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!
Dear Sir,
ReplyDeleteI do the painting & my painting medium is GEL PEN. I am not a professional artist. I was painting for my own pleasure. But my wife & my son insisted me do it for every bodies pleasure.
May I know how do I participate in your painting competition or my painting medium is eligible for participation.
Your suggestion is welcome.
Warm regards.
Siddhartha Banerjee
Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
dear Mr Konstantin Sterkhov:
ReplyDeletei want to participate 1st World Watercolour Competition 2014 please can you tell me ? how to know about contest participation .please
Your suggestion is welcome.my email id : animchanda@gmail.com
phase one 600 artist result reply, thanks
ReplyDeleteThe Art of Watercolour’s first
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I don`t know anything, it was not announced yet.
ReplyDeleteI know 2 artists eho have been informed they are through so I assume the 600 have been told now. Anyone else I guess is not through.
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