Location: Ambleside Landing
Cost: Free
Join me for a presentation of the Big Picture Art Project and try your hand at some fun monoprinting techniques like the popular No- phone selfie.
On May 15th, we will select 6 of the most interesting contributions to the Big Picture for our fifth giveaway and they will win prizes by our sponsors. If you already participated in the project, you don’t need to do anything, you are automatically eligible to win a prize.
What are we looking for? We are looking for personal stories that will let us know a bit more about yourself:
You can see the winners of our last giveaways here
If you already uploaded you drawings, you are automatically entered for the giveaways
This is a new video shot for the television of Radio Canada British Columbia by Monia Blanchet Radio-Canada, in French. You can see Sandrine in her studio, talking about the project.
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For Culture Days Sophie Babeanu (art therapist in North Vancouver) and I, Sandrine Pelissier (visual artist in North Vancouver) have arranged a few drawing stations in the studio with simple instructions.
At each station, you could try a different drawing technique.
Like drawing with your non- dominant hand
Or finding a drawing from random scribbles on paper
Or drawing a self portrait with a mirror monoprint easy technique.
Once the drawings were made, participants had the opportunity to have their drawings scanned and to upload them to the Big Picture Art Project
See you next year !
We are encouraging art teachers and artists to use our project as the starting point for any drawing or writing activities they would like to organize. So let us know and we will be happy to help promote your activity!
Culture days are coming up and Sophie and I will host an activity in my North Vancouver studio.
September 30th and October 1st
10 am to 4 pm
125 Garden avenue in North Vancouver
You want to participate in the project and:
– The idea of drawing sends chills down your spine?
– You have an interesting story to share?
– You could not use a computer if your life depended on it?
– What on earth is a scanner?
– Last time you drew something was in elementary school
– Your dog ate your drawing
– You feel like having a conversation with two heavily french accented ladies.
Sandrine and Sophie will show you some simple drawing techniques: line contour drawing, line and cross hatching, cross contour drawing, scumbling technique, drawing with twigs. You will also have the chance to try for yourself some fun techniques like continuous drawing, blind continuous drawing, and drawing with your non dominant hand.
Supplies will be provided.
Sandrine Pelissier is a North Vancouver-based visual artist and the author of Fearless Watercolor for Beginners. Her work has been published in many books and magazines.
She writes the popular blog: www.paintingdemos.com
http://www.sandrinepelissier.com/
Sophie Babeanu is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist. She graduated from Langara College in Vancouver. She has hundreds of hours of practice with children, seniors and adults from all walks of life.
http://www.expressiveartsvancouver.com/
We are very happy as we reached our first milestone of 500 uploads.
A big thank you to all the participants, you are awesome!
We still have a long way to go but we wanted to share our gratitude; Seeing so many people participate and collaborate from so many different countries on the same project makes us happy !!
See our 500th picture on the Big Picture here
Sandrine and Sophie
Anyone Can Draw! The Big Picture Collective Art Project with Sandrine Pelissier & Sophie Babeanu
North Vancouver
Sat, August 12, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Sat, August 12, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Space is limited and registration is required.
Please visit Opus North Vancouver or contact them at 604‑904‑0447 to register.
The Big Picture is a collective art project where people in our local area and around the world are collaborating to create a big mosaic picture from thousands of smaller drawings.
Then this is the demo for you!
Sandrine and Sophie will show you some simple drawing techniques: line contour drawing, line and cross hatching, cross contour drawing, scumbling technique, drawing with twigs. You will also have the chance to try for yourself some fun techniques like continuous drawing, blind continuous drawing, and drawing with your non dominant hand.
Attendees are asked to bring along a sketchbook and a pencil or pen to sketch along with Sandrine and Sophie.
Sandrine Pelissier is a North Vancouver-based visual artist and the author of Fearless Watercolor for Beginners. Her work has been published in many books and magazines.
She writes the popular blog: www.paintingdemos.com
http://www.sandrinepelissier.com/
Sophie Babeanu is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist. She graduated from Langara College in Vancouver and is also a member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). She has hundreds of hours of practice with children, seniors and adults from all walks of life.
Here are a few new examples of subjects that can be a source of inspiration for you to participate in the Big Picture:
Enjoying your gardenDrawing by Catherine Schechter
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Moving to a new placeDrawing by Marina Sablina See that Drawing on the Big Picture
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Sharing memories of
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Representing a feeling
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Recording changes in your cityDrawing by Li Boesen  |
Recording your everyday lifeDrawing by Karen McCready  |
Thank you to everyone who participated in the project this month!
Here is a selection of some of the drawings uploaded this month, those drawings have been chosen to showcase the diversity of the participations.
Click on any picture to see it on the Big Picture and read the caption:
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 Emma Victorya BushiUSA (English) |
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 Funda BüyükbaşTurkey (English) |
 Therese GenaUSA (English) |
 Angels Prat ValverdeSpain (English) |
 Shirley Kathan-SayessUSA (English) |
 Belinda DeutingerIreland (English) |
Each participant can upload up to 4 pictures, so feel free to upload more if you are under the 4 pictures limit.
Good news!
There are many sources of inspirations and subjects you can share on the Big Picture. Here are a few examples:
Everyday life and familyDrawing by Nishtha Pathak
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Animals and pets in your lifeDrawing by karen mcCready
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Your inspirationDrawing by Marja Ouwerling
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Being at a cross-roadsDrawing by Glaucia Mir
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Your childhood memoriesDrawing by Souha Yaacoub  |
Places you visitedDrawing by Smita Srivastav  |
