How to Enter

Entry deadline: Monday 8th January 2023, 11.59pm GMT

Step 1

Take a good quality digital photograph or scan of each painting. Paintings should be photographed unframed and evenly lit, and cropped to the edge of the work. For guidance and advice on how to photograph your artwork, please watch the video here.

Step 2

View the photograph on a computer to make sure you are happy with the picture quality and that it is the right way up – the judges will make their decision based on this photograph. Check the image file does not exceed 5MB (minimum of 1MB) before saving it as a JPG.

Step 3

Go to royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/competition to access the online entry form. Complete the online form. You must supply an email address to proceed, as this is how we will contact you if your work is selected, so please make sure this is spelled correctly. If you do not have an email address you may use that of a friend or relative, with their permission. We cannot accept entries without an email address.

Step 4

Upload a photograph of each painting to the website and fill in the title, framed dimensions, medium and price of each painting. You are able to re-access your entry until the closing date but you will not be able to make any changes after that point. You should consider framing, transport costs and the Gallery’s commission of 40% + VAT when pricing your work.

Step 5

Pay the non-refundable entry fee using the secure online payment service. We are unable to accept payment by any other means. Acknowledgement of your entry and payment will be emailed to you. Please check your junk/spam folder if you do not receive this email.

Step 6

Successful entrants will be contacted by the email address provided on or before Wednesday 31st January 2024. We do also try to contact unsuccessful applicants but this isn't always possible. If you haven't heard from us by the end of the day on Wednesday 31st January 2024 please assume your application has been unsuccessful this time.

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