The Sunday Times Watercolour Contest 2015 - Telephone Telephone For Entries

The Call for Entries for The Lord's Day Times Watercolour Competition 2015 is at i time published. This post is an overview of the primary points of data too involvement for anybody thinking of applying.

PLUS links to the artists who were selected concluding year, who won too what the exhibition looked similar - inward 2014 too inward previous years - at the goal of this post.

OVERVIEW: Call for Entries

This post tells you lot about:

who tin terminate enter
what you lot tin terminate enter
the fourth dimension table
the exhibition

KEY POINTS

The deadline for submissions 5pm, Mon 15th June 2014.
Entry for the 2015 contest is ONLINE.
This is the official data page
The top prize is £10,000 too the runner upward prizes is also practiced (£6,000)
Those who similar icon cityscapes compete for a particular prize worth £1,500
In 2014

684 industrial plant past times 361 artists were submitted for consideration past times the judges - who selected
93 industrial plant (13.6%) past times 73 artists (20%)

My recommendation

Have a become too move inward 2 works. The argue being:

Those are actually practiced percentages compared to some exhibitions (eg BP Portrait = c. 2% of industrial plant submitted are selected)
It costs you lot zippo to a greater extent than than the entry fee to examination out whether your move is practiced plenty to live selected.

Process

You submit your move digitally inward the get-go instance. The judges review the digital images too select those that they'd similar to meet framed too inward person.

The artists are notified equally to whether or non they induce got passed the get-go sift of entries. You so larn to submit your framed work. The judges review the move selected via the digital entry too create upward one's hear which paintings should live included inward the exhibition. (This is where you lot tin terminate lose out through bad framing)

It's expected that around 100 paintings volition live selected too exhibited from the entries - but it partly depends on size. It's typical for some artists to induce got to a greater extent than than i move selected so it's mostly less that 100 artists.

If your move is non included so you lot ask to pick it upward afterward that week

If it is included you'll larn an invite to the Artists Preview Evening earlier the exhibition opens - to which you lot volition either choose your rattling proud partner or parents or your best friends!

Then if you lot win I inquire you lot whether I tin terminate choose a photograph of you lot amongst your painting. You say Yes too that's how you lot larn featured on this blog!

Kathryn Maple - amongst her painting "Fatboys Diner"
which won the Lord's Day Times Watercolour Competition 2014 (£10,000)
- meet my weblog post Kathryn Maple wins Lord's Day Times Watercolour Competition 2014(all photographs of the exhibition copyright Katherine Tyrrell

OK - at i time for the details!

How to enter

Who tin terminate submit entries

The contest is opened upward to all artists born or resident inward the UK.
There are no historic menstruation limits for artists wishing to enter.

The rules too guidelines are confusing on this issue

In i part it's "born or resident" - important unusual nationals too expats tin terminate submit work

In some other part it states "born too resident" - important neither unusual nationals non expats tin terminate submit work.

I suspect it's the onetime but volition check. I'd also recommend that anybody who falls into the category of neither beingness born hither or born inward the Britain but non currently resident hither should also inquire this question.

What form of move tin terminate live submitted

There are SEVEN weather condition for the move you lot enter.

The artwork MUST be:

a icon inward a water-based medium (for the record, past times exhibitions induce got included watercolour, gouache, acrylics, inks too egg tempera)
carried out inward the concluding 3 years (that's start to complete - no tweaking old paintings!)
all your ain move ( the words are "the sole too master copy move of the entrant")
an alone master copy composition (ie no copying other people's vivid ideas!)
glazed too framed
available until the goal of Apr 2016.

The icon MUST:

NOT induce got been previously exhibited;
NOT larger than 122cm on the largest dimension - including the frame
NOT live framed using Metal, plastic or clip frames.

How much does it cost?

Entry is £15 per move - payable on submission
A committee of 40% +VAT is deducted from the value of all sales

STAGE 1: Digital Entry

Entry is digital (form too image) too must live accompanied past times payment. Each icon you lot move inward costs £15 too you lot tin terminate pay past times Paypal or credit card.

These are the links to:

the Online Entry Form. Note that the entry shape ASSUMES that you lot induce got a mobile phone. This has got to live an fault too I'll live raising this amongst the organisers equally at that topographic point are people who spend upward to purpose them!
Rules too Conditions - do brand certain you lot read them all the means through. This post highlights only some of the aspects
Help too FAQs

The digital paradigm to accompany your digital entry MUST be:

resolution: 300dpi
maximum file size:500KB.
acceptable file formats: JPEGs, TIFFs or PNGs

There is no means you lot tin terminate larn a decent paradigm at 300 dpi inward a TIFF file too remain nether 500KB - unless your move is tiny to start with! I'd so recommend you lot purpose a JPEG or PNG format.

IMPORTANT - You tin terminate submit to a greater extent than than i entry but must ensure that all images are named too numbered to lucifer amongst the listing of work/s.

If you've got whatever queries you lot should contact Parker Harris who organise too administer the competition

Dateline

Mark upward whatever you lot maintain your of import dates on amongst these dates. The get-go i is the actually of import i - fille that too the residual are irrelevant!

Note that submission too collection of framed industrial plant at the mo phase are on weekdays - which is none besides brilliant if you lot occur to induce got a amount fourth dimension job.

Monday 15th June 2015- Deadline for online entries, past times 5pm
Tuesday 23rd June 2015 - You should past times at i time induce got an electronic mail to tell you lot whether or non you've got through the get-go sift. You've at i time got 2 weeks to larn your move framed too submitted. You'll live provided amongst a listing of approved carriers who tin terminate choose your move to London for you.
Friday tertiary July - This is the deadline for the submission of framed paintings to the FBA inward Carlton House Terrace.
Tuesday seventh July - This is the large i - you lot should induce got constitute out whether or non you've been selected past times this date
Thursday ninth July - and if you've non got inward this is the 24-hour interval you lot ask to collect your artwork from the FBA, 10am-5pm. You incur storage charges of £10 per calendar week or part thereof after that engagement too volition ask to collect from Art Moves of Chelsea.
Monday 14th - Sabbatum 19th September - Exhibition at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 10am-5pm
September 2015 – Spring 2016 - Smith & Williamson Exhibition tour
No engagement equally nonetheless equally to when you lot larn your move back.

Judges too Judging

Artists should bill that whilst whatever water-based mediums are acceptable, this contest aims to celebrate too vantage excellence too originality inward the genre of watercolour painting. The judges volition so live looking for move that makes the most imaginative or otherwise impressive purpose of a H2O based medium inward this respect.

The 2015 judges are an strange mix - should live interesting! They are:

Sarah Dudman Artist - historic menstruation 50, she was selected for the Lord's Day Times Watercolour Prize Exhibition inward 2013 too 2014. She mainly paints inward fossil oil but has done some interesting mixed media move of belatedly involving goauche. Not an obvious alternative equally a Judge for this competition.
Desmond Shawe-Taylor CVO Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures
Josh Spero Editor, Spear’s Magazine (that's the i for people amongst high internet worth individuals) too Art Critic, Tatler. Very prolific tweeter - this is his Twitter account and he wrote this article Portrait of inequality: why women inward the fine art footing earn less than men. Last tweet (as opposed to retweet) said I justice that 85 per cent of my emails are at i time 'Lovely, thanks, volition read'.
Lucy Willis Artist - a rattling pop watercolour painter. Uses traditional watercolours inward a traditional means - too everybody loves them!
Louis Wise Critic & Writer, The Lord's Day Times - He's the Assistant Editor of Culture for the Lord's Day Times. I've looked too I can't notice a affair he's written most fine art too he has a rattling depression to non-existent profile on social media.

Sunday Times Watercolour 2015 Competition Prizes

This is i of the top fine art competitions inward the Britain amongst

First Prize - £10,000
Second Prize - £6,000
Smith & Williamson Cityscape Prize - £1,500

The comprehend prize seems to induce got fallen past times the wayside.

Exhibition too Tour

Mall Galleries 14 - nineteen September 2015, The Mall, London, SW1 - Open 10am-5pm daily, gratuitous entry. There volition live a serial of FREE workshops too demonstrations past times past too electrical flow exhibitors at the Mall Galleries during the exhibition.
Guildford House Art Gallery 21 Nov - 2 Jan 2016 155 High Street Guildford, GU1
Offices of Smith & Williamson - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 selection of industrial plant works volition live shown at Smith & Williamson officeholder throughout the Britain from September 2015 to Spring 2016. (The companionship sponsors the exhibition)

Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark posts most the Lord's Day Times watercolour Exhibition

STWC 2014 Catalogue

I've been roofing this contest for some years.

For those wanting to meet what the contest was similar inward previous years..........

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008