Drawing Day is
a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and
draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas. Help us
create 1 million drawings online this day and boost online art
communities. Official press release for Drawing Day08.
Curiosity and excitement have gotten the better of me and I am
spreading the word. Ironically this means dropping my pencil for a tick to get this news to you...!
Cool news for all artists, scribblers, doodlers and/or pencil owners:
the 7th of June 2008 is Drawing Day a brand new concept. The aim is to
make a noise (in a modern silent way) for the sake of art worldwide.
What? A worldwide drawing event
How? by collecting a million drawings.
Why? So everyone worldwide can stop for one day and remember the joy of picking up a pencil and creating their first piece of art.
Where?Here is where (and some of the best ways) you can share your drawings with the world.
- Upload drawings to Devian ART
- Upload drawings to Flickr
- Draw online at ratemydrawings
- Draw on You tube
- Draw on Facebook
- Drawn on mySpace
If you want to learn more, check out the
the Drawing Day website ample info is given and even more ways to participate will be provided by the organisers soon.
Who? Any proud pencil owner or anyone who knows where to lay their hands on one...
When? 7th of June 2008
Don't forget...
This
being the first year it will no doubt be a great event with a few
teething problems. However, I feel it is well worth putting in a wee
bit of effort into and giving it a go.
And finally but importantly...
Million thanks to Katherine Tyrell for bringing this up on her blog Making a Mark
where she shares the info in a seriously well detailed and explained
post. In doing so giving me the knowledge and the urge to spread the
word. Here is the link her blog posting.