Steve Brine MP Christmas Card 2023
(for boys in Year R to Year 6)

RULES:

1. The Steve Brine Christmas Card Competition is open to all primary-aged school children up to 11 years old.
2. Only individual entries can be accepted. Paintings should be original pieces of work by the pupil and produced on A4 paper, either portrait or landscape. Please do not use tracing.
3. For reproduction purposes, please avoid using lead or coloured pencils, glitter or anything stuck to the paper. Paint only please.
4. The following details should be printed clearly on the back of the painting:
   Name of pupil
   Age
   Year group
   Name of School
5. Children’s entries must be submitted with prior permission from the parents.
6. A short-list of paintings will be on display in The Arc in Winchester up until Christmas. Judging for year group winners and first prize will take place in early November. The overall winning painting will be used on the front cover of Steve Brine MP’s Christmas card. The winner will be announced in the press in late November and a full list of prize winners will be published on the MP’s website.

DEADLINE: All original entries must be handed to Mr Walters, Head of Art, no later than MONDAY 30 OCTOBER.

The Headmaster's Christmas Card 2023
(for boys in Year 7 and 8)

Mr Butcher is looking for an outstanding image to put on this year's school Christmas card which he will be sending on behalf of the school. Boys in Years 7 and 8 are invited to submit their landscape-format drawings or paintings for consideration. The selected work/s will receive a Head's Show Up for their efforts and copies of the final card for their own portfolios.

The theme of this year's card is: 'Christmas at Pilgrims' and this would, of course, include images of our beloved Cathedral, School and The Close.

This would be a very worthwhile half-term activity for boys who love to draw and paint. Please could all submissions be handed to Mr Walters no later than Monday 30 October 2023. Finalists and winners will be announced in assembly on Monday 6 November.

All artworks must be:

• landscape format
• a drawing (no chalk or oil pastel please)
• a painting
• no bigger than A3
• no smaller than A5
• named on the back.

In considering your design, you might take inspiration from these well-known examples:

• Fra Angelico's Annunciation
• Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna Litta
• Pieter Bruegel's Winter Landscape with Ice skaters might inspire a seasonal view of Pilgrims'
• Or perhaps Winchester Cathedral's stained glass windows, especially The Nativity by Edward Burne-Jones in the Epiphany chapel could give you an idea?

Or you may wish to take a Christmas themed text and try your hand at illuminating it - see the Winchester Bible for example Winchester Bible.

Mr Walters
Head of Art