What an afternoon! I confess we didn’t count the entries – there were just too many! But we think there must have been OVER 300!!!
After laying them out on tables – we had to do that in three waves of pictures as even the biggest conference room was swamped – my editor Liz, and Victoria and Emma from the marketing department helped me whittle them down to fifty or so. Then I had to find the ten that will be featured in a special exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Edinburgh, and a winning entry – which will be published in “Katie in Scotland”.
For this there were particular needs. The picture needed to be clear and easy to see when reduced in size, so not too highly detailed, as this wouldn’t work well in the book. It was so SO SO hard!!! The hardest two hours of my life – EVER! But we finally settled on a winner, and I think it’s a peach of a picture, as the whole body of Nessie makes a lovely graphic shape.
So who was the winner?
Ah! I can’t say yet. All the winners will be notified by post at the end of August. So you will have to be patient a bit longer. Meanwhile, look at these photos and see if you can spot your picture.
I would just like to say that the standard was astonishingly high, and there really wasn’t a single picture that didn’t deserve a fabulous prize so WELL DONE to EVERYONE who entered, you should be incredibly proud of yourselves!!!
It’s clear that there are lots of budding artists amongst you, and some wonderful drawings didn’t win because although they were absolutely superb, they were just too scary or monstrous!
As soon as I’m allowed I will post more about the winners. For now, THANK YOU to everyone who entered, it’s been an incredible experience!
Leave a Reply