Magic Moments from Coventry Cathedral’s 2012 BIG DRAW

Belatedly, I wanted to share some of the magic moments from the 2012 Big Draw. Held at the start of Half Term, 27^th October, it was a great success. Attendance was great and crossed all generations with Grans and Granddaughters; Granddads and Grandsons; Mums and Dads all having a go.

It was a bright sunny morning with low autumn sunshine streaking through the Baptistery Window causing colourful ‘angels’ to dance across the Tablets of the Word on the opposite wall. Someone was definitely with us that morning.

The West Screen doors were opened at 10.00; balloons jigged in the light breeze; giant easels were set; paints at the ready; and brushes, pencils, crayons and sponges lay waiting for a messy fun free morning.

The rest we’ll share with images of the day, but before we do I personally would like to thank Anna Hill on behalf of everybody involved. Anna (who will be adding a baby to her lovely family any moment now) was the driving force behind a year of planning and preparation to make the Big Draw happen.

Her work with the schools in and around Coventry and her encouragement to involve families in the joy that Coventry Cathedral has to offer has been superb. Now on her maternity leave we wish her well and hope her new family will be back to express themselves in art at next year's BIG DRAW...

...enjoy:

The Babtistery Window inspires

The angels looked on

More angels - as the sun struck through the West Screen the shadow of one of the Angels drifted across the paper, moving constantly ahead of the drawer's eager crayons.

Hard at work

Ahh ... the new Babristery Window designer at work - what would Mr Piper think!

Brass rubbing inspired by the falling leaves outside.

Anna's antenatal art

Great attention to detail

Teaching new generations the fun of rubbing - you can't tweet it.

Let the painting speak... great fun

All busy making art

Enjoyment to the finest detail

Thankfully, the under floor heating was on.

Finally - the the Chapel of Christ the Servant, as part of the Cathedral's art exhibition, the winners of the Creative Coventry competition were on display ending a Golden Jubilee year with a golden jamboree of art.

Next year?

Watch this space - we will be reviewing and introducing lots of activities for schools and families to enjoy throughout the year.