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Young minds create images of joy

— Photo: C. Ratheesh Kumar

DISTINCT LINES: A participant gives shape to her thoughts at ‘The Hindu-Young World’ painting contest in the city on Saturday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Colour-splashed canvases came to life once again as young artists gave shape to their imagination at the 14th edition of The Hindu-Young World painting competition here on Saturday. Providing a relief from the grim images of terror that haunted both the young and the old alike for the past few days, the young participants merrily painted away sunny scenes from their family and school life at the two-hour competition presented by Lotte BooProo.

About 300 students representing 85 schools in the city participated in the competition. The topic for the senior category (Class VIII to X) was ‘A festival scene’ or ‘Visit to a department store.’ The junior category (Class IV to VII) could choose from the topics ‘Picnic spot’ or ‘Your school library.’

According to the judges, the junior category stood out for the fineness of work besides the high rate of participation. Most of the paintings depicted scenes of families spending time together in parks, waterfalls and zoos.

However, it was the library scene painted by Aparna G. of Army School, Pangode, which bagged the first prize in the junior section. “This one painting instantly caught my attention due to its unique colour scheme. While most children used bright green or yellow in their works, this painting was unique with its predominant shade of light blue,” said noted artist B.D. Dattan who was a judge at the competition. He added that the painting also stood out for its detailing and observation even without etching out distinct border-lines. “Painting is one medium of art where a child’s skill in observation can be well assessed. In this painting, you can see how the young artist has depicted the fluttering pages of a calendar near the swirling fan in the library room,” Mr. Dattan said. Artist S. Yejneswaran was the second judge at the competition.

The winner Aparna, a Class IV student, is participating in The Hindu-Young World painting competition for the first time. “A similar painting I had done on school library was selected for a Children’s Day stamp of the Postal Department last year,” she said. Her brother Abhishek is a three-time winner at The Hindu-Young World contest.

Both the first and second prize wining works in the senior category category were depictions of Thrissur Pooram. Gayathri Nair, a Class IX student of Sarvodaya Vidyalaya bagged the first prize in this category.

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