Date:09/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/09/stories/2008120950190200.htm

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Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Strokes of colour mark striking finals

Staff Reporter

Hundreds of students take part in The Hindu-Young World painting contest

— Photo: V.Ganesan

CREATIVE bent: The reign of colour at The Hindu Young World Painting Competition in Chennai on Sunday.

CHENNAI: Hundreds of young minds competed artistically as thousands of strokes of colour by dexterous fingers integrated the excitement of the finals of The Hindu-Young World painting competition here on Sunday.

As part of The Hindu-Newspaper In Education (NIE) initiative, the finals of on-the-spot painting competition sponsored by Lotte-BooPRoo and Repute were held at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School, K.K.Nagar.

C.S. Harini of Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Church Park, won the first prize in the senior category.

J. Jeyan of Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School came second and P. Karthik of Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School, Ashok Nagar, got the third prize.

Senior category

The theme for the senior category was ‘On a tour’ and ‘Cultivation.’

S. Amrita Varshini of Chinmaya Vidyalaya won the first prize in the junior category.

P. Jayanthi of Dr. Vimala Convent Higher Secondary School received the second prize and Jerusha Christina Jose of St. John’s English School, Besant Nagar, came third.

Junior category

The theme for the junior category was ‘Your favourite food at the breakfast table’ and ‘Your pet and you.’

“We judged the paintings based on clarity, colour, and composition,” said one of the judges, Lakshmi Krishnamurthy.

“Many students handled the theme with ease and inventiveness exhibiting various dimensions of their intellect,” she added.

“The paintings had refinement in application and colour harmony,” said a judge, Sashikrishnan.

“Some of the works displayed the spurt of lateral thinking in children. A painting of a child is a mirror of the creative component of the psyche,” he added.

All paintings of the competition would be auctioned to offer the proceeds to charity.

“It’s okay if I didn’t win a prize. I had fun participating in the competition,” said M. Akshara, one of the enthusiastic participants.

Consolation prizes were awarded in all categories.