Art Of Watercolor

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

1st World Watercolour Competition

Calling all artists!

Win USD$25,000 CASH

in The Art of Watercolour’s

1st World Watercolour Competition

The world's top watercolour magazine is now running one of the world's greatest watercolour competitions. Be a part of it!

No theme or size imposed. The competition is open to all artists; amateur and professional, from all nations. The top 20 entrants will have their work shown a prestigious exhibition in the south of France.

The main prizes (this list is not conclusive and none of the prizes are accumulative) :

- The Jury’s Gold Award of Excellence : USD$12,000 + a major Portfolio article in The Art of Watercolour and L’Art de l’Aquarelle magazines (Acquisitive prize)

- The Jury’s Silver Award : USD$5,000 + a major article in The Art of Watercolour and L’Art de l’Aquarelle magazines.

- The Jury’s Bronze Award: USD$3,000 + a major article in The Art of Watercolour and L’Art de l’Aquarelle magazines.

- The Best French Artist Award : USD$ 2,000 + an article in The Art of Watercolour and L’Art de l’Aquarelle magazines. This prize is open to French artists only.

- The best painting award for a painting valued under USD$1,000 : USD$1,000 + an article in The Art of Watercolour and L’Art de l’Aquarelle.

- The best amateur artist’s painting : USD$1,000 + an article in The Art of Watercolour and L’Art de l’Aquarelle magazines.

- The best young artist award (Open only to artists under 30 years of age) : USD$1,000 + an article in The Art of Watercolour and L’Art de l’Aquarelle magazines.

Total prize money (excluding all merchandising): USD$25,000

This exhibition has four selection processes. The first selection will be conducted by the members of the magazine’s editing team. The following three stages will all be juried by a select panel of five highly recognized international judges : Xidan Chen (Artist & President of the International Watercolour Biennial, Shanghai, China), Tony Hunt (Artist & Vice-President of the Royal Watercolour Institute, England), Jim McFarlane (Artist & President of the American Watercolour Society, USA), Janine Gallizia (Artist, Art Director of The Art of Watercolour Magazine), Nicholas Simmons (Artist, USA).

Inscription to the competition is officially open.

To enter and for information visit our website www.artofwatercolour.com and click on "world watercolour competition" to apply for the competition.

Accepted techniques: Paintings comprised predominantly of watercolour.

Participation of the first selection is free of charge.

Selection entries close: 30th October 2013

Good luck to you all and start painting !

The world's top watercolour magazine is now running one of the world's greatest watercolour competitions. Be a part of it!

www.artofwatercolour.com

Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial,China 2013-2014

CALL FOR ENTRY
of Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial,China 2013-2014.
Shenzhen, neighboring Hong Kong in South China, is one of the most
developed cities with a population of about 14 million. It is the
first Special Economic Zone and one of the four biggest cities in
China. Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial, currently one of
the two main international watercolor competitions in China, is a
non-profit-making international academic exhibition sponsored by the
government. After the close of the biennial, there will be a
five-city national travel exhibition.

Awards totaling is about US $80,000 in purchase, cash and
merchandise. It is also one of the highest awards in the world. The
main prizes are as follows.
1.Luohu Watercolor Prize about $9,732
2.Gold Prize about $8,100
3.Silver Prize about $6,480
4.Bronze Prize about $4,863
No entry fee. Accepted works may be shipped unframed and unmatted.

All framing and return postage will be at the expense of the host.

A high-quality full color album of Accepted Works will be published.
Everyone whose paintings are selected will get one. We welcome all
of the prize winners to the ceremony. The host will provide for the
dinner and two-night hotel to all who attend the opening and award
ceremony.

All entries must be submitted online, email or CD received NO LATER
THAN JULY 20, 2013. (Beijing Time)
The attachment is the Prospectus and Entry Form. You may send this
Prospectus and Entry Form to other interested artists. They are also
available online at our website: http://www.ShenzhenBiennial.com/
We are earnestly looking forward to your entry for our biennial.

Wendy Artin Exhibition

A message from Wendy Artin:

Dear Friends and Family,

Next Wednesday from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. is the opening of Stone From Delphi at the American Academy in Rome, in via Angelo Masina 5. Please come! It will be a beautiful event!

Best wishes,

Wendy

Cari Amici e Famiglia,

Mercoledì prossimo dalle 18:00 alle 21:00 ci sarà l'inaugurazione della mostra Stone From Delphi all'American Academy in Rome, a via Angelo Masina 5. Venite! Sarà un evento bellissimo!

A presto

Wendy

http://wendyartin.com/pages/exhibit/exhibit.htm

Wendy Artin is an American artist who has made the classical world, in particular the architecture and statuary of her adopted city of Rome, the subject of a remarkable body of work. Skilled in drawing the figure, Artin says, “The statues of Antiquity are my favorite models.” Eric Fischl, who observed her drawing from live models, recounts, “I was unable to take my eyes off watching her work. I’d never seen anyone capture, with such fluid grace and comfort, the depth of observation of the human form the way she was able to do so quickly and so accurately in water-color.” In the words of American Academy in Rome president Adele Chatfield-Taylor, “she is a classically trained painter, but her work comes across as absolutely contemporary. Although her subject is Rome, a city thousands of years old, Wendy’s work is not a throwback.”

Wendy Artin

Born in Boston, Artin received a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 and an M.F.A. degree from the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1990, with additional studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1982 to 1985. Throughout the 1980s, she traveled and drew in museums throughout Europe and Central America. Since 1993, she has had one-person exhibitions in Paris, New York, Boston, Milan, and Rome. In 2011 she exhibited a tour de force series of drawings of the Elgin Marbles at Gurari Collections, Boston, which published a catalogue, The Parthenon Friezes. She is currently an Art Advisor at the American Academy in Rome and began the drawings for Stone From Delphi in her studio there. She lives in Rome with her Italian husband Bruno Boschin, a bookseller, and their two children.

Wendy Artin

In finding the right artist for this new Seamus Heaney volume, the Press is indebted to the painter Eric Fischl for recommending an American artist he had met in Rome, the virtuoso watercolorist Wendy Artin. In May of 2012, Andrew Hoyem and Diana Ketcham visited Artin in Rome. During meetings at her home and at her studio at the American Academy, they explored the techniques she might use for this book.

Wendy Artin

http://wendyartin.com/pages/exhibit/exhibit.htm

Friday, March 29, 2013

Dubai, World Trade Center, Exit, 2013

My new painting, a bit different, enjoy...

Konstantin Sterkhov. Dubai World Trade Center, Exit. 55x75 cm, 2013

More Random Excellence...

John Yardley, UK

Fernando Pena, Urugway

Benoit Albert (1852 - 1936, Russia - France) The Grove

Edward Seago (1910-1974, UK)

Random Watercolors, March 2013

Alex Ong (Malaysia)

Andy Evansen

Ann Blockley

Yury Acopyantz

Boonkwang Noncharoen

Chen Xidan b. 1936, Shanghai

Friday, March 15, 2013

My Work at NWWS 2013!

My painting, Play of shadows, has been accepted into the annual North West Watercolor Society Open Exhibition by juror Mark Mehaffey. Thank you, it`s a great honor!

K.Sterkhov. Play Of Shadows. 35x53 cm 2012.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Please Vote For Me!

I just wanted to let you know, my friends, that my entry in the “You be the Judge” art contest has been posted in the second bi-weekly contest at http://bit.ly/YCDTMf for viewers to vote on. The deadline for voting in this bi-weekly contest is March 17, 2013 by 11:59 pm EST.
Please, vote for me, entry #13, "Evening Light"

http://www.brianneher.com/you_be_the_judge_art_contest_2013_voting_page.aspx

Konstantin Sterkhov. Evening Light. 51x71 cm, 2012

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Exhibition in AKVART, Finland

Welcome to our 2-persons exhibition with Liisa Kuusisto in AKVART gallery in Helsinki, Finland, that will take place on 11.03 - 24.03, Humolistonkatu 1, Helsinki.

http://www.akvart.fi/

Konstantin Sterkhov. Coincidental. 35x53 cm. 2012

Liisa Kuusisto. Landing. 2012.

The opening is 11.03.2013 at 17.00.

Welcome!

My Demo at Paper World Middle East

Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

http://www.paperworldme.com/frankfurt/143/messe-frankfurt/for-visitors/exhibition-grounds.aspx

If you happen to be in Dubai on 5-6 of March welcome to see my watercolor demonstration at the Stand 3B40 at the Paper World Middle East Exhibition. My new DVDs and book are available. I will also represent my new signature brushes.

Welcome!

Monday, February 25, 2013

Lars Lerin Museum

Someone might remember my interview with Lars Lerin posted here last year. It was tricky to get that one and I still had many questions... Last week I had an opportunity to ask my questions to Lars personally. I was invited to have a watercolor master-class in a Folk University (don`t know the name) which was arranged in the same city where Lerin had his museum. The time for the interview was settled and when we came to the museum Lars was there. Actually I was anxious to see his painting close-up but first it happened that I started asking my questions. Some of them were prepared and some came up spontaneously.

Konstantin Sterkhov and Lars Lerin. Interview.

After the talk I rushed to the painting with my old camera. Sorry if the quality is low, but however I am using a chance to share my impressions from his stunning work and informal way of exhibition.

Lars Lerin. 150x450 cm

First of all Lars I would like to thank you from all watercolor lovers for this break through - there are not so many art museums dedicated entirely to watercolor medium. I think your museum may counted a small victory of watercolor movement. How came the idea of the museum?
It was my father and a man from a community who suggested... this place was for sale and we decided to move here.

Does it have a certain purpose?
It is just to show my art and to arrange some guest exhibitions.

Lars Lerin. 100x150 cm

You are a public figure. Does the public attention help or disturb your creative process?
It doesn`t matter to me because i have a possibility to close the door.

You are well known in Sweden and Scandinavian countries. Do you consider yourselves a part of the Global watercolor community?
I don`t think so. I am not familiar to other artists. Connection might be... perhaps through subjects.

Lars Lerin. 150x100, 150x300, 150x300cm

Are you interested in other artists commitments? Can you appreciate an art style different from yours?
Yes, very much! I don`t like things similar to my own style. I like when people do something from the heart, not from skill.

In which art do you express yourselves more complete - in writing or in painting?
Painting is my home... but I do write a lot every day, maybe two hours...

Lars Lerin. 300x150 cm

Do you belong to a certain generation?
No, I don`t.

Do you feel something like your "mission" in art?
No, it is more a mission for myself to have a good life, peace in my heart...

Lars Lerin. 100x150 cm x 3

Do you have some aim to achieve in art or it is mainly self-expression?
It is my self-expression. The aim is a better work. It is not a carrier that motivates.

Do you consider your art approach more classical or avantgarde?
I don`t want to categorize myself.

Lars Lerin

Is it important to keep and maintain art heritage?
It is important both old and new. You can`t stay isolated. It is good to have connection to the heritage and to learn from that too.

What is your attitude to your painting when it is complete? Does it change with the time?
It can often change. I often come back and paint something that was already exhibited, the paper is strong and allows it.

Lars Lerin`s Museum

There is a strong dramatic feeling in your painting. Is it your perception of life?
Yes. Tomorrow maybe no.

Lars Lerin

How do you handle a large painting technically?
On a ping-pong table.

Lars Lerin. Sketches, copper print

Which paints do you run out first of all?
I will not say.... Ok, different blacks, ocher and french ultramarine.

Lars Lerin

What paper do you use?
Arches, 640 gm, rough in sheets...

Lars Lerin.

Do and donts in watercolor in your version?
NO RULES.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Anders Zorn Museum

Last year while we had a painting course in Dalarna we visited the Museum of Anders Zorn who played a huge role in the culture of Sweden. Apart from his amazing painting he collected art and supported all kinds of craft from the Swedish villages. I was impressed by his house-museum where everything was kept as if the master was there. But I would like to attract your attention to his watercolors, of course...!