Ukcps Opened Upwardly International Exhibition 2014: Telephone Telephone For Entries

The deadline for entries to the 13th Annual International Exhibition of the UK Coloured Pencil Society is 5th Feb 2014.

The exhibition volition live held betwixt 28th Apr - tenth May 2014 at the RBSA Gallery, 4 Brook Street, Birmingham, B3 1SA.


The rules changed lastly twelvemonth - amongst abide by to the nature of the function that tin live entered - and I'm non certain everyone is aware of that.

Here's a summary of what you lot demand to know together with make to enter.

Who tin enter


This exhibition is opened upwards to all living artists who tin demonstrate compositional together with drawing skills together with the mightiness to purpose coloured pencil..

That means:

What you lot tin enter


Words enclosed inwards quotation marks are quotations from the Call For Entries document.  I've reorganised the content to align content amongst my comments.

No. of entries

  • Full fellow member of the Society tin locomote inwards a maximum of 4 pictures (1st entry free; entry fee for 1-3 additional entries: £6 each)
  • non-members tin locomote inwards a maximum of 2 pictures  (entry fee: £17.50 each)
  • one entry tin live "not for sale"; all other entries must live for sale

Reference Materials

  • "All function must live master copy inwards concept, pattern together with execution"
  • "Any photographic reference used for the entire (missing word?) or every bit the primary source must live taken past times the artist"
  • "Subject to Britain together with International copyright laws, reference images may live used to contribute together with construct upwards a concluding composition provided the concluding function does non resemble whatever reference source inwards a recognizable way"
See my spider web log post CPSA together with UKCPS: originality inwards concept, pattern together with execution for a previous struggle inwards 2008 on the pregnant of master copy artwork.

Basically the liability lies amongst the creative somebody to recognise together with ensure that their purpose of whatever reference images MUST comply amongst all relevant Britain copyright law. Artists should too hold evidentiary proof of photographs they created.

(Note for UKCPS: International constabulary is totally irrelevant inwards the Britain unless it has been incorporated into together with formally recognised inside Britain legislation - at which betoken it becomes Britain legislation! IMO it would live to a greater extent than appropriate to tell that the contest must live compliant amongst all relevant Britain legislation including that relating to copyright)

Art Media

"Each function submitted MUST comprise at to the lowest degree 50% dry out coloured pencil (ie wood-cased, wax or crude based coloured pencil, including watercolour pencil if used dry) ""The remaining 50% of the function MAY if preferred, contain less than 50% of whatever other medium"
  • The base of operations of back upwards media tin include manufactured supports (eg paper, board etc) together with surfaces hand-prepared past times the creative somebody eg a gesso base.
That way the minute 50% tin include
  • artwork which includes non-wood cased pencils eg Caran d'Ache Neopastels
  • artwork which includes media created when you lot used water, solvent or oestrus to dissolve coloured pencils
  • watercolour, acrylic or crude paints
  • oil pastels
  • graphite pencil
  • charcoal
Bottom business the artwork MUST include - together with live seen to include - 50% created from dry out wood-cased coloured pencils.

Note there's no requirement to purpose fine art media of archival standards.

What you lot cannot enter

  • Artwork shown inwards whatever previous UKCPS exhibition

What volition non live exhibited

  • Artwork non upwards to entry submission standard 
  • Pictures non suitably framed.

How to enter


UKCPS encourages online entries. Entry is online together with involves the submission of a digital file, the completion of the entry form together with the payment of the fee.  The telephone band for entries provides details of how to submit a postal entry - which has an before deadline.

Information required to compete the form

  • title of the artwork
  • size of the epitome unframed (height x width inwards centimetres)
  • price for sale inwards £sterling. This should allow for 35% committee if sold.
  • category of prize the function is eligible for

Image requirements

  • jpg format
  • 300 dpi
  • maximum size 5MB
  • filename should include your surname together with the championship of the artwork

Payment of fees

Payment options are:
  • by gibe mailed to UKCPS
  •  via Paypal to electronic mail address detailed inwards the Call for Entries

How entries are judged

An independent Jury of 3 people volition live asked to select industrial plant to make a varied exhibition showing the total hit of capabilities of the coloured pencil medium. The conclusion of the judges is final.

Jurors review anonymous images - the alone data they cause got is championship together with flick size.

I don't know whether this way whatever signature is removed from the digital epitome prior to the jury process.

Responsibilities of the artist


The next are wholly the responsibleness of the artist
  • compliance amongst the terms together with weather of the competition
  • all transportation to together with from the submission together with collection points
  • all insurance - given that the UKCPS, RBSA together with their representatives are non liable for whatever harm or loss of industrial plant including frames.

Previous spider web log posts nigh this exhibition


These include images of prizewinners together with function inwards past times exhibitions

2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007

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