Take a look at some of the past art school painting award entries that our students submitted. We are currently not holding any competitions.
Using the reference image below, simply paint your own version. Try to keep brush strokes as small and as tight as possible, and the colours as accurate as you can to achieve the right level of realism. You might like to leave out certain elements like the people in the distance or add new elements like flowers in the foreground.
Michael's Winner: "Beside Still Waters" by tamartin4339
Thomas' "Beside Still Waters" is a very detailed and accurate painting. And in my opinion, It's quite unusual for the main three elements; trees, grass and water to be equally as good, as there's usually one element that isn't quite as strong. I love the details in the trees, especially those in the shadows that are often forgotten about but add great realism. The foreground grass is lovely and bright which gives a sense of depth when contrasted with the more subdued and unsaturated middle ground and distance. Lastly, the water in this scene is uncomplicated but it's still important to have the right colours and details. It just works really, really well. Well done Thomas!
Other notable paintings I'd like to mention are; "Surrounded by Trees" by jack0214, "River Road" by larry886 and "Summer" by kenwellings.
There were some interesting additions to some of the entrants' paintings too. I particularly liked the swans and air balloon inclusions.
First Place: "A Sunny Day on The Riverside" by matteodsm
Second Place: "River Walk" by peterwbunyan
Third Place: "Divine Serenity" by ashu2om
