Digital Painting Competition: What It Is, Where It’s Run and How It’s Judged

An individual IT Fair item at Upper Primary, High School and Higher Secondary/VHSE in which a student paints on a computer, scored out of 100.

Digital Painting asks a student to create a painting on a computer on a given subject, using software tools for shape, colour and texture.

In the Kerala School Sasthrolsavam IT Fair (ICT Mela) it is an individual item at Upper Primary (classes 5-7), High School (classes 8-10) and Higher Secondary/VHSE (classes 11-12), open to girls and boys, in the Multimedia category.

The score sheet divides marks evenly: relevance and novelty 25, proportion 25, colour and tone 25, and digital technique and visual appeal 25.

A clear idea and skilful use of tools win.

Where Digital Painting is run

This item is part of the official Kerala School Sasthrolsavam IT Fair (ICT Mela), one of the five fairs of the state school Sasthrolsavam, which run from school level through sub-district, district and state rounds, and is installed on eTalenter through the matching fair template built from the official item list and evaluation indicators. This page describes the Kerala format only.

• Kerala, India

Key facts

• Individual item, girls and boys.
• Offered at Upper Primary, High School and Higher Secondary/VHSE.
• Four 25-mark lines.
• Multimedia category.
• Subject is given at the event.
• Learn the painting software.

On eTalenter, Digital Painting is filed under Multimedia, Off Stage and typically scored with Marks. It appears in 3 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.

Across the templates that use it, Digital Painting is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 100, commonly time-limited to around 30 minutes where a limit is set.

What judges look at in Digital Painting

What a Digital Painting panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:

• Relevance and novelty of idea (25): fits the subject freshly.
• Proportion (25): shapes in correct relation.
• Colour, tone, harmony and contrast (25): confident colour use.
• Digital technique and visual appeal (25): skilful tools and a pleasing finish.

Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Digital Painting under Scoring Setup, or start from the judging and scoring software guide.

How to prepare for Digital Painting

How entrants and their teachers usually get Digital Painting right on the day:

• Practise with brushes, layers and fill tools.
• Sketch composition quickly before colouring.
• Learn colour harmony.
• Practise within a time limit.
• Use layers for easy corrections.
• Save versions.
• Practise tone and shading on simple objects.
• Idea to try: a Kerala monsoon scene
• Idea to try: a festival procession
• Idea to try: a school garden in the morning

Frequently asked questions

Is Digital Painting judged individually or as a team?

Across eTalenter’s templates it’s most often run as an Individual entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.

Which software?

As announced by the organisers.

Is drawing skill needed?

Yes, but digital tools help.

Levels?

Upper Primary and above.

Team?

Individual.

Want the full judging picture? Read the judging and scoring software guide, or browse every multimedia competition item.