This year we’re doing something a little different with our Paint To Win Deckle Watercolour Competition 2025. Along with the chance to win a watercolour prize hamper, the Paint To Win winner and possibly a few other standout entries will have the opportunity to have their artwork printed on our Deckle recycled shopper bags, which we’ll be producing for the store. It’s a great way to get your art out into the world and seen by even more people.
Our winner’s as voted for by The Deckle Edge are:
Grand Adult Winner – Des Duncan
Junior Winner – Christo Murray
Congratulations to Des Duncan (adult winner) and Christo Murray (kids winner) on coming out on top in our competition! We hope you both enjoy your new watercolour goodies and continue to produce amazing works of art in the future!
The Prizes
Grand Prize
Junior Prize
The Grand prize was worth over R9000 and the Junior prize just over R2200. We selected these unique goodies for our winners to help them explore more than just the conventional watercolours available in South Africa.
Thank you to each and every one of you for entering our Watercolour Month Competition!
Please enjoy this gallery of all your entries. If we missed any, please let us know and we will make sure to add your creativity to our wall of excellence!
Top 3 Public Fan Favourites (Voting will open once all entries are loaded)
The overall winner will be chosen by a vote from The Deckle Edge team. We’ve found this to be the fairest way to judge the entries because public voting can sometimes be influenced by how many followers an artist has or how many accounts a family might use to vote.
That said, we love seeing our community get involved, so we’re adding a public choice prize. Followers can vote for their favourites, and the top three public fan favourites will win Deckle shopping vouchers: R500 for first place, R350 for second and R200 for third. These will still be awarded at our discretion to keep things honest and balanced, but we look forward to seeing the support you show the artists.
Adult Entries 1 – 181
It always brings such joy to our hearts seeing our customers’ creations. Watching the supplies we sell come to life in artworks that spark joy, tell stories, and showcase such unique creativity is incredibly rewarding. Knowing that what we stock helps bring ideas to life and spreads happiness beyond our shelves is the best part of what we do. We hope that the below adult creations bring as much joy to you as they have to us.
Top 5 Adult Deckle Edge Paint To Win Finalists
Kids Entries 01 – 073
Our kiddies entries have completely stolen our hearts. From colourful creatures and playful patterns to imaginative scenes that only a child could dream up, every artwork is bursting with joy, curiosity, and creativity. It’s such a delight to see how little hands use our art supplies to express big ideas. These young artists remind us of the pure fun of making art and how magical it is to see the world through their eyes.
Top 5 Kids Deckle Edge Paint To Win Finalists
Adult Prize Contents
- 1 x Art Board Watercolour Canvas 12×12
- 1 x Derwent Metallic Mixed Media Set
- 1 x da Vinci Pocket Travel Brush Series 1573
- Schmincke Horadam Watercolour Set 12 x 5ml
- Arches Watercolour Block Nat White 300gsm H-P 100% Cotton 20 Sheet 18 x 26cm
- Artists’ Male Manikin 4.5 inch
- Derwent Inktense Pencil Set of 36
- da Vinci 498 CasaNeo Wash Brush
- Schmincke Liquid Charcoal 35ml Grape Seed Black
- Favini Watercolour Block A4 – 300gsm
- Canson Montval Watercolour Block 300gs 30 x 40cm
- Schmincke Aqua Drop Liner with Brush Tip
- Schmincke Supergranulation 50 Dot Card
- Schmincke Aqua Drop May Green 7ml
- 3 x Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Half Pans
- 1 x Schmincke Liquid Friskit 20ml
- 1 x Roman Szmal Aquarius Watercolour Set of 5 Whole Pans
Kids Prize Contents
- 1 x A3 Canson Graduate Watercolour Pad 250g
- 1 x Giotto Watercolour Set of 36 Colours & Brush
- 1 x Lyra Groove Triple Coloured Pencils 12pcs
- 1 x Lyra Super Ferby 4 Colour Pencil
- 1 x Lyra Groove Graphite Pencil
- 1 x Giotto Tripple Sharpener Blue
- 1 x Lyra Green Sharpener
- 1 x Giotto Brush Tip Marker Set of 10
- 1 x Giotto Watercolour Pencils Set of 36
Leave a comment below with the number of your favourite adult entry and your favourite kids entry in the Paint To Win Watercolour Competition after closing on the 31st of July.
please send me a pricelist and when is your next competition
What a feast for the eyes! Beautiful works of art everyone! Love number 171 – adult entry
Yes number 171 is stunning and a very creative idea. Creativity can give us wings:)
Yes! It is gorgeous. I somehow mislooked it yesterday🙈😂🥰
Adults. Number 63, 75 and 172. I would vote for mine number 166 but that feels like cheating so yeah 😂 they are all so beautiful and creative 💜💕
Thank you so much for entering! Your entry is stunning. I love the ballerina dancing on the paint brush.
Thank you 🤗💗
How do we see the top 5?
So far just on the newsletter.
Love adult 162 and kids 07
Kids 7, 12 and 29
Adults 178
I’d like to vote for mine 166 and 176 but since that feels like cheating I won’t😂💗
Kids 7, 12, 36 and 29
Adults 178
I’d like to vote for mine 166 and 176 but since that feels like cheating I won’t😂💗
Kids 7, 12, 36 and 29
Adults 178
Congratulations Des and Christo on winning!
Love the adults 176 and kids 12
I love adults 166 and kids 7. But how do I choose? They are all beautiful and very creative🤗
Aside from the ones in your top 5, I love no. 11!
Kids 13 and 61
Adult 166 and 149.
Well done to all the entrants. Thank you for sharing your talents.
my choice for the voting.
ADULT CATEGORY.
1. NO: 147. endearing black & white dog on a sketch book surrounded by art products.
ADULT CATEGORY.
2. NO: 24. quirky Protea flowers with explosion on paint brushes & pens.
3. CHILDREN’S CATEGORY.
NO: 07. artist palette. Neat & tidy lovely colours.
My vote is for #99
Love how the design incorporates the
handle of the bag!
Adult 99
Adult : #100
Child : #22
I vote for Adult 99 and 121.
Colour full tea
Fantastic .
Congrats everyone.
I vote for adult #166
I vote for adult #166 and #176
Adults: 24 or 166. Both unique and well done.
162 and 55 definitely say Art Shop and the designs are ones that I would love as tote bags
Adult number 12 and kids number 57 are stunning!
Adult #12
Kids #57
Love them both
ADULT NUMBER #12 AND KID NUMBER #57
Love these ones so much!! well done
Adult #12
Kid #57
These are super cool!
Adult number 12 and kid number 57❤️
Number 12 as well as number 012 and 57 are stunning! The kids did a great job.
#12 & #012 & #57 are my favourites.
Adult#12 is fantastic! So realistic!
Kids#57 super!
Great artistic work!
adult number 12 and kid number 57
adult number 12
and kids number 57
are both wonderful and well done!
Adult #12 – beautiful!
Kids #57 – amazing
I vote for Adult #12 and Kids #57
I vote for Adult #12 and Kids #57
They are lovely
Adult #12 and Kid #57 are beautiful!
Those are cool! Adult #12 and Kid #57