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"Flowers in art from Botticelli to Hockney" talk by Gail Brown followed by ‘Meet the Artists’ with Cathy & Nick Pearce

Art @ Marden House • 14 Oct

"Flowers in art from Botticelli to Hockney" talk by Gail Brown followed by ‘Meet the Artists’ with Cathy and Nick Pearce

"I'm drawing a painting"

Art @ St Edmunds Nursery School and Childrens Centre • 18 Oct

Parents and Carers are invited to join the Nursery School Children to explore paint and colour in their outdoors area

"I'm Rainbowing"

Art @ Strong Close Nursery School • 5 Oct, 12 Oct to 19 Oct

Digital drawings created by 3 and 4 year olds on an iPad.
iPad drawing

(in)Visibility: Aesthetic Dimensions of Perception

Art @ Columbia Museum of Art • 28 Oct

Hands-on and collaborative art projects allow participants to investigate ideas about perception and (in)visibility by creating prints, drawings in two and three dimensions, clay sculptures and more....

30 Days Of Creativity: a Wellbeing Challenge for September

Art @ Online from home • 1 Sep to 30 Sep

Try a daily creativity challenge this autumn - from home in your own time.

A Big Draw to Remember

Art @ York Army Museum • 22 Oct, 24 Oct, 29 Oct, 14 Feb to 18 Feb

Come join in our Big Draw to Remember
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A Secret Garden Art For Wellbeing Challenge

Art @ Online from home • 1 Jun to 30 Jun

A Secret Garden is a daily art for wellbeing challenge for June, to enjoy from home in your own time

A Touch and Feel Drawing Experience

Art @ Northlight Art Studios • 8 Oct

Using Touch to explore objects without observing, we will investigate mark making and creating the feel of objects.

Acrylic Painting Workshop – Rocky Beach Using Texture Paste

Art @ Online - Milamarts • 11 Oct, 18 Oct

Acrylic Painting Workshop – Rocky Beach Using Texture Paste Wednesdays 11th and 18th October 2023 7pm Online workshops Create a loose painting of a rocky beach scene at sunset with guidance...
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Art Course (12 sessions) Online

Art @ Online @ArtwithTricia • 20 Sep, 27 Sep, 04 Oct, 11 Oct, 18 Oct, 1 Nov, 08 Nov, 15 Nov, 22 Nov, 29 Nov, 06 Dec, 13 Dec

This course is suitable to all levels as you will work through simple tasks to explore the mediums you want to use!
Student at work
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Art Course for all abilities (12 sessions)

Art @ Westhampnett Hall • 19 Sep, 26 Sep, 03 Oct, 10 Oct, 24 Oct, 31 Oct, 07 Nov, 14 Nov, 21 Nov, 28 Nov, 05 Dec, 12 Dec

This course is suitable to all levels as you will work through simple tasks to explore the mediums you want to use!
Student at work

Art in the Forest

Art @ Wyre Community Land Trust • 21 Oct

Nature-based art workshops in Wyre Forest for all ages
Forest spirit, fierce or friendly?

Art of Kindness

Art @ HFarm International School Rosá • 9 Oct, 12 Oct, 23 Oct, 24 Oct, 26 Oct

The “ Art of Kindness” Big Draw. Hands on activities for all the family at HFarm Rosá throughout the month of October.
Art of Kindness
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Art Online workshop

Art @ Online @ArtwithTricia • 25 Oct

Online art workshop
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Art Online workshop

Art @ Online @ArtwithTricia • 6 Sep

Online art workshop

Barnstaple Big Chalk Drawing

Art @ The square outside Barnstaple museum • 29 Jul

Free community art day where everyone can come and help create the Barnstaple Big Chalk Drawing.
Barnstaple Big Chalk Draw

Barnstaple Pannier Market Big Draw

Art @ Barnstaple Pannier Market • 23 Sep

North Devon Arts and Barnstaple Pannier Market will be producing a Big Draw frieze to celebrate the reopening of this historic space.
Bif Draw Flower

Big Draw Art Festival: Drawing with Senses

Art @ epsom square • 13 Oct to 14 Oct

Chalk and pastel drawings, illusionistic faux painting, clay modelling, art iand sound installations
clay modelling

Big Draw at Tower Bridge: Make Your Mark

Art @ Tower Bridge • 24 Oct

Let your visit to Tower Bridge make a lasting impression by helping us bring a giant picture to life.

Big Draw Back to cover

Art @ Mulberry Academy shoreditch • 26 Jan to 27 Jan

Lunch time drawing activity
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Big Draw Day @ North Hertfordshire College

Art @ North Hertfordshire College • 24 Oct

Big Draw Day is on Tuesday 24 October 10.30 am till 2.30 pm NHC Hitchin campus are opening their doors for a family fun event this October half term. Activities will include pizza decorating, mask...

Big Draw does the Big Make!

Art @ Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon • 25 Oct

Big Draw does the Big Make! North Devon Arts, in partnership with Barnstaple Museum, will be running a free event at Barnstaple Museum on Wednesday 25th October.
Making with Heidi Knight Tomsett

Big Dune Draw

Art @ Gwithian Chapel & Gwithian Green Nature Reserve • 28 Oct

The Big Dune Draw at Gwithian: by The Friends of The Towans Art Club and the Dynamic Dunescapes project.
Hilary Jean Gibson at St Gothian sunset workshop

Big Totem Draw

Art @ Kirkton Church Hall • 29 Oct to 02 Nov

A colourful collaborative drawing installation in Kirkton Hall on the theme of Totems involving schools, artists and community groups.
Pupil from Methodist College Belfast drawing

Brilliant Blooms Drop in Flower Making

Art @ Royal Society of Sculptors • 23 Oct

Plant a sculptural flower in our community garden!

Calne Life Drawing

Art @ Marden House • 8 Oct

Life Drawing session will be held in the main hall of Marden House surrounded by the Open Art Exhibition

Calne Music & Arts Festival Drink & Draw

Art @ Lansdowne Strand Hotel • 9 Oct

Calne Music & Arts Festival Drink & Draw at the Lansdowne

Calne Music & Arts Festival Family Day

Art @ Marden House • 7 Oct

To start the Calne Music & Arts Festival week, join us for a FREE family day of music and art activities for all.

Calne Music & Arts Festival Open Art Exhibition

Art @ Marden House • 7 Oct, 09 Oct, 11 Oct to 14 Oct

Calne Music & Arts Festival Open Art Exhibition

Children's Half Term Art

Art @ Harrow Art Centre • 24 Oct

Fun and colourful art workshop for kids aged 7-16, mixed ability
Children's Half Term art at Harrow Art Centre with Kerry Slack

Children's workshop - decorate your own picture frame

Art @ Knole, National Trust • 25 Oct

Take inspiration from Knole's grand collection of frames and paintings and using paints, jewels and pens you can decorate your own wooden frame to take home.
Decorate your own picture frame

Christmas card Mono-printing workshop

Art @ Gwithian Chapel and St Gothian Sands Local Nature Reserve • 25 Oct

fun art workshop for adults and families so they can learn about the unique and rare plant Sea Holly whilst creating their own Christmas cards

COLOUR SPLASH

Art @ RIA Centre • 19 Nov, 2 Dec

COLOUR SPLASH
Colour Splash

Come back to colour - The importance of looking after our sea

Art @ Ramsgate Arts Primary School • 11 Nov

The theme for the event this year is ‘Come Back To Colour
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Come Back to Colour VR Gallery

Art @ MOS • 8 Feb

Students across KS3 to KS5 in the MOS Secondary school were invited to develop a piece of work based on the topic 'Come Back to Colour'
MOS VR Gallery 2

Course: 10 Freehand Lessons

Art @ Eye to Pencil Studio • 10 Jan, 17 Jan, 24 Jan, 31 Jan, 07 Feb, 21 Feb, 28 Feb, 6 Mar, 13 Mar, 20 Mar

In these 10 evening lessons we will investigate different fundamental facets of drawing and give you confidence in your ability to sketch and make visible your ideas more effectively.
10 Freehand Lessons

Course: The Figure in Space and Motion

Art @ Eye to Pencil Studio • 19 Feb, 26 Feb, 04 Mar, 11 Mar to 18 Mar

This course will focus on drawing the figure within our surrounding space and capturing movement.
Figure in Space and Motion

Creative Art Course (12 sessions)

Art @ Felpham Hall • 18 Sep, 25 Sep, 02 Oct, 9 Oct, 16 Oct, 30 Oct, 06 Nov, 13 Nov, 20 Nov, 27 Nov, 04 Dec, 11 Dec

This course is suitable to all levels as you will work through simple tasks to explore the mediums you want to use!
Student at work

Creative Dyslexia Drop-Ins

Art @ Royal Society of Sculptors • 23 Oct, 28 Oct

Join artist and designer Lucy Grainge for Creative Dyslexia Workshops at the Royal Society of Sculptors

Creative Nature Journaling - Online course

Art @ Online - Milamarts • 2 Oct, 9 Oct, 16 Oct, 23 Oct to 30 Oct

Creative Nature Journaling Mondays 2nd – 30th October 2023 2pm – 4.15pm 5 week Online Course £47Regain your curiosity and wonder at the natural world through drawing and painting in this...

Day of the RED Portrait Party

Art @ 1 Lamb Street • 8 Oct

A free outdoor portrait party with Colour Queen Sue Kreitzman and friends!
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Deer themed ceramic workshop with Emily Chilvers

Art @ Knole, National Trust • 18 Oct

Using the setting of Knole and the wild deer herd as inspiration, join potter Emily Chilvers and create your own deer themed creation in clay.
Deer themed ceramic workshop with Emily Chilvers

Dover's Big Draw 2023

Art @ Future Foundry Project Space • 23 Oct

Dover;s Big Draw this year joins the Dover Youth Festival in collaboration with Future Foundry
Dover's Big Draw

Draw the Line

Art @ Oriel CARN • 27 Oct

Gweithdy cerdded a darlunio | Walk and draw workshop
Llinellau Gwahanol | Different Lines

Draw the longest minuet

Art @ National Trust - Bath Assembly Rooms • 21 Oct to 29 Oct

During October half term we're inviting you to help us draw the longest minuet.
A picture of the Long Minuet as Danced at Bath by William Dickinson

Draw Through the Room, Using Your Whole Body

Art @ Northlight Art Studios • 14 Oct

Movement, awareness of the body, drawing, mark making and sculpture!

Drawing from the Senses: Online Meditation Drawing

Art @ Meditation Drawing ONLINE • 17 Oct

Drawing with Senses: Online Meditation Drawing Workshop
Meditation Drawing  Workshop

Drawing Ground - TTD 2023 SYMPOSIUM

Art @ Brew Draw Studio • 29 Sep to 01 Oct

Saturday 23rd October -Thinking through Drawing annual drawing symposium - Unlocking & Rethinking
Patty Hudak, TtD Member, Obstacles to Drawing 2021

Drawing Morning and Community Art Share

Art @ Royal British Legion • 28 Oct

Drawing morning and Community Art Share
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Drawing with Senses

Art @ St George's CE Primary School • 30 Sep

Big Draw at St George's - a fun experimental drawing day!

Drawing with Senses

Art @ Malvern Theatres • 1 Nov to 02 Nov

The 5 senses of Touch/ Sight/Smell /Taste and Smell will prompt us to us a hold host of different drawing materials and substances to create images and offer experiences. We are seeking to find...
Favourite things

Drawing with senses

Art @ South Oxford Community Centre • 28 Oct

A day of drawing using all your senses
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Drawing with Senses

Art @ Gallery Oldham • 25 Oct

A fun family art and craft session in collaboration our partners at Hunion this October half term
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Drawing with Senses Museum Trail

Art @ St Albans Museum + Gallery • 23 Oct to 27 Oct

Use your senses to help you explore and draw in St Albans Museum + Gallery.
St Albans Museum + Gallery

Drawing with Senses Trail

Art @ Verulamium Museum • 23 Oct to 28 Oct

Use your senses to help you draw and explore in Verulamium Museum.
Verulamium Museum

Drop in and Draw

Art @ Melbourne Library • 2 Oct, 4 Oct, 06 Oct, 9 Oct, 11 Oct, 13 Oct, 16 Oct, 18 Oct, 20 Oct, 23 Oct, 25 Oct

Drop in and Draw at Melbourne Library on Monday's, Wednesdays & Fridays in October
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Drop in and Draw

Art @ Creative Melbourne Gallery • 4 Oct, 07 Oct, 11 Oct, 14 Oct, 18 Oct, 21 Oct, 25 Oct to 28 Oct

Drop in and Draw at Creative Melbourne Gallery
Drop in and Draw throughout October at Creative Melbourne Gallery

Drop In and draw

Art @ Romsey Abbey • 18 Feb

FREE Drop In and Draw session at Romsey Abbey to create a collaborative drawing installation!
Drop In and Draw at Romsey Abbey

Drop in Drawing with the Senses

Art @ Royal Society of Sculptors • 9 Oct, 31 Oct

Celebrate the Big Draw this October with multisensory drawing activities

Edible Art Workshop

Art @ Royal Society of Sculptors • 24 Oct

Design and decorate an edible picture book

Emotions Discovery Taster Session

Art @ Meredith Road Baptist Church • 21 Oct

Do you or your child struggle to express, explain & deal with feelings? Is bottling things up getting too much? Are emotions a mystery?
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Emotions Discovery Taster Session

Art @ Meredith Road Baptist Church • 1 Nov

Do you or your child struggle to express, explain & deal with feelings? Is bottling things up getting too much? Are emotions a mystery?
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Emotions Discovery Taster Session

Art @ The LEC • 30 Oct

Do you or your child struggle to express, explain & deal with feelings? Is bottling things up getting too much? Are emotions a mystery?
The Big Draw
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Exploring Composition

Art @ Westhampnett Hall • 8 Aug

During this workshop you will explore compositions using Acrylic and collage.

Exploring Drawing Through Senses and Surfaces

Art @ Ken Aston Square • 23 Sep

Join us for a FREE drawing event that encourages participants to explore drawing using various senses and surfaces, from small sticky notes to large cloth, drawing inspiration from famous artists....
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Family Friendly Exhibition Preview | Constellations of Multiple Wishes

Art @ The Mosaic Rooms • 16 Feb

Join us for the family friendly opening of the exhibition Constellations of Multiple Wishes; with activities for children.
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Family Station: The Big Draw

Art @ The British Library • 29 Oct

Join us at the Family Station to explore and play using our senses, as part of the Big Draw Festival 2023.
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Follow on Workshop: Ancient Egyptian Secret Art - from THE BIG DRAW masterclass

Art @ online with June-Elleni Laine • 20 Nov

Join June-Elleni to create your life goals in this live stream workshop, using the Ancient Egyptian Secret of drawing out the future!
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Game Design & Worldbuilding

Art @ Royal Society of Sculptors • 27 Oct

Work as a team to design, draw and play within a whole new world of your making

Have Fun with Geli Plate Printing

Art @ Felpham Hall • 7 Aug

Have fun with Gelli plate printing Learn this amazing mono-printing technique that uses acrylic paints and stencils to create colourful images on paper.
Have Fun with Geli Plate Printing
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How to begin Watercolour Painting - 4 weeks

Art @ Westhampnett Hall • 18 Aug

Suitable for complete beginners this 4 week course takes you through everything you need to know to begin painting with Watercolours.
Colour mixing
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InSEA meets the Big Draw 2023

Art @ Online with Padlet • 1 Oct

InSEA members in over 70 countries will be invited to submit images to our 2023 Padlet Board/Map.
touch

Inspirational Senses!

Art @ World of Wedgwood • 1 Oct, 4 Oct, 08 Oct, 11 Oct, 15 Oct, 18 Oct, 22 Oct, 25 Oct to 29 Oct

Join the team at World of Wedgwood for a sensory filled experience of touch, smell, sight and hear what's inside the cauldrons!
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INSPIRE- celebrating ASIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE

Art @ Durgapur • 6 Oct, 1 Oct, 20 Oct, 27 Oct

INSPIRE - Celebrating Asian Heritage
Ajanta Ellora caves , India

Into The Woods: An art for wellbeing challenge

Art @ Online from home • 1 Nov, 3 Nov, 05 Nov, 7 Nov, 09 Nov, 11 Nov, 13 Nov, 15 Nov, 17 Nov, 19 Nov, 21 Nov, 23 Nov, 25 Nov, 27 Nov to 29 Nov

Boost your wellbeing this November with a tree-themed art challenge to try from home in your own time.

Introduction to Egg Tempera Painting - One Day workshop

Art @ East Oakley Village Hall • 26 Aug

Introduction to Egg Tempera Painting One Day workshop 26th August 2023 10am – 4pm At East Oakley Village Hall (Green Hut) £57.00 Explore the techniques of egg tempera painting and learn how...

Join illustrator Elsa and author Becky for some Animal Train themed Creating!

Art @ Canalside Heritage Centre • 25 Oct

Join artist & illustrator Elsa Rickett-Trueman and author & singer Becky Syson for a creative session themed around 'The Animal Train'

KIRKTON BIG DRAW WEEKEND

Art @ Kirkton Church Hall • 28 Oct to 29 Oct

An exciting weekend of sensory drawing activities for the whole community featuring local artists and musicians.
Irene comes to art club

Lecture on painting conservation with Melanie Caldwell

Art @ Knole, National Trust • 3 Oct

Join Paintings Conservator Melanie Caldwell as she talks about projects undertaken on paintings at Knole.
Portrait of Huang Ya Dong by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Lessons And Activities For Primary Schools - Kapow Primary

Art @ Online with Kapow Primary • 27 Sep

Lesson ideas, resources and tips from our Art & Design expert to help you celebrate The Big Draw Festival.
Kapow logo

Life Sculpture With Wire

Art @ Northlight Art Studios • 7 Oct

A day workshop 3D Drawing with wire!

Lino Print a Fabric Lampshade

Art @ Felpham Hall • 14 Aug

Lino print your own fabric and learn how to make into a lampshade to take home.
Repeat lino print
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Lino print a holiday postcard

Art @ Westhampnett Hall • 15 Aug

Create a set of 8 Lino printed postcards.

Lino printing with The Littlest Falcon

Art @ Head of Steam @ Firthmoor Community Centre • 14 Oct

Join artist The Littlest Falcon to create your own beautiful prints to take away and contribute to our giant Big Draw collaborative creation

Llinellau Gwahanol | Different Lines

Art @ Oriel CARN • 14 Oct, 19 Oct, 21 Oct, 26 Oct, 28 Oct, 2 Nov, 04 Nov, 9 Nov, 11 Nov, 16 Nov, 18 Nov, 23 Nov to 25 Nov

Arddangosfa gwaith darlunio | Exhibition of drawing artwork
Llinellau Gwahanol | Different Lines

Make your Mark with Nature!

Art @ Haltwhistle Library • 31 Oct

Inclusive fun sessions for 2-4 year olds this October half-term in a Northumberland Library near you!

Make your Mark with Nature!

Art @ Prudhoe Library • 2 Nov

Inclusive fun sessions for 2-4 year olds this October half-term in a Northumberland Library near you!

Make your Mark with Nature!

Art @ Berwick Library • 3 Nov

Inclusive fun sessions for 2-4 year olds this October half-term in a Northumberland Library near you!

Make your Mark with Nature!

Art @ Amble Library • 3 Nov

Inclusive fun sessions for 2-4 year olds this October half-term in a Northumberland Library near you!

Make your Mark with Nature!

Art @ Morpeth Library • 2 Nov

Inclusive fun sessions for 2-4 year olds this October half-term in a Northumberland Library near you!

Making Sense of Drawing

Art @ Durham Sixth Form Centre • 21 Oct

An exciting afternoon of 'drop in' diverse creative activities based on Drawing with Senses. Come on in!
Plasticine sculpture

Mindful Drawing Workshop @ Saluda Shoals

Art @ Mindful Drawing Workshop @ Saluda Shoals • 11 Nov

Experience the sensations of autumn through drawing, as we gather for mindful seeing and marking at the Saluda Shoals Park in Columbia, SC. This half-day workshop is a playful exploration of a range...

Multi-Sensory Masterpieces: Drawing the Craven Museum Collection

Art @ Skipton Town Hall • 31 Oct

Join us to explore a variety of museum objects and resources through touch, smell, sound and sight!
Museum objects, scented herb bags, magnifying glass, headphones, paper, pencils

Owl Whoo Hoo

Art @ St Edmunds Nursery School and Childrens Centre • 3 Oct, 10 Oct to 17 Oct

Nursery children and their families will be offered lots of sensory opportunities to explore elements of the book, The Owl Babies
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Painting Workshop – Flying Geese in Watercolour

Art @ Online - Milamarts • 27 Oct, 3 Nov

Painting Workshop – Flying Geese in Watercolour Friday 27th October and 3rd November 2023 7pm Online workshops Create a watercolour painting of migrating Greylag Geese with guidance from...
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Photographic Talk – ‘Arctica’ with Pam and Eddy Lane

Art @ Calne Town Hall • 15 Oct

Photographic Talk – ‘Arctica’ with Pam and Eddy Lane
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Playing with colour and Pattern in a Sketchbook

Art @ Westhampnett Hall • 1 Aug

During this workshop you will be playing with gouache and spend the day mixing colours to explore patterns and designs.
Playing with colour and Pattern in a Sketchbook

Poppy Pebble Painting

Art @ York Army Museum • 12 Nov, 14 Feb to 18 Feb

Paint a Poppy Pebble
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Portrait painting with Martin Wells

Art @ Knole, National Trust • 27 Sep, 10 Oct

Join this two-day workshop (Wednesday 27 September and Tuesday 10 October) with local artist Martin Wells, where you will learn the technique of underpainting and take away your own piece of art.
Portrait workshop with Martin Wells
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Rangoli Mirrored Cosmos

Art @ Greenwich Peninsula • 7 Oct, 08 Oct, 14 Oct, 15 Oct, 21 Oct, 22 Oct, 28 Oct to 29 Oct

In the lead up to Diwali, join us to illustrate a giant mandala as part of outdoor artwork Rangoli Mirrored Cosmos by artist Murugiah.

Sefton's Big Draw

Art @ Old Christ Church Waterloo • 21 Oct

Sefton's Big Draw community event.
Sefton's Big Draw

Set Aside Daily Art For Wellbeing Challenge

Art @ Online from home • 1 Feb to 28 Feb

Set Aside is a daily art for wellbeing challenge running for the month of February.

Sgwrs | Talk: Beth yw Darlunio? | What is Drawing?

Art @ Oriel CARN • 26 Oct

Arddangosfa gwaith darlunio | Exhibition of drawing artwork

Sketch Your Surroundings

Art @ York Army Museum • 7 Oct to 08 Oct

Visit buildings and open spaces around the city and draw the things which capture your imagination
Sketches

Sketching in autumn colour with Amber Halsall

Art @ Knole, National Trust • 11 Oct

Use the autumnal colour of Knole Park as inspiration as you discover techniques needed to portray the colours and textures that surround us at this time of year.
Sketching in autumn colour with Amber Halsall

Still Life Drawing with a Sewing Machine

Art @ Northlight Art Studios • 15 Oct

Use a sewing machine for freestyle drawing

TASTZIN - zintuiglijk tekenen met de Haagse stadstekenaar

Art @ Centrale Bibliotheek, Den Haag • 11 Nov

Op 11 november geeft stadstekenaar Babette Wagenvoort een workshop in het kader van het internationale tekenfestival 'The Big Draw', dat dit jaar als thema 'Drawing the Senses' heeft.
Logo Haagse stadstekenaar

The 2023 Big Draw Festival Delaware

Art @ Mispillion Art League • 7 Oct

Drawing with Senses - all day free, family-friendly art activities for all ages and artistic abilities!
Model interacting with figure drawing participants

The Bare Necessity: Marathon Life Drawing Event

Art @ Craven Arts House • 14 Oct

Life drawing marathon event to raise money for Cancer research charities
Nude

The Big Draw

Art @ St Paul's Cathedral • 26 Oct to 28 Oct

Join the Schools & Family Learning team to discover the Big Draw at St. Paul's Cathedral!
Drawing at St. Paul's Cathedral

The Big Draw

Art @ National Trust Sandilands • 1 Oct to 31 Oct

Be part of the world's largest drawing festival at Sandilands this October.
Close-up of a landscape sketch and a hand holding crayons

The Big Draw - Capturing the magic of Glastonbury Abbey at night

Art @ Glastonbury Abbey • 4 Oct, 11 Oct, 18 Oct, 25 Oct

Adult drawing classes throughout October at Glastonbury Abbey. All levels are welcome. Throughout the night time drawing sessions, we will light up parts of the abbey in colour for you to enjoy...
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The Big Draw - Drawing with Touch

Art @ Eltham Centre Library • 21 Oct

Drawing with Wire
wire penguin

The Big Draw 2022: Come Back to Colour Exhibition

Art @ Worksop Library • 18 Jan

The Big Draw 2022 theme invites us to rediscover ourselves through colour and community: the results of which burst onto display in this exhibition!

The Big Draw 2022: Come Back to Colour Exhibition

Art @ West Bridgford Library • 2 Mar

The Big Draw 2022 theme invites us to rediscover ourselves through colour and community: the results of which burst onto display in this exhibition!

The Big Draw 2023 At Glastonbury Abbey - Day Draw Workshop

Art @ Glastonbury Abbey • 1 Oct

The day time drawing workshop will focus on exploring the abbey grounds and creating individual compositions. We will look at the importance of thumbnails and how photographs can be useful when...
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The Big Draw 2023 Community Event

Art @ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles • 14 Oct

Join us in Downtown Los Angeles for a participatory exhibition tour of ‘Harmony Korine. AGGRESSIVE DR1FTER.’
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The Big Draw 2023 Community Events

Art @ Hauser & Wirth Menorca • 7 Oct

Join Hauser & Wirth Menorca for community events inspired by The Big Draw Festival 2023 theme 'Drawing with Senses.'

The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Exhibition at Beeston Library

Art @ Beeston Library • 17 Feb

The work on display in The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Exhibition shows the story of the project: a mixture of work by visual artists Mandy Keating and Tracey Meek, sculptor Chris Campbell and...
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Exhibition at Mansfield Central Library

Art @ Mansfield Central Library • 30 Sep

The work on display in The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Exhibition shows the story of the project: a mixture of work by visual artists Mandy Keating and Tracey Meek, sculptor Chris Campbell and...
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Exhibition at West Bridgford Library

Art @ West Bridgford Library • 4 Jan

The work on display in The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Exhibition shows the story of the project: a mixture of work by visual artists Mandy Keating and Tracey Meek, sculptor Chris Campbell and...
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Exhibition at Worksop Library

Art @ Worksop Library • 4 Nov

The work on display in The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Exhibition shows the story of the project: a mixture of work by visual artists Mandy Keating and Tracey Meek, sculptor Chris Campbell and...
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Arnold Library

Art @ Arnold Library • 31 Oct

Come and join artist Tracey Meek at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop.
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Beeston Library

Art @ Beeston Library • 31 Oct

Come and join artist Tracey Meek at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop.
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Bingham Library

Art @ Bingham Library • 2 Nov

Come and join artist Tracey Meek at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop.
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Hucknall Library

Art @ Hucknall Library • 21 Oct

Come and join artist Mandy Keating at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library

Art @ Kirkby in Ashfield Library • 28 Oct

Come and join artist Mandy Keating at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Mansfield Central Library

Art @ Mansfield Central Library • 27 Oct

Come and join artist Mandy Keating at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Newark Library

Art @ Newark Library • 24 Oct

Come and join artist Mandy Keating at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Retford Library

Art @ Retford Library • 4 Nov

Come and join artist Tracey Meek at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop.
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Southwell Library

Art @ Southwell Library • 24 Oct

Come and join artist Mandy Keating at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at Sutton-in-Ashfield Library

Art @ Sutton-in-Ashfield Library • 27 Oct

Come and join artist Mandy Keating at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop
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The Big Draw 2023: Time to Connect Workshop at West Bridgford Library

Art @ West Bridgford Library • 2 Nov

Come and join artist Tracey Meek at a library drawing workshop this half term. Enjoy discovering your inner artist in this fun family workshop.
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The Big Draw at Chichester Cathedral

Art @ Chichester Cathedral • 27 Oct

The Big Draw Festival returns to Chichester Cathedral! The Cathedral’s historic stone floor will be covered in paper, for you to draw, colour and get creative - inspired by Peter Walker’s magical...

The Big Draw at Gunby

Art @ National Trust Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens • 1 Oct to 31 Oct

Come along and use your senses to draw the beautiful garden at Gunby.
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The Big Draw DC

Art @ Adams Morgan - Eats in the Streets • 29 Jul

The DC Arts Center is hosting The Big Draw DC at Adams Morgan's Eats in the Streets festival! Come join us!
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The Big Draw Festival 2023 Community Drop-In

Art @ Hauser & Wirth London • 10 Oct

Join Hauser & Wirth London throughout October to celebrate The Big Draw Festival 2023 theme ‘Drawing with Senses’ in response to the exhibition ‘Avery Singer. Free Fall.’

The Big Draw Festival 2023 Community Event

Art @ Hauser & Wirth New York 18th Street • 24 Oct

Hauser & Wirth New York 18th Street invites slow looking, close observation, and creative responses to ‘Louise Bourgeois. Once there was a mother’.
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The Big Draw Festival 2023 Community Event

Art @ Chillida Leku • 28 Oct

Celebrate The Big Draw with Chillida Leku, the international festival that celebrates drawing as a tool for learning, communicating, and creating.
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The Big Draw Festival Community Event 2023

Art @ Hauser & Wirth Somerset • 22 Oct

Join Hauser & Wirth Somerset for a free creative workshop to celebrate The Big Draw Festival 2023 theme ‘Drawing with Senses.’
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The Big Draw Festival Schools Event 2023

Art @ Hauser & Wirth Somerset • 10 Oct, 11 Oct, 17 Oct, 18 Oct, 31 Oct

Primary and secondary schools are invited to join Hauser & Wirth Somerset to celebrate The Big Draw Festival 2023 theme ‘Drawing with Senses.’

The Big Draw Weekend at Knole

Art @ Knole, National Trust • 28 Oct to 29 Oct

The Big Draw festival returns to Knole in 2023 with a new theme and different crafts and activities for all.
Green court at Knole

The Paper Museum

Art @ University of Aberdeen Zoology Museum • 2 Oct

Come to the Zoology Museum to add your drawing to The Paper Museum.
Drawings of a tiger and wasp, labelled 'stripy'.

The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents The Big Draw: Drawing with Senses

Art @ The Walt Disney Family Museum • 15 Oct

Join us at The Walt Disney Family Museum as we once again celebrate The Big Draw, the world’s largest drawing festival! The Big Draw Festival 2023 is about letting loose, embracing happy accidents,...

TogetherFest: Build a Spirobot!

Art @ Dorman Museum • 3 Nov

Robots vs Art in this tinkering robot workshop which gets you building and creating with our experts from Junior Stem.
Spirobot

TogetherFest: Comic drawing with James Brady

Art @ Hartlepool Art Gallery • 1 Nov

Join James Brady from Teesside University for a free comic drawing workshop.

TogetherFest: Night Photography - Painting with Light

Art @ Preston Park Museum and Grounds • 2 Nov

Come and learn how to take amazing photographs with other young people using light props in the dark streets of the museum at night!

Togetherfest: Paint Off! Competition

Art @ Kirkleatham Museum • 1 Nov

Have you got what it takes to create a winning painting? Join us for an afternoon of painting and win art prizes worth £100!

Watercolour Dragonfly Art Workshop

Art @ Harrow Art Centre • 11 Nov

Watercolour dragonfly art workshop (Beginners)
Watercolour Dragonfly illustration

Watercolour Floral Workshop

Art @ Harrow Art Centre • 30 Sep

Watercolour floral workshop (Beginners)
Watercolour Floral Workshop

Watercolour Seascape Workshop

Art @ Harrow Art Centre • 14 Oct

Watercolour Seascape workshop (Beginners)
Watercolour seascape workshop at Harrow Art Centre

Watercolour workshop with Suzanne Abraham

Art @ Knole, National Trust • 5 Oct

Using the landscape at Knole as inspiration, learn watercolour techniques and experience the joy of painting spontaneously.
Watercolour workshop with Suzanne Abraham

Wild Life Drawing: Mythical Owls

Art @ Royal Society of Sculptors • 26 Oct

Celebrate Halloween with this magical drawing class with real-life owls.
Image shows owl in front of pink background

Wondrous Sensations

Art @ Strong Close Nursery School • 4 Oct, 11 Oct to 18 Oct

With children 2-4years old ,exploring as many of the senses that we can fit in in 3 sessions inside class and in the outside area
The Big Draw

Workshop for Families | Sensing Our Way

Art @ The Mosaic Rooms • 18 Feb

Help Artist and Educator Sarah Marsh create a design that will be used in the making of ‘SOW’; the new Sensory Toolkit coming to The Mosaic Rooms!
Courtesy of The Mosaic Rooms

Workshop: Book Look Beware

Art @ Eye to Pencil Studio • 19 Jan

Join Artpedagogy’s Chris Francis for a day of creative professional development to draw, collaborate and re-imagine art room antics in practical and profound ways.
Book Look Beware

Workshop: Collage and Composition

Art @ Eye to Pencil Studio • 12 Jan

Join artist Joana Galego for a workshop that explores the potential of collage to edit drawings and navigate the imagined space one can create on paper.
Collage and Composition

Workshop: Drawing and the Unconscious: Getting Out from a Stuck Place

Art @ Eye to Pencil Studio • 9 Jan

Join artist Giulia Ley for a workshop that uses found text and dream diaries to explore Freud's concept of 'freedom through limitation'.
Eye to Pencil

Workshop: Sketchbooks

Art @ Eye to Pencil Studio • 1 Feb

Sketchbooks can be receptacles for notes, and visual observations. This workshop is led by Molly Martin who shares ideas on forming drawing habits and how to capture everyday things around us.
Sketchbooks Workshop

Workshop: Sketchbooks in the Gallery

Art @ Eye to Pencil Studio • 29 Feb

In Molly Martin’s second workshop, we will be working in sketchbooks between the National Gallery and the studio, drawing from paintings.
Sketchbooks in the Gallery

Workshop: The Book of Art Education

Art @ Eye to Pencil Studio • 23 Feb

Join Artpedagogy’s Chris Francis to write, draw, and collaborate on a book about art education!
The Book of Art Education

Yoga in Art with 11:11 Yoga Studio

Art @ Marden House • 10 Oct

Yoga in Art with 11:11 Yoga Studio at Marden House