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

This prize aims to celebrate in addition to highlight excellence

in portraiture and/or artwork predominantly involving figures

Today is the Call for Entries for the Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark - Best Picture Awards

It starts amongst an invitation for nominations for The Making a Mark Prize for Best Picture - People 2012

This post service covers:

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

Previous winners of this abide by include:

• 2011: Joint Winners (see images below):
• Dream by Sophie Ploeg (Sophie Ploeg)
• "Leah at Sea" by Taryn Day (Awake in addition to Painting)
• 2010: Hands of Time an fossil oil epitome past times Karin Jurick (A Painting Today) 
• 2009: Palm Sunday past times Karin Jurick (A Painting Today) 
• 2008: The Best Portrait past times a Female Artist on a Blog (one twelvemonth only): Zen past times Nicole Caulfield (Nicole Caulfield Art Journal)

Prizewinners inward the concluding iii years (2009-2011) are ineligible for this award.

Will it live on to a greater extent than or less other woman somebody creative somebody who wins inward 2012?

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Tell us all whose artwork involving portraiture or figures yous appreciated inward 2012.

Eligible artwork (drawings / paintings / prints):

• subject matter: the artwork must live on predominantly of a somebody or people.  This tin live on a formal portrait or a figurative artwork which is predominantly almost a unmarried somebody or grouping of people.
• 2D artwork created using hands is eligible - artwork tin live on a epitome (in whatever media) or a drawing (in whatever media) or a fine fine art impress (using whatever method).  Photography is NOT eligible.
• Artwork must stimulate got been completed inward 2012 in addition to appeared on an fine art or illustrated weblog inward 2012 in addition to 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 inward 2012
• has non appeared on an fine art weblog inward 2012
• over-reliant on a photograph non taken past times the artist
• subjected to lots of digital manipulation/tweaks (over in addition to higher upwards that needed to acquire inward read 'true' on screen)
• a photograph
• For the artwork to live on shortlisted, the nominated creative somebody must concord inward writing to their function beingness displayed on this weblog equally business office of the shortlist (you tin seek their understanding after the nomination in addition to BEFORE the proclamation of nominations inward a post service on this weblog on 24th December)

Please live on careful to cheque the appointment of the artwork in addition to when it was posted to ensure eligibility.

Dream by Sophie Ploeg (Sophie Ploeg
Joint Winner of
Making a Mark Prize (2011) for Best Picture - Portrait

Eligible artists

• In 2012, whatever creative somebody creating portraits or artwork predominantly involving figures - existent or imaginary - in addition to posting their function to their personal fine art or illustrated weblog tin live on nominated.
• An creative somebody who has NOT won this prize inward the concluding iii years (ie 2009-2011) - equally listed at the transcend of this post
• Only artists amongst independent fine art blogs operating inward 2012 are eligible. (The awards exclude all corporate blogs and/or paid blogging.)
• An creative somebody tin live on nominated to a greater extent than than ane time - past times unlike people - for unlike works
• An creative somebody tin live on nominated to a greater extent than than ane time - past times unlike people - for the same work
• No canvassing is allowed (Canvassing = repeated mentions and/or touting for votes on other sites)
• Artists tin denote the awards on their weblog and/or the fact they stimulate got been nominated 
• Artists tin reference on their fine art weblog only
• the fact they stimulate got been shortlisted and 
• the post service on this weblog where the vote is taking house .
• Neither the creative somebody nor the somebody nominating tin sail for votes - canvassing volition number inward disqualification. 

"Leah at Sea" past times Taryn Day
Joint Winner of 
Making a Mark Prize (2011) for Best Picture - Portrait

Who tin nominate

• Nominations are ONLY accepted from peers i.e. people amongst an active fine art blog. 
• In social club to nominate yous must stimulate got an fine art or illustrated weblog in addition to live on capable of beingness identified past times me.
• Anonymous nominations are non permitted. (This is purely to halt spammers equally I link to the blogs of all those who stimulate got nominated inward a afterwards post service summarising the nominations!)
• An creative somebody tin nominate their ain work 
• All nominations must live on inward 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 cry of the artist,
• the size in addition to medium (if possible)
• the cry in addition to URL of the weblog (eg The Art Blog - http://artblog.blogspot.com)
• the date, championship in addition to URL of the weblog post service inward which the artwork appears  (you MUST render a the precise URL for the place of the post service in addition to non simply the URL for the blog)
• SAY WHY YOU LIKE THE WORK - this chip is actually important thus delight exercise the best yous can. Remember that nominations are opened upwards in addition to transparent in addition to that it's skillful to percentage a genuine tribute to a slice of function yous like
• You demand to inquire the creative somebody if their function tin live on posted on my weblog - in addition to permit me know what the answer is. This tin locomote on after the nomination in addition to BEFORE 24th December.

What happens next

• Nominations closed 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 in addition to then select a shortlist of iii industrial plant 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 - People 
• This winner of the category prize is equally good eligible for the overall Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Prize for The Best Picture on an Art Blog inward 2012.
• The winners volition live on announced on this weblog on 30th Dec 2012

Please equally good NOMINATE for other MAKING Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MARK AWARDS - calls for entry volition live on posted this weekend in addition to side past times side week.

Please read Best Pictures in addition to Best Art Blogs 2012 - a review and consult the links below (to live on posted) to observe out to a greater extent than almost the other Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Awards.

Invites to nominate for the remaining unlike categories associated amongst the Best Picture Award are listed below. The social club of telephone telephone for entries for the remaining nominations this weekend is equally follows. CLICK THE LINKS IN THE TITLES TO GO TO THIS POST

• The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - Place - an artwork which is almost a house - urban or rural, province 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 
• The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - Nature - botanical, natural history or wildlife

Nominations for the other awards follow inward 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 almost Art & the Art Business
• The FAQs in addition to 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 abide by for the best beast inward an illustrated blog

Links:

• The Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Art Blog Awards 
• Best Pictures in addition to Best Art Blogs 2012 - a review
• The Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Awards 2006-2011

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