Observational Drawing

Preparing Your Entry

• Make a scientific observational drawings that shows the 2024 theme: Eyes/Whatu
• The entrant needs to draw a scientific observational drawing of an eye. It can be of any native Aotearoa species. You need to provide the common name, the scientific (latin) name and Māori name.
• Example : Forest Gecko, Hoplodactylus granulatus, Moko Pirirākau
• Drawing to be done in pencil on A4 paper
• No shading
• Dots and lines allowed to show detail to enable the species to be identified
• A scale MUST  be shown
• Common name, scientific (latin) name and Māori name of the species your drew, your name, year level and school to be written inside a blank 20mm margin at the bottom of the A4 page

Submitting Your Entry by June 27th

• Only one entry per person
• Drawings must be submitted in high resolution .pdf format. 
• Please scan and upload your entry file. Before you upload it you will need to check it’s in the correct .pdf format, and rename it. Otherwise, the judges may not be able to open your work and you may be disqualified. (No photos of the drawing allowed)
• The filename must be in the following format: section code – school year – xxxx . For example, if you are in year 10, and you enter the observational drawing, your filename would be: OD-10-xxx. Your school and name will be added automatically to the name of the file.
• If you wish your work to be displayed at the fair, you must submit your hard copy, mounted on a black sheet of paper. This will ensure that your work is not damaged by the staples.