Watercolours With Life: The Artist Magazine : Beating The Blues Competition ; February Issue 2015

Friday, 16 January 2015

The Artist Magazine : Beating The Blues Competition ; February Issue 2015

Beating The Blues

A selection of blues from my latest feature in the Artist Magazine

In 2014 , I ran several successful watercolour competitions in the Artist Magazine in a series called "Dancing Around My Palette". The idea is to challenge ourselves as artists to try new colours and use them in unique ways. In the February issue of the Artist Magazine I am running a new challenge called " Beating the Blues".

Readers are invited to submit paintings showing use of gorgeous blues in unique ways.

The prizes for this competition are really special. Because five lucky winners will receive the earliest copies of my new book. Whats' more they will also win front row seats to see my demonstration at Patchings in the St Cuthbert Marquee, I will be signing their books after the demonstration. Also they will also win sets of Daniel Smith watercolours kindly donated by Jacksons' Art Supplies.

For further details you can see information via this link

http://www.painters-online.co.uk/Painting-Competitions/Info/BLUES

I will be judging so please knock my socks off with glorious blue paintings and lets' beat the blues!

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1 comment:

Unknown said...: Hi -I can't quite read a couple of the blues iin the picture above. Can you please name them? Do we have to use them all? Can we use blues that aren't in the picture above? Thanks, Jessica; 17 January 2015 at 06:33

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