Art Competition

Art Contest - Introduction

This contest includes kids art competition, kids drawing competition, kids painting competition, children’s art contest, children’s painting contest, This contest is for kids, children, college students and young adults. The submission to the contest can be in the form of drawings, paintings, cartoons, doodles, sketches, posters, digital art

For whom ?

This contest by Khula Aasmaan is aimed at encouraging child art, child artists, student artists, young artists, youth art, art students. Khula Aasmaan is a platform for creative expression by kids, children, college students and young adults, with a special focus on underprivileged, rural, tribal and remote communities.

Art Contest - Details

Khula Aasmaan is a free online contest. This free online competition is open 24 x 7. There are two age groups - 5 to 15 years and 15 to 25 years. The age group 5 to 15 years is for kids or children. The age group 15 to 25 is for college students or young adults.

What is the size of the artwork ?
1) The artwork to be submitted can be in two sizes - A4 or A3.
2) A4 size is 210 × 297 millimeters or 21 x 29.7 centimeters or 8.27 × 11.69 inches.
3) A3 size is 297 x 420 millimeters or 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches

What large can be used for the paintings or drawing ?
You can use any large of your choice. There is no restriction on the use of large. It could be regular pencils, coloured pencils, graphite pencils, charcoal, crayons, sketch pens, oil pastels, watercolours, acrylic colours, oil colours. The drawing, sketch or painting can be done on any paper - it could be the regular office stationery paper or drawing paper or any other surface suitable for drawing or painting. You can also use a canvas. If you use a canvas, please ensure that you leave a margin of 2 inches on all sides for stretching. You can submit digital art as well.

How to submit your entry to Khula Aasmaan contest ?
The submission is online. This means that you will submit a scanned image or a good quality picture of your artwork along with all the relevant details such as title of the artwork, large used, size and a brief description about the artwork.
Please do not send your original artworks to us, unless we ask for it. For photography contest, you will need to submit only the image in the initial stage.

How many entries can I submit to this competition ?
Each participant can submit a maximum of 25 entries. These entries can be across multiple themes as you wish. You have the total freedom.

What happens after I submit my entries ?
Khula Aasmaan contest works on a quarterly cycle. Every quarter, the jury of this competition draws a shortlist from both groups (children and college students). The shortlist is published on our website as well as in our blog and social media pages.

Benefits of getting shortlisting in Khula Aasmaan contest
We ask for the original artwork for each shortlisted entry. After we receive the original artworks from the shortlisted children and college students, a dedicated web page is created for each shortlisted child artist and young artist. We are committed to managing and promoting this web page for a period of 3 years. During this period, all the artworks created by the shortlisted child artists or young artists, is uploaded on their dedicated web pages.
Furthermore, the original artworks then undergo another round of judging to decide medals and honorable mentions. The medal winning artworks are displayed at exhibitions, workshops and other such forums, as and when an appropriate opportunity arises.

Art contest themes