Pixel Art Competition
April-May 2017
Orleans House Gallery invites all budding young artists in schools across Richmond,
Kingston and Hounslow to enter our Pixel Art Competition for our new exhibition, Picture
Play opening on 6 July 2017.
Your Challenge!
Orleans House Gallery looks after the Richmond Borough Art Collection. We will be reimagining these artworks
in Picture Play! Using pixel art, create your own new artwork for the collection. Draw a person or place in your
local area that is important to you.
- What will your picture be of? A place, an object or a person?
- Why have you chosen this? Why is it/are they important?
- Remember to give your artwork a name.
DEADLINE for submission – Wednesday 7th June 2017.
Requirements
• Artworks must be no bigger than A4
• All works must be submitted via your school or alternative
education provision.
The Winner
The winning entry / school will be given a FREE workshop in June
to work with artist, Kate Kennedy and create a short animation
that will feature in the exhibition inspired by your artwork. Top
entries will also have their designs exhibited in Picture Play! (6
July-20 August).
Submitting
To submit your work, please send the artwork with the completed
entry form (below) including:
• the title
• brief description of the inspiration behind the work
Please include the subject ‘Pixel Art Competition’.
Email: [email protected]
Post: Education Office, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham,
Riverside, TW1 3DJ
Design Sheet:
You can either use this worksheet or attach your own design on a separate piece of paper.
Artist’s Name, age and school:
How to Create Pixel Art
There are different ways you can do this project. Don’t worry if children don’t stick strictly to these rules. We
welcome submissions from all age groups.
Method A:
Use a cotton bud or a rubber to create a picture from dots.
Method B:
1) Draw a picture on the square paper around the edges of
the squares.
2) Colour it in, making sure that each whole square is only
one colour.
Method C:
1) Draw a picture on the square paper.
2) Colour in the whole of each square the pencil line goes
over.
Method D:
1) Go to pixelartmaker.com
2) Draw your design onto the site and follow the
instructions to save your design.
3) Email the design to Orleans House Gallery with your
submission form or print and post the design.
Pixel Art Competition: Submission Form
Email this form as an attachment with each entry by the closing date
of Wednesday 7th June 2017.
Name of school
Contact
Phone number
Name of pupil or group
Age of student
Title of artwork
Media used (painting, drawing, etc)
I am submitting my work by
Post / Email (delete as appropriate)
Short description (max. 100 words) including how the work relates to the theme:
***YOUR ENTRY - Your entry will be either displayed in the exhibition or be included in a folder in the
exhibition. Due to the high volume of entries we will not be able to post entries back but you can pick
them up from the gallery in September 2017. (Please label all work and clearly state if you wish to
collect it)
If you need any further advice, please contact Dawn Smithers on 020 8487 5258 or
[email protected]
We look forward to receiving your creative submissions – good luck!