Shania McDonagh Wins Texaco Children’s Art Competition. Her pencil drawing of “Coleman” is Stunningly Hyper-Realistic.

Shania McDonagh, a very talented 16-year old student, is the winner of this year Texaco Children’s Art Competition in Ireland.

Shania’s entry titled “Coleman” is just a pencil drawing, yet so amazingly real. At a glance, you’d probably think it is a black and white photo of an old man.

Here’s the “Coleman” in all its glory:

Prof. Declan McGonagle, the judging panel’s chairman and director of the National College of Art & Design, considered the 16-year old winner “as one of the most talented artists of her generation, and one whose skill could see her become one of Ireland’s foremost portrait artists of the future.”