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Rws Contemporary Watercolour Contest 2015 - Deadline For Entries Extended To Twenty January

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This postal service is for ALL watercolour painters - wherever y'all alive - who are interested in submitting their watercolour paintings to the Annual Open Competition of the Royal Watercolour Society.

The deadline for entries for the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2015 has been extended to noon on Tuesday - then there's yet fourth dimension to organise an entry!

The details of the Call for Entries are summarised below.


I'm actually pleased to run across they receive got stopped doing the crazy delivery in addition to collection dates which must receive got prevented a lot of entries inwards the past. Now the initial circular of submission in addition to pick of entries is all digital that should brand a real large divergence to the issue of people entering.

You tin review past times posts of past times exhibitions inwards the links at the terminate of this weblog post.

The Basics


  • DEADLINE for entry to the Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition has been extended to 12 noon on Tuesday xx Jan 2015.
  • You must go able to access a reckoner and the RWS website because:
    • ALL entries are digital 
    • Payment  of entry fees is via the website - entry fee per epitome is £14 (free to Full-time students at recognised fine art schools andWatercolour Artist Friends) 
    • payment must go made BEFORE y'all tin upload a digital file for the painting 
  • You tin submit up to 3 paintings 
    • all of these must go available for sale
    • all paintings must go past times the entrant
    • Framed paintings must non top 100cm x 100cm
  • UPLOAD: Image File: must non top 1MB (minimum of 500KB)
  • DOWNLOAD:
  • SELECTION: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 listing of paintings selected for the exhibition volition go published on the RWS website on Fri xxx January
  • DELIVER: Delivery of framed paintings is to Bankside Gallery (next to Tate Modern) on Lord's Day 1 or Mon 2 March, 11am-5pm.
  • EXHIBITION: at Bankside Gallery Friday half dozen – Midweek eighteen March, 11am-6pm 

Frequently asked questions most the competition

I'm going to repeat their FAQs below because a issue of points made are iv of the 5 which are applicable to whatever competition.

  • How should I conduct which of my paintings to shipping in? Remember that the judges are looking at many industrial plant inwards a curt time. They volition go to a greater extent than probable to go captivated past times a epitome alongside something special to tell in addition to alongside a personal dot of view.
  • Are at that topographic point rules most watercolour techniques – should I entirely shipping run inwards that conforms to traditional ideas of watercolour? The judges volition go looking for ideas, competence in addition to integrity – equally long equally the materials accommodate to those stipulated on the application form, they volition go interested inwards how y'all conduct to role them in addition to volition go excited past times both excogitation in addition to expertise inwards traditional methods inwards using water-based media.
  • Do whatever exceptional subjects for paintings receive got a amend run a jeopardy of existence selected? No. The bailiwick y'all are most passionate about. Look on the RWS website to run across the diversity in addition to arrive at of subjects that Members paint.
  • What sized epitome is unremarkably most oft accepted? Paintings of all sizes are welcome. However, if your epitome is framed, it should non top 100 x 100cm.
  • How does the digital submission modify the decisions the judges make? If the master copy digital photograph is of a goodness quality, in addition to the epitome good presented – that is, cropped to the border of the epitome in addition to straight, the Judges volition go able to brand a determination inwards much the same way equally looking at the actual painting. 

In other words - don't endeavor in addition to pigment similar other people, abide by a perspective on something that is meaningful to y'all in addition to nosotros honey people who demonstrate us something novel in addition to innovative.

What tin go entered 


  • Any run inwards watercolour, acrylic, gouache in addition to ink are eligible on a newspaper based support
  • There are no limitations on mode or bailiwick matter
  • The epitome must receive got been completed inwards the past times iv years past times the creative individual entering it.
  • The epitome must non go larger than 100cm x 100cm when framed.

Who tin enter


This contest is OPEN to
The Royal Watercolour Society’s annual contest is opened upward to all artists except RWS Members. 

By implication, that agency this is a contest OPEN to:
  • people who are NOT members of the Royal Watercolour Society
  • people who exercise NOT alive or run inwards the UK
  • artists of whatever historic menstruum (not indicated - only no bound indicated either)

Prizes 


These are on a par alongside some of the amend opened upward fine art guild exhibitions.  This is non "major competition" territory,

Commission in addition to Fees


For those confused past times VAT, the way the committee industrial plant is that the Gallery volition accuse 40% + VAT of 20% when selling a painting. That agency on a £1,000 painting, the Gallery volition convey £400 in addition to include £80 inwards their VAT provide to HM Revenue in addition to Customs - which agency y'all larn £520. Which agency your net is £520 minus the travel/courier in addition to framing expenses in addition to entry fee of £14. You write downward your costs to marketing!

Past Exhibitions


See my weblog posts below most some of the previous exhibitions below. These include gallery shots of industrial plant inwards the exhibition in addition to links to the websites of prizewinning artists.

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