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                  The World's Biggest Drawing Festival


                  Registration for 2016's Festival is open!



                  There's rarely a time when something isn't happening at The Big Draw but today is one of those exciting moments in our calendar. We're delighted to announce that the registration is open for 2016's festival.

                  The festival begins on 1st October 2016 and lasts for all of October. As some of you may know, this year's theme is STEAM. The details of which can be found here. 

                  For further information on how you can organise an event and get involved in this year's Big Draw Festival, please click here.

                  If you're a keen bean and just want to get on with it, come and register here.

                  It's full STEAM ahead for #STEAMBDF16! 

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                  Full STEAM Ahead - Imaginations unlimited.
                  Full STEAM Ahead - Imaginations unlimited.
                  West Highland College UHI
                  'Landlines and Skylines' Workshop. Group landscape drawing based on the theme of 'Living Lines' using Graphite Sticks on Wallpaper. Community Arts Day at Geddington Brickyard Garden
                  Emma Davies
                  And another wall full of drawings!
                  And another wall full of drawings!
                  Haddenham Galleries
                  Big Draw in VIlafranca 2016
                  Big Draw in VIlafranca 2016
                  Ajuntament de Vilafranca del Penedès. Servei de Cultura
                  Dystopian STEAMLAND
                  Dystopian STEAMLAND
                  NEATEN (North East Art Teacher Educator Network)
                  Paper drum kit
                  Paper drum kit
                  Kingsdale Foundation School
                  Studying  the details ready for drawing
                  Studying the details ready for drawing
                  Ashburton Festival Association
                  xray creations
                  xray creations
                  Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
                  Art linked to science.
                  Art linked to science.
                  Pudsey Primrose hill Primary
                  Big Draw in VIlafranca 2016
                  Big Draw in VIlafranca 2016
                  Ajuntament de Vilafranca del Penedès. Servei de Cultura
                  Wild is The Wind
                  Wild is The Wind
                  Danielle Vaughan Art
                  Using different skills together to create art
                  Using different skills together to create art
                  Sandgate Primary School
                  Drawing an Arctic Sea
                  Drawing an Arctic Sea
                  Animate Arts Company
                  Full STEAM Ahead - Imaginations unlimited.
                  Full STEAM Ahead - Imaginations unlimited.
                  West Highland College UHI
                  Brighton-based publisher of conscious living books
                  Brighton-based publisher of conscious living books
                  Leaping Hare Press
                  Arts Location: Rockingham Beach Photo: Claire Davenhall Media: Drawing Inks
                  Arts Location: Rockingham Beach Photo: Claire Davenhall Media: Drawing Inks
                  Claire Davenhall - Visual Artist
                  Drawing a picnic.
                  Drawing a picnic.
                  Pudsey Primrose hill Primary
                  Yr 9 collaborative work based on the theme rof ‘Play’. Pupils used toys as subject matter, and were forced to adopt an awareness of how others around them were working, and how their drawings overlap and interact.
                  Yr 9 collaborative work based on the theme rof ‘Play’. Pupils used toys as subject matter, and were forced to adopt an awareness of how others around them were working, and how their drawings overlap and interact.
                  The British School of Paris
                  Making our own snow!
                  Making our own snow!
                  John Jamieson School
                  Exploring making a change to paint!
                  Exploring making a change to paint!
                  John Jamieson School
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