Showing posts with label the big draw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the big draw. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

The one with the Big Draw 2015

A couple of weeks ago the second edition of the Big Draw took place in my hometown. It's an annual event taking place worldwide. It's an initiative by the Campaign for Drawing, and the first edition was in London. The whole town is asked to draw, and across town many works of art could be seen. In this (picture heavy) post, some of them can be enjoyed. Hope you like them as much as I did! 























Do you have a favourite? I love the Fuuki Bunnies, they can often be seen across town, all year round. My friend Eefje from Atelier Luna was lucky and got her shop window 'Fuukied'. In case you can't get enough of the Big Draw, here and here are my posts of last years' edition. 


Thursday, October 2, 2014

The one with the Big Draw II

A short while ago I posted pictures from the Big Draw. I know, there were lots and lots of pictures about this event already, but I discovered some more stunning street art after posting that one, that I thought are worth sharing. Hope you enjoy these creations!


There's a timelapse video about this work of art over here












How stunning are these last four? What I love about street art, is that it's there for everyone to enjoy. No need to travel to a museum, or paying a (sometimes ridiculously high) fee to see them. If I'm not mistaken, this is the website of the Polish artist who made these gorgeous lace creations. 

Monday, September 15, 2014

The one with the Big Draw

The Big Draw is a festival that originated in England. It's an annual event, that takes place in october. If you're interested, more info can be found over here. For the first time, my hometown Nijmegen hosted a Big Draw last week. The festival will also take place in Australia and the United States. I can highly recommend you to go and see the works of art, if you have the opportunity to go. I had fun walking around town and discovering all of these creations. Beware, this post is picture heavy!

 


This window is one of the windows of my friend Eefje's shop 'atelier Luna'. I really, really like the design of the drawing that was painted on her window.  






You might have spotted these bunnies before on this blog, there were actually some of them on the blog last friday. Discovering new ones always bring a smile to my face. The second picture is a bunny on one of the windows of the department store opposite of my home. The bunny is about to stuff its face with a 'rookworst', a treat this department store is famous for. 




Not only professional artist were part of the big draw, everybody was invited to join in on the fun. Kids hung drawings in trees with colourful ribbons, and a street had a very, very long piece of paper in it, with crayons and pencils to create piece of art. 

 


Once about every two weeks I treat myself to French fries, and my go to address had this guy made of fries rowing a Venetian gondola on its window. If you ever get a chance to visit Nijmegen, and want a tasty snack. This place has the best fries in town, and if you feel very hungry, order some mozzarella sticks as well!



Details on some of the shop windows. Up until today I've never heard of a diddley bow, but I've learned it's a single stringed instrument, moslty used in blues music. 



Some random shots




 





Lots of animals, how about that owl?

 

 



 
Not quite sure if these were part of the big draw, but I think they are awesome, and they fit this post perfectly.