BELLEVUE — A talented Bellevue student could soon have her art featured on Google’s homepage as part of a national contest put on by the company.
It’s part of the search engine’s annual “Doodle for Google” contest, where K-12 students across 55 states and territories were asked to answer the prompt, “I am grateful for...” through their art.
Rebecca Wu from the International School in Bellevue was selected out of thousands of student entries to be the Washington state winner, and now her work will move on to the national competition.
The competition is divided into five categories: Grades K-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, and 10-12. Rebecca’s art is featured in the Grades 6-7 category.
Her entry depicts her “sweetest memories,” described as the following (and depicted in the image at the top of this story):
Sometimes I love them, and sometimes I dislike them very much, but I can’t imagine my life without my sisters. I have learned to be a little bit more patient with them, and they have had an enormous impact on me. We help to inspire each other and to help each other grow like the vines and flowers in my picture. I am never lonely with them, and they can cheer me up. I am grateful for them and all that they have done for me. In this drawing, we are having a fun time drinking hot chocolate, which is one of my fondest memories. The rainbow in the background symbolizes one the first things I helped one of my sisters draw. In one of my family pictures, my sisters (sitting next to me) and I (the one in the middle) are sitting in flowers with a background that I drew, so I thought it would be fun to reference that by drawing us sitting flowers here. The word ‘Google’ is related with the stems of flowers and vines, also following the flower/garden theme. My drawing is composed of all our happiest memories to show just how grateful I am for them.
You can vote in the contest at this link. Voting will be closed at 11:59 p.m. on May 25.
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