Brand New!! Nominate The Best Artwork (Natural World) On A Spider Web Log Inwards 2012

You are invited to NOMINATE an artwork on an fine art weblog for

The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - Nature

This prize values the natural Blue Planet as well as its plants as well as animals and 

celebrates excellence inwards portraying every human face of nature

The finally category for the Best Picture on Art Blog inwards 2012 is the Natural World - roofing botanical art, wild animals as well as natural history.

You are invited to nominate an artwork for The Making a Mark Prize for Best Picture - Natural World 2012. This postal service covers:

• eligibility of the artist
• eligibility of the artwork
• who tin sack nominate
• how to nominate

Previous winners of this award (created inwards 2010) - who are both ineligible for this year's laurels - are:

• 2011: Ant by Suzanne Berry (Suzanne Berry) 
• 2010: The Right Side past times Gayle Mason (Fur inwards the Paint)

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Tell us all whose artwork involving portraiture or figures y'all appreciated inwards 2012.

Eligible artwork (drawings / paintings / prints):

• Images should live on of the natural world - This prize helps us to focus on a real traditional shape of fine art which over the years has helped to tape the Blue Planet around us inwards all its wonderful variation. The Nature tin sack live on botanical fine art and/or natural history fine art and/or wild animals fine art - or whatever combination.
• 2D artwork created using hands is eligible - artwork tin sack live on a paradigm (in whatever media) or a drawing (in whatever media) or a fine fine art impress (using whatever method).  Photography is NOT eligible.
• Artwork must lead keep been completed inwards 2012 and has appeared on an fine art or illustrated weblog inwards 2012 as well as prior to eighth Dec 2012
• Work is NOT eligible if it appears to live on ane or to a greater extent than of the following:
• was non completed inwards 2012
• has non appeared on an fine art weblog inwards 2012
• over-reliant on a photograph non taken past times the artist
• subjected to lots of digital manipulation/tweaks (over as well as higher upward that needed to larn inwards read 'true' on screen)
• a photograph
• For the artwork to live on shortlisted, the nominated creative somebody must concord inwards writing to their operate existence displayed on Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark as business office of the shortlist (you tin sack seek their understanding after the nomination as well as BEFORE the annunciation of nominations inwards a postal service on this weblog on 24th December)

Please live on careful to banking concern lucifer the appointment of the artwork as well as when it was posted to ensure eligibility.

Ant © Suzanne Berry (Suzanne Berry)
16x16" crude on cradled hardboardWinner of Best Picture of the Year (Nature) on an Art Blog 2011

Eligible artists

• In 2012, whatever creative somebody creating artwork predominantly involving dependent area affair relating to the natural Blue Planet - as well as posting their operate to their personal fine art or illustrated weblog tin sack live on nominated.
• An creative somebody who has NOT won this prize inwards the finally 2 years (ie 2010-2011) - every bit listed at the hand of this post
• Only artists amongst independent fine art blogs operating inwards 2012 are eligible. (The awards exclude all corporate blogs and/or paid blogging.)
• An creative somebody tin sack live on nominated to a greater extent than than ane time - past times dissimilar people - for dissimilar works
• An creative somebody tin sack live on nominated to a greater extent than than ane time - past times dissimilar people - for the same work
• No canvassing is allowed (Canvassing = repeated mentions and/or touting for votes on other sites)
• Artists tin sack denote the awards on their weblog and/or the fact they lead keep been nominated 
• Artists tin sack reference on their fine art weblog only
• the fact they lead keep been shortlisted and 
• the postal service on this weblog where the vote is taking house .
• Neither the creative somebody nor the somebody nominating tin sack canvass for votes - canvassing volition consequence inwards disqualification. 

Who tin sack nominate

• Nominations are ONLY accepted from peers i.e. people amongst an active fine art blog. 
• In lodge to nominate y'all must lead keep an fine art or illustrated weblog as well as live on capable of existence identified past times me.
• Anonymous nominations are non permitted. (This is purely to halt spammers every bit I link to the blogs of all those who lead keep nominated inwards a afterwards postal service summarising the nominations!)
• An creative somebody tin sack nominate their ain work 
• All nominations must live on inwards English

How to Nominate

To nominate - simply COMMENT ON THIS BLOG POST providing all the necessary details (see below) BEFORE 24th Dec 2012.

Your nominations MUST identify:

• the championship of the piece
• the shout of the artist,
• the size as well as medium (if possible)
• the shout as well as URL of the weblog (eg The Art Blog - http://artblog.blogspot.com)
• the date, championship as well as URL of the weblog postal service inwards which the artwork appears (you MUST render a the precise URL for the place of the postal service as well as non simply the URL for the blog)
• SAY WHY YOU LIKE THE WORK - this flake is actually important so delight practise the best y'all can. Remember that nominations are opened upward as well as transparent as well as that it's adept to percentage a genuine tribute to a slice of operate y'all like
• You bespeak to enquire the creative somebody if their operate tin sack live on posted on my weblog - as well as permit me know what the respond is. This tin sack tumble out after the nomination as well as BEFORE 24th December.

What happens next

• Nominations unopen simply after midnight on 23rd Dec 2012
• On 24th Dec 2012, a listing of all nominations is posted - including a link to the somebody who nominated 
• I volition as well as then select a shortlist of 3 works from the nominations 
• The shortlist will live on posted on 26th Dec 2012.  YOU volition live on invited to vote for your favourite artwork for The Making a Mark Prize for Best Artwork 2012 - Place
• This winner of the category prize is likewise eligible for the overall Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Prize for The Best Picture on an Art Blog inwards 2012.
• The winners volition live on announced on this weblog on 30th Dec 2012

Please likewise NOMINATE for other MAKING Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MARK AWARDS - calls for entry volition live on posted this weekend as well as adjacent week.

Please read Best Pictures as well as Best Art Blogs 2012 - a review and consult the links below (to live on posted) to abide by out to a greater extent than well-nigh the other Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Awards.

Invites to nominate for the remaining dissimilar categories associated amongst the Best Picture Award are listed below. The lodge of telephone phone for entries for the remaining nominations this weekend is every bit follows:

• The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - People - a formal portrait or a figurative artwork which is predominantly well-nigh a unmarried somebody or grouping of people
• The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - Place - an artwork which is well-nigh a house - urban or rural, nation or ocean or sky, within or out
• The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - Still Life - contrived or found, a narrative or an accident, large or small

Nominations for the other awards follow inwards the calendar week commencing twelfth December

• Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Nominations: Generating Art
• The Painting a Day Stickability Shield
• The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup
• NEW IN 2011 - The Best Art Society Blog
• Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Nominations: Getting Out of the Studio 
• The Painting Plein Air Plus Prize
• The Travels amongst a Sketchbook Trophy
• The Going Greener Gong
• Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Nominations: Learning well-nigh Art & the Art Business
• The FAQs as well as Answers Really Useful Medal
• The Make Me Think Gong
• The Best Book past times an Art Blogger Blue Ribbon
• Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Nominations: The Home Front
• The Most Gorgeous Mouthwatering (MGM) Studio of the Year
• The Art Innovation of the Year Award
• “The Moose” - the laurels for the best fauna inwards an illustrated blog

Links:

• The Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Art Blog Awards 
• Best Pictures as well as Best Art Blogs 2012 - a review
• The Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Awards 2006-2011
• Makingamark's Botanical Art Compendium This is a compendium of all the sites well-nigh botanical artists as well as botanical fine art created past times makingamark (Katherine Tyrrell) every bit resources for both artists as well as botanical fine art lovers.
• Wildlife as well as Natural History Art - Resources for Artists This is a compendium of links to data as well as resources for artists who portray natural history, nature as well as wildlife.

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