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Contest Rules

JUST Traditionally Created PAINTINGS OnlyThis contest is just for traditionally created COLOR paintings. NO DIGITAL ENHANCEMENTS! NO DIGITALLY CREATED 'PAINTINGS'! No Black and White drawings, either. Pastels, colored pencils, watercolor pencils are all OK just as long as the finished product is COLOR. We're talkin' honest-to-goodness-I-used-a-brush-and-real-paint creations! Anything else will be deleted without further explanation, even if the contest has already started and I somehow missed it while entries were being accepted and I see it later. AND, if I even THINK it has so much as a whisper of digital manipulation I WILL delete it, so keep that in mind when you choose what you are submitting. I see people trying to pass this stuff off as actual painting all the time and you're not fooling anyone! Obviously, you must take a photograph of your painting in order to upload the image. Any cropping or adjustments for clarity are acceptable, just don't change color or enhance anything. (This includes taking a painting done in black and white values and making it 'sepia'.... no. Don't do it). Tasteful nudity is ok, but please don't cross that line. You know what line I mean.

OK.... with that out of the way.... there is no special topic. Any painting that you have created with your own hands and brushes (ok... borrowed brushes are ok, too, but they have to have been used by YOUR hands) is just fine. Portraits, landscapes, seascapes, impressionism, abstract, surrealism.... you get the idea. The subject is whatever you want it to be as long as it was created in a traditional manner. This contest will be open to the public for voting for additional exposure, but again, NO SOLICITATION! I'm participating in another contest right now and the top vote getter has 77 votes and the person in second place has 15. If I was running that contest, Ol' 77 would be deleted. I am entering 2 pieces of my own but as always, if my piece is in the top 3 I will disqualify myself. Two entries allowed. Vote for as many pieces as you like but only once per image. Good luck and have fun!

Submission Rules

Each participant may submit 2 images.

Voting Rules

1)   Votes may be cast by any visitor to FineArtAmerica.com (members and non-members).

2)   You may only vote once per image.

3)   You may vote for as many images as you like... but only once for any given image.

Contest Timeline

Status: This contest is over.

Submissions Begin

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 - 1:57 PM

Submissions End / Voting Begins

Saturday, January 31st, 2015 - 1:57 PM

Voting Ends / Prizes Awarded

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 - 1:57 PM

Current Time (Eastern United States)

Friday, March 29th, 2024 - 2:19 AM

Contest Prizes

This contest will be awarding the following prizes:

1st Place:

You Rock!!!

2nd Place:

Kudos!!

3rd Place:

Nice job!

Contest Organizer

Eileen Patten Oliver

Carver, MA

United States

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