THOSE of a nervous disposition would be well advised to give Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum a wide berth on Wednesday, October 31, because the place will be alive with ghosts, witches, black cats and all the other miscellany of Halloween.

The Foregate Street venue will be playing host to a local event in the worldwide Big Draw 2018, when young and old will be invited along to celebrates drawing in all its forms and join artist Stephen Fowler at his Halloween-themed workshop.

Called Play with Print, the day is designed as a family drop-in session from 11am-3pm, with budding artists of all ages and skills taking part in printing all manner of ghosts, black cats, toads, owls, witches and wizards. Over the course of the day everyone will contribute to a collective print picture and participants can take a number of prints home with them.

Stephen Fowler is an artist and illustrator specialising in DIY printmaking, his work is held and exhibited in galleries and museum collections across the UK, Europe and North America. He will demonstrate how to make creative rollers and rubber stamps as well as an archive of his own rubber stamps being available for use.

Kate Phillipson, access and learning officer at the Art Gallery and Museum, said: “During the school half term week, this is the perfect Halloween activity for budding artists of all abilities and we are delighted to be working with Stephen Fowler to deliver the workshop.

“We are particularly pleased that our event is part of such a wonderful national initiative as The Big Draw Festival, in our view the City Art Gallery and Museum is the perfect place to get drawing and printing, we think it will be a fun – and spooky – day. No booking is required, although materials are £3 per person.

"There is more information at worcestershire.gov.uk.”

Launched in October 2000, The Big Draw Festival has encouraged more than  four million people back to the drawing board.

It has notched up two world records – for the longest drawing in the world (one kilometre) and the greatest number of people drawing simultaneously (more than 7,000).

What began as a one-day celebration of drawing in the UK, is now an annual month-long festival of drawing across the world.