SWS 17th National Junior Watercolour Competition 2025

The competition has closed.

Both categories of the competition received overwhelming good response.

The Primary School Category for those aged 5 to 12 attracted around 800 participants. The category for those aged 13 to 18 saw more than 300 participants turn up at Esplanade Waterfront on 13 July morning to paint a scene along the river.

Catch a piece of action from the photos and videos posted in our social media pages in Facebook and Instagram.

A total of 54 winners were selected for all categories and their works will be exhibited together with SWS members' at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Center during our exhibition period. There will also be a prize giving ceremony during our exhibition opening day.

Congratulations to the following winners. The list of winners is also announced in our Facebook page.

All participants, please collect your artwork during the SWS 56th Annual Exhibition period from 24 to 29 September at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, level 7 Multi-Purpose Hall.

About the Competition

This competition is organised in conjunction with our annual SWS exhibition, aimed at promoting watercolour art among our young. There are 2 major categories for participants:

For Children aged 5 to 12:

Participants in this age group will create their artwork at home and submit it at SWS’s Telok Kurau Studio on 5 July 2025 (Saturday), from 10am to 2pm. The theme for this year’s competiton is “My Singapore – Our Tomorrow, Today”.

For competition guidelines, please click here.

For participants aged 13 to 18:

Participants in this age group will paint on location out the Esplanade on 13 July 2025 (Sunday), from 9am to 12 noon. On the day of the event, participants are to report at Waterfront Promenade for registration, which starts at 8am and ends at 9am. Each participant will be provided with an Imperial quarter sheet (38cm by 28cm) of watercolour paper for the competition.

For competition guidelines, please click here.