Cameron quick on the draw
Cedarbank pupil wins national art contest
A talented young artist from West Lothian has triumphed over thousands of pupils from across Scotland.
Cameron Lawson, a S3 pupil at Cedarbank School in Livingston, won this year’s John Byrne National Drawing Competition.
And, proving the county has a wealth of artistic flair, three runnerup spots also went to pupils from local schools.
Suzie McNair, P5 at Low Port Primary in Linlithgow; Eve Hunter, S1 at Linlithgow Academy; and Nina Bourdarias, S2 at Inveralmond CHS in Livingston, all were all named runners-up.
Thousands of budding young artists from across Scotland took part in this year’s competition, which is run in partnership with Education Scotland.
John Byrne, a renowned artist and playwright, said: “The talent this year has been outstanding, which made my job as a judge very difficult in choosing the overall winners.
“I’m delighted to have chosen Cameron as the overall winner as his drawing really captured the essence of the competition. The creativity of this piece stood out against other entries.
“I’m encouraged by the standard of all the artwork submitted in this year’s competition and I hope pupils across Scotland will continue to show us their artistic skills and love for drawing.”
The award ceremony took place at Paisley Museum, where a special exhibition of competition entries is on display for five weeks.
John and the judges selected a further 30 young artists as runnersup and they will receive a specially designed certificate.
Bill Maxwell from Education Scotland said: “I’m really pleased to see this competition, now in its third year, continue to attract such a high standard of entries from young artists of all ages.
“We are delighted to be involved in the competition as it offers pupils across Scotland the opportunity to showcase their drawing skills and creativity and it is a great way to raise the profile of drawing. ”