The Big Draw is the world’s biggest drawing festival with thousands of enjoyable, and mainly free, drawing activities which connect people of all ages with museums, outdoor spaces, artists, designers, illustrators – and each other.
The Big Draw is for anyone who loves to draw, as well as those who think they can’t!
We believe #drawingchangeslives
The Big Draw 2015
The 2014 Big Draw involved twenty-six countries, with 414,000 people attending over 1800 events by 1000+ organisers.
The Big Draw 2015 takes place 1 – 31 October. The theme is Every Drawing Tells A Story.
History of The Big Draw
The international celebration of drawing has grown from one day in October 2000 in the UK to an annual month-long festival of drawing across the the world. The first Big Draw in 2000 attracted 180 partner organisations. By October 2011, the number had risen to 1,300, with over 260,000 people participating.
Click here to read the full history.
Take part in the Make it in Design The Big Draw
Each day we will post our very own theme along with some inspiration and ask you to spend 5-10 minutes doing a quick sketch to represent that theme. Following which we want you to share this with the world via instagram and/or twitter by adding the following hashtags #makeitindesign #TheBigDraw
Please remember this is just for fun and do look out for drawings from our very own Rachael Taylor and the Make it in Design Team – enjoy!
Todays theme is … A doodle
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