Put Yourself Out There!

It is really important as artists and designers to learn to put yourselves out there when it comes to your work.  Be brave, enter competitions, show the world what you are doing and who knows what could happen and where it may lead.

Doodlers Anonymous are looking for submissions for there latest fab colouring book.  Check out the details in the link and get submitting who knows you may be one of the lucky 60 artist chosen to feature in their fourth book.

Doodlers Anonymous Volume 3

Access Art are running a fab competition in conjunction with The Big Draw.  The theme for The Big Draw 2014 is "It's Our World".  Access Art are asking for postcard entries of drawings of your dinner.  Draw my Dinner is being supported by Great Art a fab art suppliers who we order from at Southport College who are providing £100 voucher for the winner!  Just think of all the fab supplies you could buy with that!

So if we could offer you one piece of advice it would be to put yourself out there and enter competitions.  What are you waiting for get creative and start entering!

Get organised

A new school year, a fresh start and a brilliant excuse for new stationery (not that I ever need an excuse)!

New School Year Gifts from Kelly bought from Hema

Here at Southport College we are really lucky to have a fab Print Shop which sell art materials at cost price to our students.  You will find all sorts from handmade paper, a variety of sketchbooks, fine liners, pencils, portfolios and much more.

Print Shop

Selection of Sketchbooks on sale

We sell a range of sketchbooks from Pink Pig and Seawhite

We stock anything from a 25p fine liner to a £40 portfolio

Assorted coloured and graph paper is 1p/sheet and is great for collage

So treat yourself to some new materials and get creative it's going to be a good year!  So if we could offer you one piece of advice as you embark on your new school year it would be GET ORGANISED!