About the competition
This colouring book competition relates to the Imagine Colouring Book, which was created by Bekah Grace Illustration in partnership with Swindon City of Sanctuary for Refugee Week 2020. If you haven't already downloaded the book, click the button below to get it:
On this site you can submit entries to the competition, take a look at other pictures people have submitted, see what the prizes are, and find out more about the judges who have chosen the winners!
As of Friday July 30th, the judges have made their decisions. The winners are in the process of being emailed, and we hope to share with you their lovely artwork very soon. Thank you to everyone who entered and helped to make the competition such a great success!
Category 1: Send us your best colouring
Pick one of the illustrations and colour it in as well as you can. You can colour inside the lines, or pretend there are no lines. You can colour things how they are in real life, or you can switch everything around. It’s up to you to imagine how things should be!
Category 2: Send us your best bear outfit
Go to the page with the bear and its clothes, colour them however you want, and cut everything out. Send us a picture of your bear with its clothes hooked on to it. Is it a boy or a girl? Bonus points if you draw and cut out your own bear clothes.
Category 3: Send us your best t-shirt design
Go to the “Create A T-Shirt” page, and think about something that would look cool to have on a t-shirt that you would wear. Draw it, colour it, then send us a photo of your unique design. You can imagine whatever you want on the t-shirt. Have fun!
Category 4: Send us your best drawing from scratch
On one of the empty pages toward the end of this book, use your imagination and create a drawing from scratch. The pages may look empty at first, but you can fill them with all the colour and life you want. We can’t wait to see your creations!
Competition categories
Sara Trewhitt
Sara leads the UK Network of Schools of Sanctuary. She is also the City of Sanctuary UK Regional Coordinator for Yorkshire, Humberside & the Northeast.
Before joining CoS UK, she worked in international development in the USA. She has a MA degree in Political Science from Stockholm University and a BA from Macalester College in the USA.
Sholeh Jafari
Sholeh is a fine artist who runs drawing and painting classes in and around Swindon.
She says, “My work is rooted in Iran. It is layered with memories from my everyday life; some vivid, some faded over time. Vibrant and colourful, they are warm and rich, tempting us to imagine faraway lands.”
Diane Crawford
Diane is a Teaching Assistant and Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) at Lydiard Millicent Primary School in Swindon.
She runs Art Clubs after school and has been involved in setting up many art projects for the school including Arts Award and Arts Weeks involving local secondary schools. Diane is also helping her school to achieve the Artsmark accreditation.
The judges
The winner of each age group and category, as selected by the panel of judges, will receive a prize box containing:
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A Pentel Arts coloured pencil Set (containing 12 pencils)
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An Artway Enviro Wiro sketchbook
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One Koh-I-Noor HB Pencil for sketching
There will also be smaller prizes, such as printed copies of the colouring book, mentions on the Swindon City of Sanctuary website and social media, and certificates. These will given to some people in different categories, based on the decision of the judges.
We are grateful to the Co-op Local Community Fund for funding the prizes for this competition, and to Artway in Corsham for giving us an excellent deal on the prizes themselves.
