Wildlife Creative Individual Of The Yr 2012 - Telephone Phone For Entries (X2)

There are 2 fine art competitions inward the Britain for the Wildlife Artist of the Year.  These are:
Amur Ambush by Stella Mays
Overall in addition to Endangered Species Winner - BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2011
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This post summarises both fine art competitions for ease of reference of those wild fauna artists who anticipate entering these competitions

It spells out
  • where you lot tin plough over the axe detect the rules of entry in addition to whatever additional data almost the competition
  • who tin plough over the axe enter
  • what you lot tin plough over the axe submit (and, every bit important, what is ineligible)
  • how to enter
  • the deadline
  • details of the exhibition in addition to other ways inward which artwork is displayed
For those contemplating both exhibitions in addition to wondering which ane to enter, the top dog differences are every bit follows.  Anybody spotting whatever other meaning deviation delight teach out a comment!
  • Prizes
    • There's a meaning cash commencement prize of £10,000 for the DS WAY 2012
    • The top prize for the BBC WAY is a 10-day epitome safari alongside Pip McGarry inward Republic of Botswana inward Oct 2012,
  • Deadlines for entries:  
    • You have got a few extra weeks to submit an entry for the BBC WAY (deadline 29 Feb compared to xx January for DS WAY). 
    • Both require (BBC) or encourage (DS) digital online entries.
    • Maximum digital epitome size is 6mb for DS WAY in addition to 1MB for BBC WAY
  • Eligible artwork
    • BOTH insist that all artwork must live master copy in addition to the artist's ain work.
    • the DS WAY 2012 permits 3D operate patch the BBC WAY does not
    • The DS WAY is real specific that whatever epitome used must non have got been published or seen inward world earlier anywhere
  • Categories: DS WAY has vii categories in addition to BBC WAY has thirteen categories
  • Eligible media:  Both are quite flexible almost media which tin plough over the axe live used - but besides stipulate media which cannot live used for an entry.  Neither accepts digital entries or estimator generated artwork.
  • International Artists:  the BBC WAY judges all submissions from international artists digitally whereas DS WAY but selects for exhibition from digital images
  • Exhibition:
    • Only the winning moving-picture present from the BBC WAY volition live displayed at the Mall Galleries inward London (at the Annual Exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists) whereas the whole exhibition of the  DS WAY is at the Mall Galleries.
    • The top dog exhibition for the DS WAY is at the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society exhibition inward August.
    • the winning in addition to commended entries inward the BBC WAY are displayed online whereas all entries all displayed online past times DA WAY
    • the BBC Way reveal images of all the category winners inward the BBC Wildlife Magazine.


Now for the nitty gritty details......

David Shepherd’s Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012 

David Filer
Wildlife Artist of the Year 2011
This is an splendid exhibition in addition to I was sorry to miss the ane final summertime due to existence on holiday.  It gets a lot of visitors in addition to the Private View is ever packed alongside artists in addition to collectors.

Before entering a competition, it's often a real skilful thought to banking corporation stand upward for out the competition! The best way of doing that is to see the exhibition.  If that's hard to do, you lot tin plough over the axe ever effort viewing the online exhibition of those selected final year's Wildlife Artist of the Year.

This provides a guide for those who haven't entered earlier of the type of fine art which sells in addition to the form of prices charged for unlike types of artwork.

Remember that some of the prices are real much influenced past times how successful the creative somebody is inward selling to collectors!

Tips:
  • Click the details link nether each epitome to banking corporation stand upward for out the media in addition to size of each piece.
  • Click the bio link adjacent to the artist's call to banking corporation stand upward for out their sense in addition to status every bit wild fauna artists.  
  • This is a link to those artists who won prizes
Prizes inward 2012
  • The First Prize is £10,000 
  • the runner-up wins £1,000 in addition to a personal fine art workshop alongside David Shepherd
The rules of entry 2012
Who tin plough over the axe enter

David Shepherd’s Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012 contest is opened upward to
  • individual entrants who are aged 17 years or over (You must live 17 past times the closing appointment for entries i.e. 21 Jan 2012)
  • entries from the Britain in addition to other countries
  • entries from both amateur in addition to professional person artists alike.  The judges volition non distinguish betwixt them. 
What to submit
Wildlife tin plough over the axe hateful whatever wild brute or seat in addition to we’re particularly keen to come across to a greater extent than British wild fauna in addition to landscape entries
  • Entries must live master copy artwork by the entrant.  It must live all their ain master copy work.
    • Artists using exact reference from some other professional person creative somebody or lensman run a jeopardy having their operate rejected.  (That's a polite way of proverb no copying allowed!  A major usage of an master copy artwork relates to composition, cropping in addition to lighting of the subject)
    • (I've paraphrased the entry weather hither - inward usage to highlight a related signal which is non mentioned.  In full general artwork completed patch participating inward a workshop or plane is oft NOT considered past times fine art societies to live master copy in addition to unaided operate past times the creative somebody alone.  I don't know how it's viewed past times this contest but I'd suggest erring on the side of caution)
  • Entries must live work completed inside the final 5 years 
  • Every entry needs to seat ane of the seven competition categories  
    1. Endangered Wildlife - whatever wild brute or industrial plant life that is threatened or endangered nationally or internationally 
    2. Wild Places - whatever scene or landscape showing the natural surroundings at its most beautiful or dramatic 
    3. Wildlife inward Action - whatever wild brute jumping, fighting, flying or whatever other interesting behaviour 
    4. Wildlife inward 3D - sculpture inward whatever medium 
    5. Go Wild - allow your imagination teach wild! 
    6. Young & Wild - opened upward to 17-25 twelvemonth olds roofing all 6 categories 
    7. Wild Life - whatever wild animals including birds in addition to plants inward Britain or anywhere around the world
  • Eligible media 
    • includes oil, acrylic, watercolour, pencil, mixed media, bronze, plaster, wire, collage
    • excludes: photography in addition to cinema in addition to electronically created artwork
  • Any manner of artwork tin plough over the axe live entered - i.e. it does non have got to adhere to realism
  • All artwork entered has to live available for sale
    • That agency if you've sold it make non re-create it (ie it has to live original) or enquire for it dorsum for the purposes of the exhibition (because it has to live capable of existence sold)
  • Artwork which is INELIGIBLE for entry:
    • any artwork that has been entered inward previous years
    • artwork completed prior to completed earlier 21st Jan 2007
How to enter
  • The deadline for entry is 21 Jan 2012
    • Website entry closes at midnight (21st/22nd)
    • postal entries must live received past times 5pm on 21st Jan 2012
  • Every entry requires a fee of £25 (DSWF Members in addition to 17-25 category entrants - £10). 
  • You tin plough over the axe travel inward online at www.davidshepherd.org
    • digital epitome of an artwork + completed online shape + payment of fee = ane entry
    • Online entries volition but live accepted every bit Jpeg digital images
      • the recommended minimum size is 2560 x 1920 pixels 
      • the file size should non transcend 6MB. 
    • Multiple entries past times an private are allowed but must live paid for in addition to uploaded separately
    • Payment must live made when you lot submit the completed online shape in addition to upload the digital file of the artwork
  • You tin plough over the axe travel inward past times post
    • Use the postal entry form to enter the competition
    • Send a jpeg file on a CD (use multiple images for a 3D work)
    • call the Foundation on 01483 272323 for to a greater extent than details
Judging in addition to selection
  • judging takes seat inward the Spring in addition to artists are advised asap afterward selection.
  • Only artists selected for the exhibition volition live asked to render master copy artwork
  • This contest has a category for selected artists called "selected but non hung".
The exhibition 

There's nil on the website to say where in addition to when the exhibition is - but it's unremarkably at the Mall Gallery inward June.  That mightiness live a chip unlike this twelvemonth because of the Olympics.

For to a greater extent than details contact: Vicky Flynn at the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation on 01483 272323 or via email Vicky.flynn@davidshepherd.org

BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012

This Prize hasn't been going long but it has attracted an splendid calibre of entry in addition to the category winners provide a stimulating arrive at of images.  I besides personally saw Stella Mays's winning entry at this year's SWA exhibition in addition to it was real impressive (see epitome at the top of this post).

Prize
  • The overall BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012 wins a seat for ane somebody on a 10-day epitome safari alongside Pip McGarry inward Republic of Botswana inward Oct 2012, including flights from London Heathrow, transfers, accommodation in addition to wild fauna viewing.
The rules of entry 2012

On the website of DiscoverWildlife.com you tin plough over the axe detect the:


Who tin plough over the axe enter
  • The contest is opened upward to all artists aged eighteen or over, amateur or professional
  • You cannot enter if you lot are an employee or the immediate seat unit of measurement of an employee of BBC Worldwide, Immediate Media Co in addition to Elephant Trails Safari Co.
What to submit
  • You tin plough over the axe submit upward to a maximum of 8 entries
  • Artwork must characteristic wildlife – birds, mammals, waterlife, invertebrates in addition to plants – inward a natural or captive environment.
  • Artwork must have got been created inward the past times year 
  • Artwork must live two dimensional but in addition to contained inside the size limits
    • maximum size when framed is 44 inches inward whatever direction; 
    • actual artwork should non transcend twoscore inches inward whatever direction.
  • Artwork must live your ain master copy work. (To live master copy artwork cannot live derivative or a re-create of whatever other artwork which tin plough over the axe claim copyright).  This agency you lot must be 
    • EITHER the sole writer in addition to possessor of the copyright of all artwork entered, 
    • OR if your operate is copied from a photograph(s) that is/are non your own, you lot must have got sole permission inward writing from the copyright possessor to usage his/her work. (That agency you lot are buying sole correct to usage a photograph in addition to nobody else tin plough over the axe usage it afterward you lot - non cheap!  Again this comes dorsum to the notion of an epitome that has never earlier been seen inward world - in addition to then you lot can't have got spotted it on an meshing site every bit that agency it's been published)
    • Copies of published photographs or paintings are non eligible. 
    • Source fabric or proof of permission to usage must live made available on asking past times the judges. BBC Wildlife does non bring whatever liability inward the publication of unlawfully reproduced art.
  • The 2012 categories are: 
    1. British Mammals (behaviour in addition to portraits)
    2. British Birds (behaviour in addition to portraits)
    3. All Other Wildlife (behaviour in addition to portraits, inward the Britain in addition to worldwide)
    4. The Wonder of Plants (British in addition to worldwide)
    5. Beneath the Water (marine in addition to fresh water)
    6. Animals inward their Environment (British in addition to worldwide)
    7. World Mammals (behaviour in addition to portraits)
    8. World Birds (behaviour in addition to portraits)
    9. Black in addition to White Nature (pencil, lino cuts, etchings, woods block etc)
    10. Visions of Nature (innovative, creative impressions of wildlife)
    11. Frozen Planet (please note: entries must characteristic brute life)
    12. Endangered Species (entries must characteristic species listed past times the IUCN every bit ‘Endangered’ or ‘Critically Endangered’)
    13. International Artists – a category judged digitally, entirely for artists exterior of the UK. This is to salvage our international entrants the groovy costs of sending artwork to the UK.
Artwork which is ineligible for entry includes:
  • Artwork which has won a prize inward whatever other contest anywhere inward the world, or been published past times a 3rd party.  (In other words, they but desire fresh to the marketplace, never been seen before, unique artwork!)
  • 3D artwork
  • Computer-generated artworks will not live accepted.
  • Diptychs, triptychs in addition to box canvases are non admissible.
  • Artwork which exceeds the size limits
How to enter
  • The deadline for entries is 29 Feb 2012
  • All entries must live submitted online
    • submit a completed online entry form 
    • state the category, your call in addition to the bailiwick inward the championship (in this order) 
    • upload a jpg epitome at a resolution of 300dpi (maximum file size 1MB file) . 
  • Artists living exterior the Britain must travel inward the International Artists category in addition to no other in addition to then that all judging is fair.
Judging in addition to selection
  • The artwork volition live judged past times an independent panel appointed past times BBC Wildlife. 
  • The judges are:
    • Pip McGarry - H5N1 professional person wild fauna creative somebody in addition to the founder in addition to chairman of the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society (MIWAS)
    • Sophie Stafford - Sophie is the editor of BBC Wildlife 
    • Chris Rose - An internationally acclaimed wild fauna creative somebody and leading fellow member in addition to secretarial assistant of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA).
    • David Cromack - magazine editor for 25 years (Birds Illustrated in addition to Bird Art & Photography) in addition to co-publisher of the Buckingham Press 
    • Mandy Shepherd - miss of David Shepherd and painter of both armed forces in addition to wild fauna subjects.
The Exhibition

Selected images volition live displayed inward iv unlike ways!
  • All of the category-winning pieces volition be 
  • The overall winning artwork volition besides live displayed at the 48th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists at the Mall Galleries, London, inward Autumn 2012.
  • The winning, runner-up in addition to commended artworks volition besides live published inward an online gallery at www.discoverwildlife.com
These are links to:
If you lot have got whatever problems delight contact the BBC Wildlife squad on 0117 3147366 or e-mail the BBC Wildlife's editorial assistant, Heather.

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