 🌍🌱✍
#BigDrawTurns20
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It's
#NationalPoetryDay
- we love this by Samawado Farah a 14yr old pupil at Wembley School. Thanks to
@chrisriddell50
for sharing + artwork
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Announcing THIS YEAR'S Festival theme... 🥁
The
#BDF2021
#MakeTheChange
is a timely development from our 2020 theme, looking towards a more balanced way of living, challenging the status quo & demanding a better world for our future generations 🌍🌈♻️
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"Drawing knows how to convey both information (how a machine works) & feeling (how a person feels) & sometimes, with amazing economy, both at once" - Quentin Blake, The Big Draw Patron
@quentinblakehq
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RIP David Bowie. An artist in every way. Animation by Helen Green.
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"We have misfiled the significance of drawing because we see it as a professional skill instead of a personal capacity... This essential confusion has stunted our understanding of drawing and kept it from being seen as a tool for learning above all else."
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"The series has made people look at their own lives and what makes them happy... Often what we see online is so negative... so I rather enjoy finding the positive in the world."
@GaryScribbler
on his lovely
#thingsthatsparkjoy
series 🙌
#WednesdayWisdom
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Join The World's Biggest Drawing Festival, The Big Draw 1-31 October 2015
http://t.co/dDw9yU8W7k
#drawingchangeslives
http://t.co/ikw7ugN1Yb
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Announcing
@The_Big_Draw
Festival Theme 2022
#ComeBackToColour
❤️🧡💙 Come Back To Colour is a love letter to each other & the world around us. The theme captures what we hope will be a rediscovery of the vitality & vibrancy in everyone's lives whilst finding joy in all things 💚
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Beautiful illustration of artists as cats. Please retweet and make everyones Sunday!
http://t.co/jIgxvtr0GS
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Remember the
#ThingsThatSparkJoy
series by our incredible Ambassador
@GaryScribbler
?? 😍✍️💙
We all could use a bit of a pick-me-up at the moment, and Gary's work ALWAYS delivers... watch this space...
#ClimateofChange
#BigGreenDraw
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"If you can draw, even a little bit, you can express all kinds of ideas that might otherwise be lost - delights, frustrations, whatever torments you or pleases you" - David Hockney, The Big Draw Patron
🖼️David Hockney, 'Self-Portrait with Red Braces', 2003
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HERE IT IS - the moment we've all been waiting for... 🙌👀
Our theme for this year's
#BDF19
is
#DrawnToLife
🎉 celebrating the incredible health benefits and healing powers of a more creative life!
👀👉
Registrations NOW OPEN
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Adult colouring book craze prompts global pencil shortage
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"I was sitting at home thinking just how lucky I am to live a creative life when it struck me that 'Things That Spark Joy’ just made so much sense." 🌱
Did you fall in love with
@GaryScribbler
's
#ThingsThatSparkJoy
series? ✏️😍👉
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We have some very exciting news... 🙌✏️
We are thrilled to introduce you to one of our newest Ambassadors
@GaryScribbler
🙌🎉
This is such an exciting year for
#TheBigDraw
, and we are so pleased to have Gary on board 😊✏️
#DrawnToLife
#Doodleaday
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It's
#PositiveTwitterDay
!
Have you seen
#TheBigDraw
ambassador
@GaryScribbler
#thingsthatsparkjoy
drawings for
#DrawnToLife
?
Here's our round up! Who doesn't love that new book smell...
🎈📕✏️💃🕺
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"The very act of creating or expressing is a kind of release… a valve to let out pent up feelings. Putting those feelings on paper de-mystifies them, let’s them out into the world."
We loved chatting with one of our newest Ambassadors
@GaryScribbler
🙌👉
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Creativity is increasingly undervalued in schools and beyond. Your support is vital in reigniting the value of 🎨🥁👾🎬🤸
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The Final
#LockdownTip
from
#TheGreenMan
for a little while 🌱🙌
@GaryScribbler
This is a really important one to end on... Be wary of unreliable sources and prioritise positive content. Look after your mental health, as well as physical!
#ClimateofChange
#BigGreenDraw
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Happy Tuesday from our
#ClimateofChange
Mascot
#TheGreenMan
! 🌱🙌
@GaryScribbler
Given that it's
#NationalPetMonth
, this
#LockdownTip
seems particularly apt. Although, there's never a time when our furry friends don't make everything better. Do you have pets?
#BigGreenDraw
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"I was sitting at home thinking just how lucky I am to live a creative life when it struck me that 'Things That Spark Joy’ just made so much sense." 🌿
Did you fall in love with
@GaryScribbler
's
#ThingsThatSparkJoy
series? ✏️😍👉
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We are SO excited to introduce you all to
@GaryScribbler
's
#BigGreenDraw
creation...
#TheGreenMan
! 💚🌱 this handsome fella is our 2020
#ClimateofChange
Mascot - & a distant cousin of
#HotSanta
😉🙌 over the coming weeks you'll be getting some
#LockdownTips
from the man himself!
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"To young children, drawing is as natural activity as running and playing but, as we grow up and develop, in general we drop the drawing - why? It's sad that so many people lose this ability: For me, drawing has always been a natural form of expression" - Gerald Scarfe
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Love
@GaryScribbler
's
#doodleaday
#thingsthatsparkjoy
series?
Well, come join us at
#TheBigDraw
launch
@mcrartgallery
Sun 29 Sept and you can ✏️alongside Gary and contribute to a collaborative drawing filled with your
#thingsthatsparkjoy
!
#drawntolife
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Here's today's
#LockdownTips
from
#TheGreenMan
🙌💚✍️
@GaryScribbler
It's easy to feel isolated when you're, well, in isolation. So make sure to reach out to friends & neighbours- be that through texts, phone calls, letters or... carrier pigeons?
#BigGreenDraw
#ClimateofChange
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#TheGreenMan
is making the most of this weather from indoors! 😎💚
@GaryScribbler
#BigGreenDraw
#ClimateofChange
Don't have any outdoor space? Open your windows, read a book, make cocktails, listen to 'ocean sounds'.. do whatever you need to enjoy this weekend from indoors!
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📢 Mark your diaries & set your alarms! We will be announcing the 2021 Big Draw Festival Theme on Tuesday 9 March! Hands up who's excited?! 🙋♀️🎉🥂
Sign up to our
#BigDrawBigNews
mailing list to be the first to find out this year's Festival theme & logo 👉
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We love today's
#LockdownTips
from
#TheGreenMan
💚
@GaryScribbler
Our
#ClimateofChange
Mascot is lucky to be in good health, so he checks in on those who are more vulnerable in his community - if you're in the same position, see how you can help others. Remember to
#StaySafe
!
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An important reminder from
#TheGreenMan
to kick-start the week 🙌🌱
@GaryScribbler
Here you can see our
#ClimateofChange
Mascot perfectly demonstrating social distancing (although we would recommend that climbing up a tree be a last resort!)
#BigGreenDraw
#LockdownTips
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Hello Twitter. Why is drawing important to you?
#CharityTuesday
#drawingchangeslives
@theartcriminal
@HelenAckroyd
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Twitter's talking all about
#biting
So on another note, here's "They're biting" by Paul Klee
#klee
#art
@Tate
http://t.co/Tyj000VUCi
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📢 The time is finally here to announce The 2023 Big Draw Festival theme ... Drum roll please....
This years theme is ✨Drawing With Senses!✨
#DrawingwithSenses
changes the focus from external to internal, exploring the way we process the world through our senses 🤩
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Creativity is hugely beneficial for our mental health & provides us with a much needed distraction. There is no pressure to come out of this period having achieved an incredible creative feat - it's about the process!
#TheGreenMan
💚
#BigGreenDraw
#ClimateofChange
@GaryScribbler
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To those of you in a love-hate relationship with the humble pencil, today is your day! ✏️👍
#LeftHandersDay
#StillWorthIt
#DrawingChangesLives
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Tomorrow is
#EarthDay2020
! 🌍🌱💙
Here is our
#ClimateofChange
Mascot showing some love to this wonderful, diverse and fragile planet that we all call home.
#BigGreenDraw
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#WhyILoveMuseums
It's incredible that most of the museums (in the UK and many across the world) are free to visit.
To take a moment to
#draw
in museums is one of life's joys ✏️🏦
But they need your support! Got a day off? Visit your local
#museum
#draw
#donate
enjoy!
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We have an exciting announcement! 🎉💚✏️
After the devastating impact these past months have had on the arts & culture community & individual freelancers in particular,
#TheBigDraw
has chosen to waive subscriptions fees for individual organisers in 2020!
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"Art transforms lives as well as being a vital part of our economy".
"I feel shame that our children are experiencing these cuts to arts provision to the point they are squeezed out".
Andria Zafirakou
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A huge good luck and farewell to our wonderful Big Draw director
@KateJMason
who has been an amazing leader and put her heart and soul into the charity, making The Big Draw what it is today. We will miss you Kate - thank you for everything! 😭💙✏️
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'Drawing is the most important thing there is': Quentin Blake talks to Lauren Child
via @
@TelegraphBooks
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The penultimate
#LockdownTip
from
#TheGreenMan
for a little while - and it's a good'n! 🌱💚
@GaryScribbler
Binge-watching nature documentaries is the perfect distraction. We know what we'll be doing this weekend...
#ClimateofChange
#BigGreenDraw
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#WednesdayWisdom
#UrsulaLeGuin
💭✏️
No child ever questions their ability to draw - they just draw! Creativity is all about taking risks, being bold, having fun and embracing your inner child... 🙌🎉
#Creativity
#DrawingChangesLives
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"Drawing shouldn’t be about performance, but about process. It’s not just for the “artists,” or even the weekend hobbyists":
Drawing is the best way to learn, even if you’re no Leonardo da Vinci via
@qz
by
@annequito
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How to be a good illustrator
#drawing
#art
#illustration
@AandImagazine
@illustrationHQ
@SOI128
http://t.co/wFyCQUedzx
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“When I’m feeling low, drawing almost always helps me feel better. It’s the closest thing I have to a meditative practice.”
A lovely reminder that it's okay to not be okay, and that the humble pencil can be a remarkable healing tool ✏️
#DrawnToLife
👀👉
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Our patron
@BobandRoberta
was on
@BBCr4today
discussing underfunding of the arts in light of
@NPGLondon
being closed to public for private
#LondonFashionWeek
event. He warns it sets a dangerous precedent when you have to close to afford to be open. …
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"Art makes children powerful" - watch our interviews with patrons
@BobandRoberta
and Sir Roger Penrose, see why schools all over the world organise their own
#TheBigDraw
events + don't miss our
#schools
20% off early bird discount >>
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A productive day for
#TheGreenMan
🌱
@GaryScribbler
It's good to think of simple tasks that you can do to achieve that delightful feeling of accomplishment.
We could do with a good spring clean. Although that new series on Netflix did sound good...
#BigGreenDraw
#ClimateofChange
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🗓️✏️
#TodayAtApple
Date for
#TheBigDraw
Diary! 3.10.19 | 8-9:30pm
FREE session at Fifth Avenue
#AppleStore
#NewYork
as part of the
#BDF19
🙌 join cartoonist
@nathanwpyle
, creator of Strange Planet, to experiment sketching fun facial expressions! 🤪
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Over the last year, Covid-19 has devastated the arts & culture community with individual artists being particularly negatively affected. For the 2nd year running, we have decided to waive the £50 registration fee for artists & freelancers!
#MaketheChange
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Important reminder from our
#ClimateofChange
Mascot
#TheGreenMan
! 🌱👋
@GaryScribbler
#BigGreenDraw
#ClimateofChange
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It's
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
and we welcome your stories of how
#drawingchangeslives
> We've met many brave people along our charity's journey for whom the humble pencil has offered a lifeline. Thank you for your inspiration!
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Morning all👋We are super excited to bring you a FREE event with
@PaulCarneyArts
whose latest book will help you learn new study skills, whilst looking at how drawing can be used as a way to improve your ability to retain information👍
Grab a ticket here▶️
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More from our hunky mascot
#TheGreenMan
in this period of lockdown 🌱🙌
#BigGreenDraw
@GaryScribbler
An opportunity to sort out your storage! Our
#ClimateofChange
Mascot is clearly feeling a little more productive than we are... It is a good idea, though.
Hmm. Maybe tomorrow...
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What a lovely quote from our super
#TheBigDraw
Ambassador
@GaryScribbler
💙✨
Gary uses his 'Doodleaday' diary as an outlet for grief, helping countless others understand how to express + cope with their own emotions 🌱✏️
#WorldMentalHealthDay
@WMHDay
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The creative industries in the UK are worth £84.1 billion/yr in UK so why are the arts so undervalued in schools?
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Who else is feeling excited to find out the theme for The Big Draw Festival 2021?? Not long to go... 🥁✏️🎉
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Happy Birthday & Hip Hip Hooray to Big Draw Patron,
@GaryScribbler
🎂✏️🥳 Wishing you a fantastic day filled with your favourite things: Sketching, Shakespeare and Sherlock 😊
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"A sketchbook gives children the chance to explore & develop in an individual way."
Why should more schools incorporate sketchbooks? Our latest interview on
#TheBigDraw
blog shines a light on Mandy Barrett, fabulous art teacher & sketchbook advocate!
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Tonight,
@garyscribbler
will be running another
#FacebookLive
on
#TheBigDraw
Channel! Gary will be showing us all a bit about drawing digitally, answering your questions and giving some top tips from his experience in the industry ✏️
Time: 7pm (UK)
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Love this visual reminder for there/their
#drawing
#drawingchangeslives
#drawinginschools
#thebigdraw
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THE JOHN RUSKIN PRIZE 2017: CALL FOR ENTRIES
1st Prize: £3K | 2nd Prize: £1K | Student Prize: £1K
Enter
#ruskinprize
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"Curriculum pressures don’t always leave much room for drawing for fun. It is worth finding a place for drawing as a means of taking a creative breath, offering up the chance for children’s ideas to just be, rather than meet targets or success criteria" (read on)
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You just LOVED adding to
@GaryScribbler
's
#ThingsThatSparkJoy
mural today at
#TheBigDraw
launch
@mcrartgallery
#DrawnToLife
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We are so sad to hear that Judith Kerr - the creator of Mog, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, and so many other much-loved classics - has passed away. A cherished author who will be missed by many.🐾🐯🧡
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You wouldn't believe the power of the pencil ✏️
It builds, it argues, it problem solves, it creates, it expresses, pick it up this weekend if you have a spare moment - surprise yourself.
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Here’s an idea from
#TheGreenMan
for a fun weekend activity... 👚👕💚
@GaryScribbler
Seeing as we can’t go out to buy new clothes, we might as well try our hand at upcycling old ones!
#BigGreenDraw
#ClimateofChange
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We don't believe in the "I can't draw" phenomenon. Everybody can draw - and, more importantly, everybody SHOULD draw! ✏️🙌
We have some great drawing tools,
#sketchbooks
+ more in
#TheBigDrawShop
👉
#DrawMore
#DrawingChangesLives
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We'd just like to make it abundantly clear
#thebigdraw
is an INTERNATIONAL drawing festival - you are all our neighbours
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Congratulations to the winners of this year’s
#RuskinPrize
#AgentofChange
🎉
First Prize awarded to
@juliettelosq
for her piece ‘Proscenium’ | Second Prize awarded to
@shantipanchal
for his piece ‘Brexit’ | Student Prize awarded to Chao Wang for his piece ‘Walk With Me’ 👏
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Combining drawing with the real world. Another idea for a Big Draw?
#drawing
#art
#illustration
#doodle
http://t.co/KZjxzHFn2D
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Happy Birthday to our wonderful patron
@GaryScribbler
Always so generous with his time and passionate about supporting the causes close to his heart. Enjoy your day Gary🎁🎂 ✏️
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It's
#CreativityandWellbeingWeek
! 🙌🎨
This year,
#TheBigDraw
Festival theme
#DrawnToLife
aims to shine a light on the pivotal role that creativity can play in our health and wellbeing 🌱✏️
Find out how you can get involved 👉
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Wow!! Our fantastic Big Draw Ambassador
@GaryScribbler
has made these wonderful portraits of our small but perfectly formed team of merry, doodling crusaders! 🎨✨
We absolutely love them - thank you Gary! 💜🎉✏️
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Ah.. the pencil. A tool for thought, for action, and for expression. A therapeutic outlet and a healing tool. Drawing has endless possibilities!
We love this quote from our Big Draw Patron, Posy Simmonds, perfectly capturing the wonder of the mighty pencil ✏️
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Drawing aids memory more than written notes, Canadian researchers find | CBC News
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Our
@The_Big_Draw
Director
@KateJMason
has had a creative December, dabbling with alternative tools to create drawings & pieces of artwork. She challenged her family to use her old make-up for mark making and we just love Kate's result below👇😍
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