Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2014 & Talking Point

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2014

LPS Prize 2014 Deadline for submissions: 29 January 2014 The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize is open to living artists over the age of 18, who are resident in the British Isles. Prizes range from £1,500 to £15,000. The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize was created in 2005 by the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and the Lynn Foundation to encourage the very best creative representational painting and promote the skill of draftsmanship. With prize money of £25,000 the Prize is one of the most prestigious awards to artists in the UK. Click here to go to webpage

Talking Point Just to reassure all members, our December edition has not come out yet but we hope it is not going to be long before you can all enjoy it at home.

International Artist - competition

A belated notification - but not too late to enter!


The International Artist Magazine is running a competition 'Favorite Subjects'.


Closing date 15th January


 entry £5 per picture.


They are also advertising subsequent competitions on their website https://www.internationalartist.com/competitions.


Any 2 dimensional drawing or painting medium is acceptable.  Work must be original, completed less than 2 years ago and not won any previous prize or award.  Entry is by digital image.


(my thanks to Pauline Longley for the above)

Calls for entry - reminders

A Happy New Year  to all our readers!!

Just a timely reminder that you only have until 5th February to get your entry in for this year's UKCPS Open International Exhibition, which will take place at the Royal Birmingham Society of Arts gallery from 28th April to 10th May 2014.  Forms and Rules available on the UKCPS website at: www.ukcps.co.uk

Also, The Society for All Artists [SAA] has a call for entries to its annual 'Artist of the Year' competition.

This from the SAA:-

Open to all ages and abilities, there’s a huge variety of categories to chose from and you can paint or draw in the medium of your choice.

Don’t forget – if you’re an SAA member, you can enter the competition as many times as you like for FREE!

Have you got a passion for painting? Do you like a challenge? Then why not enter the SAA Artist of the Year 2014 competition.

Don't delay - with under 8 weeks left to enter, now is the time to perfect your entry and be in with a chance of winning the £2,000*!

NEW for 2014 - En Plein Air Award
We are proud to announce a new award for Artist of the Year 2014, in memory of Mitch Waite who was passionate about encouraging artists to take painting outside the studio.

The final judging of this award will be by Mitch's wife Hannah. To be eligible entries must have been painted in, or finished from preliminary sketches and paintings done en plein air. Entrants must provide details of how and where they painted their picture.

If you have already entered prior to this announcement, simply return to your Artist of the Year 2014 entry and click 'edit' to include this extra information.

You can find out more at the SAA website: www.saa.co.uk

UKCPS Regional Exhibition

An incentive to get those pencils out over Christmas!



A Members-only exhibition, the Call for Entries and details are available via the society website(www.ukcps.co.uk). 

Pictures previously exhibited at UKCPS exhibitions are accepted for entry so long as they have never received an award.  The exhibition rules differ from the society Annual Open Exhibition - so make sure you read them beforehand!

Closing date for entries:
         1st May 2014

Wirral Pencil Group

The Wirral Pencil group are a collection of amateur artists who get together every couple of months or so on a Saturday afternoon as a 'Try Pencils' session open to non-members and friends.   We are looking for a CP artist willing to do either a half day demonstration, or alternatively, a full day workshop, on a Saturday in February.  Numbers would probably be 15 to 20, in a spacious church hall in Irby, Wirral.

As an aside to the above, members may have missed a paragraph in my report to the Society AGM which read:

 

DEMONSTRATORS

One way in which the society can assist both local groups, and also its professional or semi-professional members, is by maintaining a database of those artists willing to provide demonstrations or workshops for local groups, together (if possible) with some indication of fees charged.  Any members willing to give demonstrations or workshops are asked to contact the Local Groups Co-ordinator who will provide a contact form for completion.

Please feel free to contact me about either of the above.

Alan McMahon

localgroups@ukcps.co.uk

Annual Exhibition - Reminder!

The Call For Entries and online entry form are available on the Society website (www.ukcps.co.uk) .  Deadline for entries is 5th February 2014!

Judith Selcuk - Local group & workshops

Judith Selcuk lives in the Evesham area and has sent in this:

From January I will be running a fortnightly Art Club/group in Church Lench, Evesham. Price is just £3 to cover pavilion hire and refreshments. Cake and drink provided.

 

For more details please email me on judithselcukillustrations@gmail.com or 01386 870984

 

In addition ------

 

I specialise in animal portraits especially equine and canine. I offer private one to one lessons, small group lessons and day workshops. Private lessons are £20 an hour one to one.

 

Small groups are up to 4 people at a time for £18 per person per hour with refreshments included.

 

Day courses include lunch either in front of the log fire in winter or under the pine trees in summer. All dietary needs can be catered for. These can be tailored to the individual requirements or on a pre-bookable course.

 

14th January: Basic coloured pencil techniques. Bring your own pencils, with use of my own too

17th February: Draw your pet in coloured pencil. equipment as above

17th March: beginners gouache. price includes starter kit for the day.

31st March: Kingfisher in Inktense

14th April: Have a go day: try different Derwent coloured pencils. Taster day with all equipment supplied

12th May: Drawing animals to proportion

9th June: drawing the horse in coloured pencil. bring your own equipment

7th July: Ink and pencil drawing day. Images and equipment supplied

8th September: Perspective drawing, image supplied

20th October: Paint your pet in Gouache or acrylics, bring your own paint and canvas or paper

 

For further details please refer to my website www.judithselcukillustrations.com or email me on judithselcukillustrations@gmail.com