The idea : As a family we love
looking at all sorts of creative
endeavours, particularly artwork, painted
figures and sculpted figures. And as a
family we’d like to do our little bit
to encourage those of all levels of ability
to create the artwork, painted figures and
sculpts that we so enjoy looking at. Our
way of doing this will be to provide a
series of regular opportunities for those
who love creating artwork or jewelry,
painting figures and sculpting figures to
showcase their skills and gain a modicum of
free publicity. And along the way
we’ll provide them with the
opportunity to win a modest prize for
themselves and to do a bit of good for a
very worthy cause.
A regular opportunity : We’ll try to run
two or three online events a year if there
is sufficient interest.
Free publicity : Just send us a
photo (around 500 pixels x 500 pixels) of
your artwork or jewelcraft or at least a
couple of photos of your painted or
sculpted figure and we’ll pop them
into one of our viewing galleries for the
duration of the event in question.
We’ll identify you (or your company)
by name and if you want to indicate that
your item is for sale you can. Anonymity is
not required. So you can show the work
elsewhere on the net, put it on sale,
auction it on ebay, or enter it in other
competitions even while our event is still
live. Whatever turns you on!
Modest prizes : £50 GBP to the
winner : £30 GBP for second place :
£15 GBP for third place.
A bit of good : We’ll also donate
£50 GBP to Children in Need on the
winner’s behalf. And we’ll
donate £1 to Children in Need on
behalf of each person who enters up to a
maximum of £50.
Who can enter? : Anyone at all. A staff
professional entering on behalf of a big
company, a freelance professional entering
for a smaller firm (including ourselves) or
on his own behalf or any kind of
enthusiastic amateur. Everyone is most
welcome whether they are already a creative
superstar or an absolute beginner. Child or
adult. In fact anyone who will get a buzz
out of seeing their creative efforts on the
internet! The important thing is to have a
little fun and do a little good.
How many entries? : No more than two per
person in any event.
New Work or Existing
Pieces? : We
like both so you can submit anything that
hasn’t already been entered in one of
our events. And we don’t mind if
it’s been entered in (or even won)
other competitions run by other people in
the past. If you want to showcase it again
you can do so here
What subject matter? : Again just about
anything you like. If it’s artwork it
can be a portrait, a landscape, a seascape,
a still life, a caricature, a cartoon, a
manga or anime type character or a design
for a miniature figure. Something real or
something you’ve imagined. Something
from history, something from fantasy,
something from science fiction or something
completely abstract. Any kind of jewelry is
fine and if it’s a painted figure or
a sculpt it can be from any genre you like.
We don’t mind. The choice is entirely
yours!
What medium if
it’s artwork? : Just abut anything you like.
You can create it in a traditional way on
canvas with oils or with watercolours or
with acrylics or on a sketchpad with
charcoal, pencil or ink. If you use a
traditional method you’ll also need
to photograph it to e-mail your entry to
us. Or you can create it digitally in some
apprpriate software such as photoshop or
the like. The choice is entirely yours!
The judges : The Newbold Ladies
(Doreen, Natasha & Vicky) and other
family members ( Helen, Robert, Roo &
Mark) will tell you which entries they like
best. They don’t know anything at all
about art, jewelry, painted figures or
sculpts other than what they like so
there’s absolutely no need to be
upset if you don’t win! The Ladies
have disqualified Ian from judging as he
knows some of the people who may enter and
is rumoured to be incredibly biased!
Results of the 1st 2009
Event : It
closed on 31 March 2009 and our judges
declared UK artist Claire Wallis as the winner with her entry The
Mallard. Congratulations to Claire and many
thanks to all the entrants for supporting
our event and Children in Need. You can see
all the super entries here.
Details of the 2nd 2009
Event : To be
announced!
Send entries or seek clarification : here.
