Brand New!! Nominate The Best Flick Of A House On An Fine Art Weblog Inwards 2012

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

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

This prize celebrates in addition to highlights excellence in
creating pictures virtually places inwards our environment

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

The minute of the Call for Entries invites nominations for The Making a Mark Prize for Best Picture - Place 2012

This post service covers:

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

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

• 2011: Pacific Passage by Robin Purcell (Robin Purcell - Watercolours inwards the Plein Air Tradition)
• 2010: Joint Winners:
• Canal Sunrise yesteryear Loriann Signori (Loriann Signori's Painting-a-Day)
• Lazy River by Casey Klahn (The Colorist)

Interestingly we've had artwork inwards pastels, acrylic in addition to watercolour - but an fossil oil icon has non withal won this prize.  Will this modify inwards 2012?

This telephone band for entries is besides going to highlighted on my The Art of the Landscape blog. If you'd similar to nominate I advise y'all acquire convey a hold back at some of the blogs inwards the blogroll of that weblog - it includes some first-class landscape in addition to plein air artists!


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

Eligible artwork (drawings / paintings / prints):

• subject matter: the artwork must last predominantly virtually a place - urban or rural, province or ocean or sky, within or out.
• 2D artwork created using hands is eligible - artwork tin last a icon (in whatever media) or a drawing (in whatever media) or a fine fine art impress (using whatever 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 i 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 inwards a higher house that needed to acquire far read 'true' on screen)
• a photograph
• For the artwork to last shortlisted, the nominated creative somebody must concur inwards writing to their operate beingness displayed on Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark as business office of the shortlist (you tin seek their understanding after the nomination in addition to BEFORE the proclamation of nominations inwards a post service on this weblog on 24th December)
Please last careful to depository fiscal establishment tally the appointment of the artwork in addition to when it was posted to ensure eligibility.






Winner of The MAM Award for Best Picture of the Year (Place) on an Art Blog
Pacific Passage 
© Robin Purcell (Robin Purcell - Watercolours inwards the Plein Air Tradition)
14" x 14", watercolour

Eligible artists

• In 2012, whatever creative somebody creating artwork predominantly involving places - in addition to posting their operate to their personal fine art or illustrated weblog tin last nominated.
• An creative somebody who has NOT won this prize inwards the final iii years (ie 2009-2011) - equally listed at the exceed 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 last nominated to a greater extent than than i time - yesteryear unlike people - for unlike works
• An creative somebody tin last nominated to a greater extent than than i time - yesteryear 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 cause got been nominated 
• Artists tin 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 somebody nor the somebody nominating tin sail for votes - canvassing volition upshot inwards disqualification. 
Who tin nominate

• Nominations are ONLY accepted from peers i.e. people amongst an active fine art blog. 
• In gild to nominate y'all must cause got an fine art or illustrated weblog in addition to last capable of beingness identified yesteryear me.
• Anonymous nominations are non permitted. (This is purely to halt spammers equally I link to the blogs of all those who cause got nominated inwards a afterwards post service summarising the nominations!)
• An creative somebody tin nominate their ain work 
• All nominations must last 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 call of the artist,
• the size in addition to medium (if possible)
• the call 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 location of the post service in addition to non simply the URL for the blog)
• SAY WHY YOU LIKE THE WORK - this fighting is actually important so delight exercise the best y'all can. Remember that nominations are opened upward in addition to transparent in addition to that it's proficient to portion a genuine tribute to a slice of operate y'all like
• You take away to enquire the creative somebody if their operate tin last posted on my weblog - in addition to allow me know what the answer is. This tin hap after the nomination in addition to 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 in addition to then select a shortlist of iii 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 uncovering out to a greater extent than virtually 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 gild of telephone band for entries for the remaining nominations this weekend is equally follows:

• The Making a Mark Prize (2012) for Best Picture - People - a formal portrait or a figurative artwork which is predominantly virtually a unmarried somebody or grouping of people
• 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 - Best 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 accolade for the best creature 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




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