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                  Drawing Goes Beyond Art

                  Watch Sir Roger Penrose describe how drawing helps him to come up with new ideas and communicate complicated 4D shapes. Human beings are predominately visual creatures, therefore drawing is a huge untapped resource for understanding the world.

                  Drawing is a universal language that changes lives every day across both the arts and sciences.



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                  Heart-to-Heart Charity Walk
                  Heart-to-Heart Charity Walk
                  Picasso Creative Arts Gallery
                  Drawing machine - wind up caterpillar
                  Drawing machine - wind up caterpillar
                  Open College of the Arts
                  in the evening light 5
                  in the evening light 5
                  Craven College
                  The Arterie Big Draw Team - Finlay, Annabel, Margie, Deb, Nicole
                  The Arterie Big Draw Team - Finlay, Annabel, Margie, Deb, Nicole
                  Chris O'Brien Lifehouse - Arterie Program
                  melted plastic landscape with year 7 sheep drawings and nursery and year 1 students flowers and primary hands
                  melted plastic landscape with year 7 sheep drawings and nursery and year 1 students flowers and primary hands
                  Braeburn Garden Estate Schools
                  Sandra Thomson, Coral Wreath, 2016, acrylic and chalk pencil (left). Fated, 2016, acrylic and chalk pencil (right)
                  Sandra Thomson, Coral Wreath, 2016, acrylic and chalk pencil (left). Fated, 2016, acrylic and chalk pencil (right)
                  Ara, Art and Design
                  Drawing without looking at the paper. Fish
                  Drawing without looking at the paper. Fish
                  Springwell Learning Community
                  Lion by years 1,2,3,5,7
                  Lion by years 1,2,3,5,7
                  The Hampshire School Chelsea
                  Koppelkerk
                  Koppelkerk
                  Stichting Koppelkerk
                  tribal portraits and Kenyan landscapes and kindness heroes and flags of our students countries
                  tribal portraits and Kenyan landscapes and kindness heroes and flags of our students countries
                  Braeburn Garden Estate Schools
                  Ilford High Street Challenge #highstreetsforall
                  Ilford High Street Challenge #highstreetsforall
                  Ilford Business Improvement District
                  Full STEAM Ahead - Imaginations unlimited.
                  Full STEAM Ahead - Imaginations unlimited.
                  West Highland College UHI
                  Team work!
                  Team work!
                  British School of Beijing
                  Maths Location: Challenger Tafe  Photo: Claire Davenhall Media: Mixed Media
                  Maths Location: Challenger Tafe Photo: Claire Davenhall Media: Mixed Media
                  Claire Davenhall - Visual Artist
                  Drawing at South Devon Railway Engine Workshops
                  Drawing at South Devon Railway Engine Workshops
                  Ashburton Festival Association
                  Hand Building with Clay
                  Hand Building with Clay
                  Mispillion Art League
                  Benjamin Britten
                  Benjamin Britten's Library
                  Britten-Pears Foundation
                  One wall full of drawings of Steam Punk!
                  One wall full of drawings of Steam Punk!
                  Haddenham Galleries
                  Paperscape (photo credit: SPAB)
                  Paperscape (photo credit: SPAB)
                  The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
                  Our 20 metre long word inspired drawing
                  Our 20 metre long word inspired drawing
                  Loughborough High School
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