Nominate The Best Artwork (Natural World) On A 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 - Nature

This prize values the natural globe in addition to its plants in addition to animals and 

celebrates excellence inwards portraying every appear of nature

The terminal category for the Best Picture on Art Blog inwards 2012 is the Natural World - roofing botanical art, wild animals in addition to natural history.

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

• eligibility of the artist
• eligibility of the artwork
• who tin ship away 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 you lot appreciated inwards 2012.

Eligible artwork (drawings / paintings / prints):

• Images should travel of the natural world - This prize helps us to focus on a really traditional shape of fine art which over the years has helped to tape the globe some us inwards all its wonderful variation. The Nature tin ship away travel botanical fine art and/or natural history fine art and/or wild animals fine art - or whatsoever combination.
• 2D artwork created using hands is eligible - artwork tin ship away travel a epitome (in whatsoever media) or a drawing (in whatsoever media) or a fine fine art impress (using whatsoever method).  Photography is NOT eligible.
• Artwork must guide maintain 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 travel 1 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 in addition to higher upwards that needed to larn inwards read 'true' on screen)
• a photograph
• For the artwork to travel shortlisted, the nominated creative someone must concur inwards writing to their travel beingness displayed on Making H5N1 Mark as business office of the shortlist (you tin ship away seek their understanding after the nomination in addition to BEFORE the annunciation of nominations inwards a post on this weblog on 24th December)

Please travel careful to cheque the engagement of the artwork in addition to when it was posted to ensure eligibility.

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

Eligible artists

• In 2012, whatsoever creative someone creating artwork predominantly involving discipline affair relating to the natural globe - in addition to posting their travel to their personal fine art or illustrated weblog tin ship away travel nominated.
• An creative someone who has NOT won this prize inwards the finally 2 years (ie 2010-2011) - every bit listed at the overstep of this post
• Only artists alongside independent fine art blogs operating inwards 2012 are eligible. (The awards exclude all corporate blogs and/or paid blogging.)
• An creative someone tin ship away travel nominated to a greater extent than than 1 time - past times dissimilar people - for dissimilar works
• An creative someone tin ship away travel nominated to a greater extent than than 1 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 ship away denote the awards on their weblog and/or the fact they guide maintain been nominated 
• Artists tin ship away reference on their fine art weblog only
• the fact they guide maintain been shortlisted and 
• the post on this weblog where the vote is taking house .
• Neither the creative someone nor the someone nominating tin ship away sheet for votes - canvassing volition effect inwards disqualification. 

Who tin ship away nominate

• Nominations are ONLY accepted from peers i.e. people alongside an active fine art blog. 
• In lodge to nominate you lot must guide maintain an fine art or illustrated weblog in addition to travel capable of beingness 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 guide maintain nominated inwards a afterward post summarising the nominations!)
• An creative someone tin ship away nominate their ain work 
• All nominations must travel inwards English

How to Nominate

To nominate - but 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 out of the artist,
• the size in addition to medium (if possible)
• the shout out 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 inwards which the artwork appears (you MUST render a the precise URL for the place of the post in addition to non but the URL for the blog)
• SAY WHY YOU LIKE THE WORK - this fleck is actually important so delight create the best you lot can. Remember that nominations are opened upwards in addition to transparent in addition to that it's expert to part a genuine tribute to a slice of travel you lot like
• You postulate to inquire the creative someone if their travel tin ship away travel posted on my weblog - in addition to allow me know what the respond is. This tin ship away tumble out after the nomination in addition to BEFORE 24th December.

What happens next

• Nominations unopen but after midnight on 23rd Dec 2012
• On 24th Dec 2012, a listing of all nominations is posted - including a link to the someone who nominated 
• I volition in addition to then select a shortlist of 3 works from the nominations 
• The shortlist will travel posted on 26th Dec 2012.  YOU volition travel 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 H5N1 Mark Prize for The Best Picture on an Art Blog inwards 2012.
• The winners volition travel announced on this weblog on 30th Dec 2012

Please besides NOMINATE for other MAKING H5N1 MARK AWARDS - calls for entry volition travel 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 travel posted) to detect out to a greater extent than well-nigh the other Making H5N1 Mark Awards.

Invites to nominate for the remaining dissimilar categories associated alongside 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 well-nigh a unmarried someone 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, 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

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

• Making 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 H5N1 Mark Nominations: Getting Out of the Studio 
• The Painting Plein Air Plus Prize
• The Travels alongside a Sketchbook Trophy
• The Going Greener Gong
• Making H5N1 Mark Nominations: Learning well-nigh 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 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 brute inwards an illustrated blog

Links:

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

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