Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Thousands of adorable artists participated in the much awaited - Free Press ‘On Spot Painting' competition at Free Press Indore's campus on Sunday.

The colourful event flagged off with huge enthusiasm among not just little children, but their supportive parents.

The competition allows these innocent children to showcase their talents and paint their own imaginations on a blank canvas.

This year's event is going live on YouTube, where you can watch your kids creating wonders quite closely.

Here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/live/kydzSAd88b4?feature=shared

Free Press (Madhya Pradesh) Editor Arshit Gautam explaining the topics to kids himself

The Topics This Year:

Group A - Colour the picture

(The fun-filled picture of city Zoo where the zookeepers are responsible for cleaning the mammoth animals and observers enjoy bonding with the adorable animals.)

Group B - Foodie Indore; Going to school on a cold day

Group C - Women in farm, MahakumbhTime to create the future of design.. Madhvi Kaurav, class 6, Sree Kasera Bazar Vidya Niketan CBSE

Special Catagory - Open Topic Painting

1 Pm : List Of Winners announced

Group A

1st Prize: Avaneesh Sharma, Class 3, Emerald Heights International School

2nd Prize: Ritvika Sharma, Class 3, Podar International School

3rd Price: Bushra Noor Ansari, Class 3, IK SKV International School

One of the shortlisted paintings

Group B

1st Prize: Aarushi Shrivastava; Class 4; St. Norbert School

2nd Prize: Vidhaan Jaitily; Class 7; The Shishukunj International School

3rd Price: Vaibhav Panigrahi; Class 6; Chameli Devi Public School

Painting by Avadhoot Inamdar, Class 8

Group C

1st Prize: Avadhoot Inamdar, Class 8, Sica SS School, Scheme 78

2nd Prize: Md. Nadar Khan, Class 10, MABFM Academy

3rd Price: Praveen Rathore, Class 12, Shri Cloth Market Institute

Special Category

1st Prize: Varsha Mavi, Class 10, Anand Service Society

2nd Prize: Maitri Mendke, Class BSW 2nd Year, Anand Service Society

3rd Price: Shey Adalak, Class 12, Anand Service Society

12:00 Pm: Judges At Work

The most creative competition concluded at 11:30 am at Free Press Indore's campus. As the children finished painting, their sheets were collected and sent to the judges to pick the best one out of the!

Group B Children painting foodie Indore

11:30 Am: Little artists almost finish their paintings

Free Press (Madhya Pradesh) Editor Arshit Gautam explaining the topics to kids himself | FP Photo

10:30 Am: Competition starts with pomp and show

Talk about replications... Sanakshi Makhwana, class 3, Special kids
Time to create the future of design.. Madhvi Kaurav, class 6, Sree Kasera Bazar Vidya Niketan CBSE

Time to create the future of design.. Madhvi Kaurav, class 6, Sree Kasera Bazar Vidya Niketan CBSEPleasant glimpses from competition

Special kids adding shimmer to the occasion, competing in an 'Open Topic Painting' competition.
Mahakumbh drawing - Siddhi Parik, class 9, Chameli Devi Public School
Divyam Chandel, Class 7, Sree Academy

Its for all, younger and older students

The competition is open to students from Classes I to XII, with categories for younger and older students.

Group A (Classes I-III) will focus on colouring a printed image, while Groups B (Classes IV-VII) and C (Classes VIII-XII) will choose from three themes to create original drawings or paintings.

Free Press provides all drawing sheets and students should bring their own colouring tools. This is an open and unbiased competition that encourages budding artists in Indore to showcase their creativity. The event emphasises the freedom of expression through art. To register, scan the barcode available in the advertisement of Free Press.