Portrait of the artist as a very young man Budding artists win first Young Archie Vincent Fantauzzo wins the Archibald People's Choice award for his painting of partner and actress Asher Keddie, while four budding artists take the first ever Young Archie prizes. Archibald Prize winners are usually full of praise for their subjects, but Max Fontaine would hardly be telling the truth if he had only kind things to say about his three-year-old sister, Lila. "She can be very annoying at times," he said. She is very nice when she wants to be. Fontaine's portrait of Lila won the 13-15 year category in the inaugural Young Archie art prize, which attracted 467 entries from children aged five to 18. Winner, ages 16-18L Angela Yang, 17, with her portait of her neighbour. Max said his little sister enjoyed having her portrait painted, although "she's a bit young to understand what it's really about." Archie Hyles' subject, his father Richard, was equally happy with his 10-year-old son's win in the 9-12 year category. Dad's pretty proud. He's walking around like a peacock at the moment," Archie's mum, Stephanie, said. Winner, ages 13-15: Max Fontaine, 13, with his portrait of his sister. The winner of this year's Archibald People's Choice, Vincent Fantauzzo, said the Young Archie entrants were as good as their elders in the Old Archie. "I think art is something that a two-year-old can do, sometimes better than someone else," he said. And kids definitely create art more freely and passionately than adults. Fantauzzo won $2500 and a $1000 prepaid credit card for his portrait of this year's Gold Logie winner and "the love of my life," the actor Asher Keddie. He admitted that it would have been great to win the $75,000 Archibald prizemoney "but the People's Choice is what matters most." This year's People's Choice attracted 21,141 votes from gallery visitors. Only twice have the people and the judges seen eye-to-eye: in 1988 with Fred Cress' portrait of John Beard and in 2004 with Craig Ruddy's David Gulpilil - Two Worlds, when the paintings won both prizes. The Melbourne artist previously won the People's Choice in 2008 and 2009 for portraits of Heath Ledger and child actor Brandon Walters, as well as the 2011 Packing Room Prize with a painting of celebrity chef Matt Moran. A portrait of actor Colin Friels won the People's Choice Award for works in the 2013 Salon des Refuses: The Alternative Archibald and Wynne Prize Selection, it was also announced on Thursday. Friels said he was in awe of what artist Christopher McVinish had managed to achieve with "a miserable old bastard." He did it all. I just stood there like a sack of potatoes.