The Brunsibald Prize

Rebecca Rowe

Teacher - Art

The biannual Brunsibald Portrait Competition returned for Semester One, 2023! 

Once again, our Year 7 students, produced some brilliant portraits during their Term One Portraiture unit. 

They began the unit by exploring different ways of using tone to create depth, such as hatching, stippling and blending. They further developed their skills by studying the proportions of the face and completing observational drawings of individual facial features. 

Once the unit was complete, it was voting time! Our twenty-one finalists created quite a buzz when their portraits went on display in the F-block atrium. The portraits were chosen by their teachers, as their work demonstrated the highest level of skill in each class. Each finalist's unique style was celebrated as the student community studied each portrait and carefully cast their votes. 

The finalists

Browse through this gallery to see the 21 finalists for this semester's Brunsibald Prize.  Click on the gallery to enlarge.

Three finalists received special mentions, as although they were not in the top three, they received a very high amount of votes, acknowledging their excellent effort. These students were Eurydice Woulahan-Eltham (7W), Sara Salehi  (7R) and Tijana Fagone-Lazita (7R). 

The Winners

• In third place was Eleanor Adams of 7W who drew Drake. 
• In second place was Paige Haupstein of 7K who drew Hugh Dancy. 
• Our Brunsibald Semester 1 2023 Winner was Janelle Jim of 7W,  who drew a stunning portrait of Jude Bellingham. 

Well done to all our talented finalists and a huge congratulations to our winners. 

We are excited to see the new talent that our Semester 2 Brunsibald Portrait Competition brings!