ELIGIBILITY & ENTRY PROCEDURES

Entrants will be able to enter ONCE IN EACH CATEGORY, so a total of Five (5) paintings may be entered in this year’s show. There are no restrictions on size, what year the painting was completed or if it has been entered in other shows outside of Women in Watercolor.

• The exhibition is open to all female artists working in watercolor on paper, synthetic paper, watercolor board, Yupo or other two-dimensional surfaces. Transparent and opaque watercolors, casein, gouache or water-soluble inks are allowed. Medium must remain water soluble after drying.
• NO acrylic, egg tempera, permanent inks, pastels, colored pencil, collage or any form of print or reproductions.
• Watercolors sealed with spray or wax after completion are allowed as long as it does not alter the original image.
• Artist’s original work only. No class work. No work done under supervision. No copies or likenesses of another artist’s work including published source or reference work.
• Photo reference material must have been personally photographed by the artist. You may not use any part of others reference materials for paintings entered into this show.
• One entry per artist per category. (5 total) Multiple entries per category will be exempt from judging.
• No work previously entered or accepted in past Women in Watercolor exhibitions or competitions may be submitted.
• Paintings of nudes are acceptable with Women in Watercolor reserving the right to refuse entries depicting undue violence or obscenity as determined by Women in Watercolor.

Entry Categories

Five Categories for Awards: You can win an award in EACH category.

• Abstract: Art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures. If it is not abstract, do not enter it into this category.

• Animal & Wildlife: Living things and especially mammals, birds, and fish that are not human.
• Landscape & Water: The depiction of natural scenery in art. Landscape paintings may capture mountains, valleys, bodies of water, fields, forests, and coasts. This may or may not include urban landscape, man-made structures, as well as people or animals. People and animals should not be the focus of the painting, but can be in it.
• Portrait & Figure: Includes the human form in any of its various shapes and postures. Paintings can show partial figures or the whole figure.
• Still Life & Floral: A piece that features an arrangement of inanimate objects as its subject. Includes all kinds of man-made or natural objects, flowers, fruit, vegetables, fish, wine and so on. Looked at another way: still life’s depict things that are “still” and don’t move.

Awards

Best in Show Overall Award:

BEST IN SHOW: $2200 USD

• Painting in published magazine article
• Hard copy certificate
• Gold Coin Award
• Featured on Women in Watercolor Website and all Social Media Sites

Awards in Each Category: 5 categories

FIRST PLACE: $1200 USD x5 WINNERS

• Painting in published magazine article
• Hard copy certificate
• Gold Coin Award
• Featured on Women in Watercolor Website and all Social Media Sites

SECOND PLACE: $600 USD x5 WINNERS

• Hard copy certificate
• Gold Coin Award
• Featured on Women in Watercolor Website and all Social Media Sites

THIRD PLACE: $300 USD x5 WINNERS

• Hard copy certificate
• Gold Coin Award
• Featured on Women in Watercolor Website and all Social Media Sites

Judges Favorite: $150 USD x 9 Awards Given (One From Each Awards Judge)

• Hard copy certificate
• Gold Coin Award
• Featured on Women in Watercolor Website and all Social Media Sites

There will also be multiple Merchandise Awards, Finalists and Honorable Mentions in each category.

Accepted entries and award-winning images will be posted on the Women in Watercolor website to view indefinitely. You are welcome to enter those paintings into other shows at any time.

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