Botanical Art Competition2023
(Competition Information)

Submission period

01-01-2023 – 02-04-2023 (23:59)

Division of Competition

• Open Division
• Secondary Student Division (F.1 – F.6)
• Primary Student Division (P.4 – P.6)
  

Prizes

For each division:

• Champion: $2000 book vouchers
• 1st runner up: $1000 book vouchers,
• 2nd runner up: $500 book vouchers

Assessment Criteria

• Accuracy of plant characteristics 45%
• Drawing skills 45%
• Visual composition 10%

Panel of Judges

• Dr. David E BOUFFORD (Senior Research Scientist, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries)
• Dr. David LAU (Curator, Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Mr. Tin Hang WONG (Education Manager, Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Ms. Hiu Yan WONG (Research Coordinator, Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Requirements

• Able to show the identifying characteristics of the plant species

Submission format

• Please submit the artwork documents via the online application form:
• One 2D Botanical illustration in A3 size (by digital painting, water colour, pen and ink, etc.) in scanned JPEG format of 300 dpi.
• Reference photograph of the plant in JPEG format of < 10MB.
• English or Chinese description of the plant (~50 words)
• Participant’s information: Name, school name/organization, tel. no., e-mail address.
• Only one submission would be accepted for each participant
• Illustration produced by artificial intelligence will not be accepted.

植物藝術繪畫比賽2023(參賽資訊)

遞交日期

01-01-2023 至 02-04-2023 (23:59 截止)

參賽組別

• 公開組
• 中學組 (中一至中六)
• 小學組 (小四至小六)

獎項

每個組別設有：

• 冠軍: $2000書券
• 亞軍: $1000書券
• 季軍: $500書券

評審準則

• 植物特徵準確度45%
• 繪畫技巧 45%
• 構圖10%

評審團

• 哈佛大學植物標本館和圖書館資深研究科學家Dr. David E Boufford
• 香港中文大學胡秀英植物標本館館長劉大偉博士
• 香港中文大學胡秀英植物標本館教育經理王天行先生
• 香港中文大學胡秀英植物標本館科研統籌員王曉欣小姐

作品要求

• 參賽作品能清晰表達植物的辨認特徵