XPPen Joins the RSA Schools Art Award 2024, Celebrating the Wonder of Art with the Young Generation
June 21 2024 - 12:00PM
The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Schools Art Award is considered by
teachers to be one of the most prestigious awards made to pupils in
Scotland. With 36 years of history, the award recognizes works that
showcase creativity and originality. XPPen is honored to be the
associate sponsor of the RSA Schools Art Award in 2024.
The RSA School Art Award is open to all pupils in secondary
schools in Scotland. In 2024, the response was overwhelmingly
positive as pupils eagerly submitted their works, showing a
remarkable breadth of creativity and talent. From January to April,
the RSA received 1020 submissions. This is the second-highest
number of submissions the RSA has ever received, surpassing last
year’s total of 800. There were 9 categories of awards this year,
covering a range of age groups and regions.
XPPen was founded with the ultimate mission of supporting
new-gen artists and art lovers, and encouraging them to express
themselves and explore their creativity through art. XPPen is
thrilled to witness the remarkable works created by the young and
talented entrants.
XPPen
revels in
sparks of inspiration
Mae Barr, 1st Prize, Chairs Challenge
The prompt of the 2024 Chairs Challenge, one of the
categories of the award, is “The World Needs More
of This!”. Mae Barr, who won 1st prize
in the Chairs Challenge, was inspired by the effects
of climate change on the world’s animals and painted
a picture with a polar bear and 2 skeletons walking on
melting icebergs. In this painting, XPPen senses Mae
Barr’s eagerness to awaken people’s awareness of the impact brought by
climate change and the appeal of protecting the
environment.
Sophie Bowles, 1st Prize, Senior Category
Sophie Bowles is fascinated by chiaroscuro and the effect of
light and shadows on the human face. She experimented with dramatic
light sources and tried to find out the light’s effect on the mood
of a portrait. Her work conveys a sense of drama with the
strong contrast between light and dark.
Oriana Kacz, 2nd Prize, Senior Category
Oriana Kacz expresses the embrace of femininity in her
work: “When creating this piece, I was fascinated with using fine
contour lines to show the curved and organic forms of both myself
as well as the flowers which adorn me”.
Ariadne Al-Hermazi Gurska, 2nd Prize, Intermediate Category
Ariadne Al-Hermazi Gurska’s work is inspired by the loyalty of
dogs and the companionship they share with their owners. In the
work, the woman and all three dogs have one eye showing. Although
their eyes look in differing directions, which shows that they have
their own unique viewpoint on companionship, they are all still
unified by their closeness.
XPPen is impressed by the pupils’
creativity shown in the RSA Schools Art Award 2024
and finds lots of inspiration in
their unique ideas. XPPen
is always together with the young generation
and glad to be their faithful companion in their growth, witnessing
every moment when inspiration sparks. As an enterprising
brand, XPPen remains committed to continuous innovation and
keeps offering extraordinary products and services, aiming to
empower every artist and art enthusiast to express freely. In the
future, XPPen will remain dedicated to supporting the development
of art and nurturing the talents of the young generation, embracing
the wonder of art together.
For further details, please visit the XPPen official
website at:
https://www.xp-pen.com/?utm_source=PR
About XPPen
Originated from 2005, XPPen is now one of the top brands under
HANVON UGEE, integrated with digital drawing products, content and
service as a globally notable digital brand of digital art
innovation. Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, XPPen boasts 6
overseas subsidiaries(branches) and more than 50 agents, covering
over 130 countries and regions with its products. By virtue of its
progressive digital handwriting technology after more than 10
years’ accumulation and innovation, XPPen believes that,
innovative, trendy and leading products and ecosystem can bring
more abundant visionary inspiration to the new generation artists
and enthusiasts, encouraging them to courageously pursue dreams and
realize their authentic self-expression.
Enni Lin
Hanvon Ugee Technology
globalpr-team at xp-pen.com