Palette Board Art Award Certificate, Portrait

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A portrait certificate for young artists, drawn as an upright painter's palette with paint daubs, the winning work, the jury's signatures and a QR code.

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Add your logo and wording, then send it to everyone at once, each with a link anyone can verify.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
Your logo, colours and wording
A QR code on every copy that proves it is real
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Updated 1 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Title: Art Award
Statement: A line of thanks or achievement, written for this topic
Skills: Original concept, Technical skill, Use of color and Juried exhibition
Details: category, distinction and exhibition
Signatures: Head of Art and Chair of the Jury

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

Recipient name
Program or award name
Issue date
Credential ID
QR code to the verification page

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

A4: 210 × 297 mm · 8.27 × 11.69 in
US Letter: 8.5 × 11 in · 216 × 279 mm

Fonts

Fraunces: Title
Hanken Grotesk: Text, Labels
Alex Brush: Recipient name
Mrs Saint Delafield: Signatures

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#fcf9f3
Ink#272c36
Accent#2b3f8e
Second accent#c4402a
Muted text#625d58

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

In portrait the palette board stands upright, with the thumb hole low on the left. Paint daubs climb along the top and down the right rim, four of them labelled with the achievements, and the tall clean field below holds the award in a calm column: the organisation, the title, the name in a flowing script, the program, the statement and the selected work. Category, distinction, exhibition, the issue date and the credential ID follow, with two signatures and a QR code on the lower rim. The upright format fits a standard frame or a portfolio sleeve.

About

Art Award Certificate Template, Upright Painter's Palette

Many schools and youth galleries run a young artists award each year: pupils submit a body of work, the art department or an outside jury shortlists the strongest pieces, and the winners are shown in a spring or summer exhibition. Art councils and open competitions for teenagers and adult amateurs follow the same pattern, and the certificate is what the family frames and the art teacher pins in the corridor.

Wording on the template“In recognition of outstanding creativity and artistic skill. Selected by the jury from all entries for an original body of work, confident technique and an expressive use of color, and shown in the annual young artists' exhibition.”

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Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: Congratulations, name: your art award is ready

Dear name,

Congratulations! The jury chose your work for this year's award, and we loved the ideas, the care and the colour you brought to it.

Your art award certificate is ready. Open it to see it, download a copy to print and frame, or share it on your profile so friends and family can see your work recognised.

We hope to see much more of your art. Keep painting.

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

I am proud to share that my painting was selected by the jury for this year's art award and shown in the exhibition. Thank you to my teachers and fellow artists for every honest critique along the way. Making art takes patience, and it means a lot to see the work on a wall. #ArtAward #Painting #Artist

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Printing

Printing it well

Print at actual size

Choose “Actual size” or 100% in the print dialog, not “Fit to page”, so the margins and the QR code keep their size.

Use card, not paper

A matte or silk card of 200–300 gsm (about 80–110 lb cover) feels like an award and does not curl in a frame.

Frame it

A4 fits a standard 21 × 29.7 cm frame; US Letter fits an 8.5 × 11 in frame, or an 11 × 14 in frame with a mat. Hang it upright, as designed.

Mind the edges

Most home printers leave a thin white border. For a design that runs to the edge, use a print shop or your printer’s borderless setting.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

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How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.