• An original, thoughtful interpretation of the theme ‘the Future ’.
• A carefully executed piece of work

1.You must be in Year 6 of Kingham Primary School on Friday 3rd April 2009.
2.You are only allowed to enter one piece of work.
3.Your entry must be all your own work. It should be unaided.
4.It must be no smaller than A4 and no bigger than A2 in size and should be in a ‘flat’ format.
5.Your must have confirmed to your class teacher by Friday 19th December 2008 that you will be
entering.
6.Your completed picture must be handed in to your class teacher by Friday 3rd April 2009.
7.Your name must be printed clearly on the back of your entry. Do not name the front of your
entry!
8.You must submit with your work a description of your work (preferably in electronic format)
describing the theme of your work, why you chose the theme and materials and any other
information you feel is relevant to your entry.

Judging Criteria

In order to help you with the competition, we have set out some of the key points which the judges are looking for in your finished piece of artwork. These are designed to be a general guide, and are in no way compulsory.
Far from constraining your piece, we hope they will give you the confidence to really express yourself and find your creative voice, outside the classroom.

1) ORIGINALITY :
Your response must be your own interpretation of the theme. We really want a truly unique response to the theme which pushes the boundaries of how you think about the subject. Be challenging and thought-provoking . Think about the concept or idea and push it as far as you can…just go for it!
For example: If the theme was ‘Holidays’, your piece need not necessarily be a seaside picture; you may want to paint a portrait of your gran, because you only see her in the holidays; you may want to paint a tonal, geometric picture of your bedroom ceiling, because you enjoy listening to music, lying on your bed, staring upwards; the word ‘holiday’ might evoke certain smells and colours and you may want to be abstract in your response. This does not mean that a picture of sand, sea and ice-cream is not valid, but you do not have to be obvious. The important thing is to explore your subject thoroughly.

2) CREATIVE INTERPRETATION
i.e. how you express your idea and convey your message in your piece of work.

• Experiment with ideas
• Try different materials. Is paint the best way to convey your subject or should it be charcoal/pastel/watercolour/collage or a mixed media for example
• The Format
• The paper

3) TECHNICAL ABILITY
We will consider how well the work is drawn, your composition, use of materials, attention to detail.

4) WRITTENPIECE and SOURCES
Explain in writing what you have done and why. This is not about being good with language. It is simply to tell everyone your thoughts, what things mean and where your inspiration came from. Here, you can include any ideas you may have from exhibitions, gallery trips or workshops, if you wish.

5) and finally…we look for THAT EXTRA SPECIAL SOMETHING which makes a piece of art work simply appealing.

Above all, enjoy the competition – your enthusiasm will shine through!

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The Gill Cooling Art Award 2008/2009

This years Award was presented to Jay Hands for his original, thoughtful interpretation of the theme 'The Future'. The two runners' up were Jenny Butterworth and Hugo Cunningham. As always, entries were of a very high standard as you will see below. Many congratulations to the winners and well done to all who entered.

A Different World by Jay Hands

I thought of doing this piece of work to show how, if we carry on fighting and killing, we won’t be the one holding the gun, we will be facing the gun! The barrel of the gun represents war of all types. We must have a right to freedom of speech and the right to freedom of listening. My picture shows you how frightening it is to look down the barrel of the gun and into the face of the enemy. If you look at the drawing each enemy has a similar face, which represents how we are all capable of holding and facing the gun in the next couple of decades.

I used water colouring pencils to give a rough and scratchy appearance to make it uncomfortable to look at. Before I started my drawing I looked at lots of different old comic books from 1994 and called 2000 AD. Even though they are very violent pictures to look at, they show what could happen in the future if we are not careful.

How I see it……! by Jenny Butterworth

My art work is an eye, the pupil of the eye is the world which is exploding with buildings, this could be a good or a bad thing if you bring global warming into the futuristic question. I see the future as vibrant and exploding with vivid colours and modern character. The bold colours in the background in the form of a mosaic indicate individuality and unique features which the future is sure to hold. I have brought texture, pattern and colour aspects into my art along with the weird and wonderful building idea! I am almost positive the future will be very different (!) so I have made the buildings funny and in a cartoon like form. The metallic glow in the background made from foil along with the other colours shows that I am optimistic (mostly!) about the future.

Balloon to the future by Hugo Cunningham

It is the younger generation’s choice what the future is. The crows in this picture illustrate those who would like to destroy our vision. The charcoal is used to show the present and the balloon holds the indestructible idea of the future. The main idea behind the picture is to show the different between the present day decline with the hope of a better future.

Dangers of the Future by Milly Francis

When I think of The Future I think of global warming and the environment, this is because in the future global warming really will make a big difference on the Earth. I got the idea of an egg timer because time goes slowly but surely and so is the ruining of the environment. Right at the top of the ‘egg timer’ there are icecaps in the North Pole now, then at the bottom of the ‘egg timer’ there is a picture of the icecaps in the North Pole as they may be in hundreds of years melting into the sea. At the top of the ‘egg timer’ there are healthy tress and flowers and animals that are very near extinction. At the bottom end, that represents the future, there are animals that have become extinct, really bad pollution, dead trees and plants and a lot of forest fires around the world.

by Dan Blackwell

I did this piece of work because I would like to see our school in the future and what it would be like for our future relations. I will also like to see the different lessons and equipment.

by Jordan Davies

My picture is about war. I was inspired by this my a really good war game.

by Luke Pawley

by Edward Miles-Marsh

I like looking at designs of buildings and what London would look like in the future. My inspiration came from when Sally came in and showed us different types of buildings and what they looked like in the future, because they appeared so different from what they look like now. I chose pastels so I can mix colours together and smudge it in.

by Abigail Lane

The future could be anything. I imagine the future to be many things so I think this message is put across in my painting. The two eyes in the middle symbolise this and also looking into the future. In the egg timer it shows the earth inside and melting. To me this symbolises how time is running out to save our world. The architecture in the right hand corner is pushing the boundaries of design and not what you expect it to be. Also, I think in the future money will ‘grow on trees’ and it won’t be such a big deal as it is at the moment with all the talk of the economy. I want to show that there are more important things than money. The rabbit symbolises my love of animals. I hope that this will stay with people forever. Music is another important influence in my future world. Although it will change as shown in my instrument, music is a means of calming down the busy pace of like. Futuristic designs of fashion I think will be influenced by nature but will be adventurous at the same time. I hope you enjoy my painting.

Passing on the Bomb by Kitty Parker

My picture of the future shows the world as a bomb. I did it as a bomb to show that the Earth may be gone before we know it because of climate change. The purple shows the gases and pollution in the air. The sun is black to show that it has used up all its energy and is now basically a piece of coal. The sea is green because it shows that the environment needs desperate help. The moon is brighter than usual to show a sign of hope. I got the idea from the game “Pass the Bomb” because I thought people were just passing on various problems instead of solving them and that we need more help than we think.

There is Nothing New Under the Sun by Daniel Mountain

I wanted to think of ways that running out of fossil fuels could be good. For instance, if we ran out of petrol we’d have to use horses and carriages instead of cars, ploughs instead of tractors, spinning wheels instead of machinery. If we ran out of electricity we’d have to use candles, and go back to playing with footballs and skittles as we’d have no computers and Nintendos. If we had no TV we’d have to read all the time. We’d have to go back to growing our own food. I have done the picture in black and white to make it look old-fashioned. ‘There is Nothing New Under to Sun’ is from the Bible. I chose this as a title because we might go back to using old things in the future.

by William Cleaver

As earth is loosing all of its fossil fuels and ores, miners are forced to travel to other mineral rich planets. My painting is showing a future mine on another planet. The crates that the ships carry are full of ores and oils which are being shipped back to each. The main buildings are for the miners but some are hangers to keep the riches and ships in.

by Matthew Lewis

I have used the theme ‘The Future’ to show what I would like to do in my future. Since I was very young I have wanted to be a successful rower and so have represented this in my art work. The outline of me and the rowing boat was drawn in pencil and then I used water-colour pencils to create the effect of the water as the rowing boat passes through.

The Future by Hector Mahoney

The inspiration for this picture is Pandora’s Box –where all the bad things that come out will ultimately destroy our future. In the Greek myth, Pandora opened the box and all the bad in the world escaped leaving one thing trapped… hope. I think that we don’t just have hope, but love, peace, caring, togetherness and being environmentally aware which will help s to care for and save our future now and for generations to come. I decided to make a collage of pictures because I thought it would make us think about our world and how we look after it … or not, and what the consequences could be. And I used the words in different fonts to describe the pictures. I decided to use collage because I have seen it used in picture books by Shaun Tan and Jeannie Baker.

Louise Seers

George Doughty

Imogen Duckworth

Meredith Watkins

Flora Pringle Paterson