If you are looking for a ready judgement sheet for a drawing competition, this page gives you three printable ones — a full judges’ score sheet for painting and drawing, a simplified version for juniors and colouring contests, and a consolidated result sheet for combining marks from several judges. Copy the tables straight into your event stationery, or hand them to your panel as they are. Every sheet already carries the criteria, the weightage, a marks column and a signature line, so a judge can pick it up and start scoring without a briefing argument. If you want the reasoning behind each criterion first, read our full drawing and painting judging criteria guide; this page is the artefact itself.

Printable judgement sheet for a drawing competition (100 marks)

Print one sheet per entry, per judge. The header block identifies the artwork by entry number only — never the child’s name or school — so the panel scores the work and not the reputation.

Event		Item	Drawing / Painting
Age group	LP / UP / HS / HSS	Entry (chest) no.
Date		Judge

No.	Criterion	What the judge looks for	Max marks	Marks awarded
1	Technique & skill	Line work, shading, proportion, control of the medium	25
2	Theme relevance	Does the artwork answer the given topic, and how thoughtfully	20
3	Composition & use of space	Balance, focal point, sheet filled without crowding	15
4	Colour sense & harmony	Colour choice, blending, contrast (drawing: tonal range)	15
5	Creativity & originality	A fresh idea rather than a copied or clichéd image	15
6	Neatness & finish	Clean work, completed within the time limit	10
	Total		100
	Judge’s remarks
	Judge’s signature

Simplified score sheet for juniors and colouring contests

Six criteria are too many for an LP child with a crayon, and they are wrong for a colouring contest where the outline is supplied — staying inside it is the actual skill being tested. Use this four-criterion sheet instead.

Criterion	Max marks	Marks awarded
Colouring / colour sense (evenness, blending, staying within lines)	35
Neatness & finish	25
Theme relevance	20
Creativity & effort	20
Total	100

For a pencil or charcoal drawing item, swap the colour row for tonal range and shading. For poster design, add a message clarity row and take those marks from creativity. The sheet is a template, not scripture — but fix it before the event starts, not after the first complaint.

Consolidated result sheet: combining three judges

Individual sheets tell you what each judge thought. The result needs a second sheet that adds them up. Keep this one with the tabulation desk, not the judges.

Entry (chest) no.	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Total	Average	Grade	Rank

Write your tie-break rule at the foot of this sheet before marks go in — commonly the higher score on the top-weighted criterion (technique), then a re-look by the panel on that criterion alone. Deciding it afterwards always looks like it was decided to suit somebody.

How to use the sheets on competition day

• Print by age group. LP, UP, HS and HSS are judged separately — keep four stacks, and never compare a nine-year-old’s sheet with a plus-two student’s.
• Cover the names. Collect artwork by chest number, fold or mask any name written on the sheet, and lay the pieces out in number order for the panel.
• Brief the panel once. Read the six criteria aloud and agree what a 20/25 looks like versus a 12/25. Five minutes here saves an hour of argument at tabulation.
• Collect sheets as they are signed. An unsigned sheet cannot be defended later if a parent appeals.
• Tabulate away from the hall. Give the consolidated sheet to one person with a calculator and a second person checking — or let software do it.

When paper sheets stop scaling

Paper works beautifully for one item with forty entries. It breaks down at an arts fest with painting, pencil drawing, poster design and collage running across four age groups with three judges each — that is several hundred sheets to collect, add, average and re-check while participants wait for results.

In eTalenter you set drawing up as a judged Arts competition, enter these criteria and their weightage once, and assign the item to each age group. Every entry carries its chest number, each judge scores the same rubric on their own device, and the system totals, averages across the panel, applies your grades and points and flags ties automatically. From there you review results, assign ranks and awards, publish online or on the podium display, and print certificates and trophy stickers — from the same marks the judges entered. See how the panel works in our judge scoring & tabulation guide, and how results reach parents in publishing competition results online.

Frequently asked questions

What should a drawing competition judgement sheet contain?

Five things: a header identifying the entry by chest number (not name), the list of criteria, the maximum marks against each, a blank marks-awarded column with a total row, and a remarks plus signature line for the judge. Anything less and the result cannot be explained if it is questioned.

Should the marking scheme be shared with participants beforehand?

Yes. Publishing the criteria and weightage with the rules raises the standard of entries and sharply reduces complaints on results day — parents accept a mark far more readily when they can see what it was measuring.

How many judges should score a drawing competition?

Three is the usual panel. One judge is quick but hard to defend; three lets you average out personal taste and, if you wish, drop the highest and lowest mark on a disputed entry. Use the consolidated result sheet above to combine them.

Run the whole thing without the paperwork

Take these sheets to your next event — or set them up once in eTalenter and let the panel score on their phones while totals, grades, ranks and certificates come out at the other end. Explore eTalenter’s competition management software, message us on WhatsApp, or write to support@etalenter.com and we will configure the judging criteria for every item in your arts fest.