Christian finds the actual loophole

Here's a brief description of the contestant's attempt. Someone's probably working writing up more detail!

Christian moves the easel within reach of the rope himself, managing to avoid touching it by using a paintbrush as a handle. After painting normally for a while, he decides to start squirting paint at the canvas from a water pistol, and then knocks over the easel and 'withdraws' his painting from the competition because 'it is too good'. He then submits the painting of Lasse he was copyng from as his attempt. Lasse accepts both pieces of art as his attempt, and awards him second place.

(Written by Karl Craven)