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Young artists brush aside competition to win prizes

AS ARTISTS, children aren't exactly fabled for their delicate touch, deft shading techniques or striking realism.
Most parents are used to seeing wobbly faces, wonky houses and blobs of paint in their beloved children's masterpieces.
But for one Aberaman mam it's a different story - two of her young, talented sons have already tasted artistic success.
Amelia Pritchard, who admits to being no artist herself, said her creative boys can't get enough of art.

Joseph Pritchard, eight, brushed aside the opposition and won first prize at the Rhondda Heritage Park's annual young@art competition.
Joseph's 3D collage "Faces of Life" beat entries from across the whole of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
His winning piece was based on the theme "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" and it was displayed in the Rhondda Heritage Park.
But Joseph's younger brother Edward, four, isn't to be outdone by his sibling.
He entered Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd's Christmas card competition and narrowly missed out on first place for his design of Santa in the flood.
Parents Andrea and Andrew both admit they're at a loss to explain exactly where their boys get their artistic flair from.
Both Abernant Primary School pupils are following in the footsteps of their older brother Oliver, 14, who won the same competition as Joseph when he was younger.
Andrea said: "Joseph put so much effort in to win the competition, it took him three weeks to make his collage out of cardboard.
"He absolutely loves art, they both do, and they can't stop doing it, they spend so much time working away.
"The house is always a mess with paints, crayons and bits lying around the place. I'm very proud of them.
"Their older brother Oliver is artistic as well so all three of them are very into their art. But I haven't got a clue where they get it from.
"I'm not very artistic at all and neither is their dad, so it's a surprise to us both."

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