Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Society of Botanical Artists at Palmengarten

The SBA exhibition at Palmengarten Botanic Gardens was beautiful. So many stunning works of art. The gallery is in a perfect setting to showcase botanic art. Photography was not allowed in the exhibition, so I thought I would take photographs of the Gardens which were interesting and lovely even at this time of year. It was great to have been part of such a wonderful exhibition.  

Friday, November 14, 2014

World Watercolour Competition


This is the catalogue of the '1st World Watercolour Competition', run by 'The Art of Watercolour' a magazine for watercolourists.
There were 1891 paintings entered by 1615 candidates.
Phase One: 600 artists were selected from those who entered.
Phase Two: 250 artists were selected from 600 selected in the first round.
Phase Three: 23 finalists were selected from the 250.
Phase Four: 7 winners won awards from the 23 selected.
I got into the second phase. The catalogue is quite breath-taking. So many amazing pieces of art.