Brand New!! Nominate The Best Fine Art (Still Life) On A Weblog Inward 2012

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

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

This prize highlights in addition to celebrates excellence inwards creating pictures

which assist us to reverberate on how the small-scale in addition to inanimate tin give the axe last beautiful 

This weekend I'm publishing the Call for Entries for the Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark - Best Picture Awards.

The 3rd Call for Entries invites nominations for The Making a Mark Prize for Best Picture - Still Life 2012

This post service covers:

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

Previous winners of this award (created inwards 2009) - who are all ineligible for this year's honour - are:

• 2011: "Bottles, Bottles, Bottles #736" yesteryear Lisa Daria (Lisa Daria's Everyday Painting) 
• 2010: Black Grapes #3 by James Neil Hollingsworth (Paintings inwards Oil)
• 2009:  Sometimes I experience you lot await correct through me by Sally Tharp (Sally is icon today....

Bottles cause got provided the dependent plain thing for ii winners.  Will drinking glass in ane lawsuit again characteristic inwards this year's winning even therefore life painting?

Last year's winner inwards this category besides provided the runaway frontrunner inwards the poll to notice the The MAM Award for Best Picture of the Year on an Art Blog 2011

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Tell us all whose artwork involving portraiture or figures you lot appreciated inwards 2012.

Eligible artwork (drawings / paintings / prints):

• subject matter: the artwork must last predominantly virtually a even therefore life - contrived or 'found', a narrative or an accident, large or small
• 2D artwork created using hands is eligible - artwork tin give the axe last a icon (in whatsoever media) or a drawing (in whatsoever media) or a fine fine art impress (using whatsoever method).  Photography is NOT eligible.
• Artwork must cause got been completed inwards 2012 and has appeared on an fine art or illustrated weblog inwards 2012 in addition to prior to eighth Dec 2012
• Work is NOT eligible if it appears to last 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 yesteryear the artist
• subjected to lots of digital manipulation/tweaks (over in addition to to a higher house that needed to teach inwards read 'true' on screen)
• a photograph
• For the artwork to last shortlisted, the nominated creative mortal must concur inwards writing to their operate existence displayed on Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark as purpose of the shortlist (you tin give the axe seek their understanding after the nomination in addition to BEFORE the annunciation of nominations inwards a post service on this weblog on 24th December)

Please last careful to banking concern stand upwardly for the appointment of the artwork in addition to when it was posted to ensure eligibility.

Winner of Best Still Life on an Art Blog 2011
AND 
The MAM Award for Best Picture of the Year on an Art Blog 2011
Bottles, Bottles, Bottles #736
© Lisa Darier (Lisa Daria's Everyday Painting)

Eligible artists

• In 2012, whatsoever creative mortal creating artwork predominantly involving even therefore life - in addition to posting their operate to their personal fine art or illustrated weblog tin give the axe last nominated.
• An creative mortal who has NOT won this prize inwards the final iii years (ie 2009-2011) - every bit listed at the overstep 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 mortal tin give the axe last nominated to a greater extent than than in ane lawsuit - yesteryear dissimilar people - for dissimilar works
• An creative mortal tin give the axe last nominated to a greater extent than than in ane lawsuit - yesteryear dissimilar people - for the same work
• No canvassing is allowed (Canvassing = repeated mentions and/or touting for votes on other sites)
• Artists tin give the axe denote the awards on their weblog and/or the fact they cause got been nominated 
• Artists tin give the axe reference on their fine art weblog only
• the fact they cause got been shortlisted and 
• the post service on this weblog where the vote is taking house .
• Neither the creative mortal nor the mortal nominating tin give the axe sheet for votes - canvassing volition consequence inwards disqualification. 

Who tin give the axe nominate

• Nominations are ONLY accepted from peers i.e. people amongst an active fine art blog. 
• In lodge to nominate you lot must cause got an fine art or illustrated weblog in addition to last capable of existence identified yesteryear me.
• Anonymous nominations are non permitted. (This is purely to halt spammers every bit I link to the blogs of all those who cause got nominated inwards a afterwards post service summarising the nominations!)
• An creative mortal tin give the axe nominate their ain work 
• All nominations must last inwards English

How to Nominate

To nominate - only 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 yell of the artist,
• the size in addition to medium (if possible)
• the yell 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 inwards which the artwork appears (you MUST render a the precise URL for the place of the post service in addition to non only the URL for the blog)
• SAY WHY YOU LIKE THE WORK - this flake is actually important so delight practise the best you lot can. Remember that nominations are opened upwardly in addition to transparent in addition to that it's adept to portion a genuine tribute to a slice of operate you lot like
• You bespeak to inquire the creative mortal if their operate tin give the axe last posted on my weblog - in addition to permit me know what the answer is. This tin give the axe tumble out after the nomination in addition to BEFORE 24th December.

What happens next

• Nominations closed only after midnight on 23rd Dec 2012
• On 24th Dec 2012, a listing of all nominations is posted - including a link to the mortal who nominated 
• I volition therefore select a shortlist of iii industrial plant from the nominations 
• The shortlist will last posted on 26th Dec 2012.  YOU volition last 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 besides 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 last announced on this weblog on 30th Dec 2012

Please besides NOMINATE for other MAKING Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MARK AWARDS - calls for entry volition last posted this weekend in addition to adjacent week.

Please read Best Pictures in addition to Best Art Blogs 2012 - a review and consult the links below (to last posted) to notice out to a greater extent than virtually 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 telephone 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 virtually a unmarried mortal or grouping of people
• The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - Place - an artwork which is virtually a house - urban or rural, province or ocean or sky, within or out
• The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - Nature - botanical, natural history or wildlife

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 virtually Art & the Art Business
• The FAQs in addition to Answers Really Useful Medal
• The Make Me Think Gong
• The Best Book yesteryear 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 honour for the best fauna inwards 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

Still Life - Resources for Artists
Find out virtually the history of even therefore life fine art in addition to how to pigment a even therefore life. This site provides links to relevant information, guidance in addition to resources for artists.

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