And our 4 winners have been chosen! We had a staggering 1,503 votes cast on our shortlist during the People’s Choice Award – thank you so much to everyone who participated! We absolutely loved the range of submissions we received during this competition, it was great to see markers being used in such inventive ways of drawing.
You can view all 25 works that made the shortlist here.
The Overall Winner, chosen by Jackson’s Judging Panel:
‘Tojimashita (closed)’ by Simon Parish
Description: Tokyo’s informal flowerpot gardens are an un-regarded yet ubiquitous site in Japanese cities. What I found interesting in such a contemporary ‘global city’, were how these overlooked sometimes discarded areas were being modified and reclaimed by the local individual. In a city apparently lacking in green space these small unauthorized gardens appear in all sorts of overlooked areas and set up a type of barrier or border between the private and public space, much needed when interior and exterior space are often only separated by a pane of glass. The plants themselves have been influenced by the popular TV programs shown in Japan about English gardens and gardening. The drawings, adapt a dry technical drawing style for the buildings which echo the grid structures of much of Tokyo’s urban planning and try to contrast this with a more careful and tender approach to the plants themselves, I allow the plants to ‘grow’ in size and heighten certain plant colours to contrast them against the rather beautiful white/grey monochrome tone of the city.
Medium: Letraset Promarkers and Sharpie Permanant Markers, 71x72cms
Simon will receive the following prize:
- A huge box set containing 54 Posca Pens in various thicknesses worth £229 RRP
People’s Choice Award – 1st Place:
‘Alice in Slumberland’ by Christopher Durant
Description: This is a drawing done in pen of my French bulldog Alice. I am using a Moleskine journal and filling it full of drawings of her asleep or in the many weird and wonderful positions she sits in.
Medium: Staedtler pigment fineliners in a Moleskine Sketchbook
Christopher will receive:
- An 8-pen Posca Pen set
People’s Choice Award – 2nd Place:
‘Portrait of Xizt’ by Monika Urbańczak
Description: Minimalist portrait of CS:GO pro gamer Xizt. I used Winsor & Newton Brushmarker as a sketch, added some colours with POCS markers and in the end added outline withFaber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen brush. Original artwork size is 9cm x 10,5cm
Monika will receive:
- An 8-pen Posca Pen set
People’s Choice Award – 3rd Place:
‘Cathedral Lane’ by Alice Hole
Description: This is a view of an old and atmospheric lane in Truro, Cornwall. I wanted to capture the historic and almost mysterious ambience of the scene. I could feel the echoes of the people who had lived, worked and travelled along here throughout the years. I want people to feel like they can ‘walk’ into the drawing and imagine what is happening just around the corner and feel a part of the stories themselves… This drawing (49 x 59.5cm) was produced using black fine line pens and marker pens in shades of grey. I found that drawing purely tonally helped to convey the atmosphere that I felt.
Medium: Copic Markers
Alice will receive:
- An 8-pen Posca Pen set
For our next competition, we’re looking for Festive Images in any medium! Entries open 30th November – submit your work for a chance to win £300 RRP of Daler Rowney prizes. See more information on our Competition Calendar.
