A Year 8 student has had her painting selected for the Young Artist Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy.
Alice Furlong, who attends Gryphon School in Sherborne, was one of the few chosen from more than 23,000 entries.
The Young Artists’ Summer Show, now in its seventh year, is a free exhibition open to students aged 4 to 18 studying in the UK.
The artworks are judged by a panel of artists and arts professionals, with selected pieces displayed online and on-site at the Royal Academy of Arts.
The online exhibition opens on Tuesday, July 15, with the physical display running from July 15 to August 10.
Alice's painting is of her grandmother's kitchen, a place she holds dear.
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She said: "For my competition painting, I chose to paint my grandmother’s kitchen.
"I don’t get to visit her very often since she lives in Romania, so that space holds a lot of memories from when I was younger."
Alice painted the piece the night before the entry deadline, using a school watercolour palette, coloured pencils and a gel pen.
She added: "I like to draw interiors, and I often sketch scenes from my favourite music videos or video games so I thought it could be cool to draw something similar but with just more personal sentiment.
"To get the layout right, I used Minecraft to map out the perspective and furniture from memory, since I didn’t have any reference photos.
"One day, I’d love to do something in filmmaking, maybe set design or cinematography."
