DoYouSpeakWatercolor Award 2023
DoYouSpeakWatercolor is looking for the watercolor artist of the year 2023!
The DYSW Watercolor Award is entering its second year!
Open to any watercolor artist from anywhere in the world!
ARE YOU READY TO BE THE BE THE NEXT NO.1 IN THE WORLD OF WATERCOLOR?
Closing date for submissions: November 30, 2023
The international jury will deliberate from December 1st – December 15th, 2023
The announcement of the winners will take place live on December 20th, 2023 in the DoYouSpeakWatercolor group on Facebook.
Winners & honorable mentions will be invited to exhibit their works at the RuhrInAcquarello 2025 festival in Essen / Germany (planned for May, 2025) – Winner of category Figure & Portrait (FP) – Winner of category Animal & Wild life (AW) – Winner of category Still life & Botanical (SB) – Winner of category Landscape & Architecture (LA) – Winner of category Storytelling & Unique Style (SU) – Winner of the DYSW Excellence Award
Participation fee: Members of #DoYouSpeakWatercolor? with online artist-showcase 25,00 € /
Non members (all artists worldwide welcome!) 50,00 €
Fee includes: – Participation with up to 5 paintings per artist – Online exhibition – Digital certificate – E-catalogue – Video-Presentation – 30% discount on printed catalogue
Payments accepted via paypal to wieland.aquarelle@gmail.com
The rules:
Open to any watercolor artist from anywhere in the world!
ARE YOU READY TO BE THE BE THE NEXT NO.1 IN THE WORLD OF WATERCOLOR?
All watermedia accepted (watercolor, gouache, etc.)
You have to be at least 16 years old to join the contest.
Your artwork files have to be named the following way:
Category_Artist Name_Country_Title_Year_Size
(For example: LA_Carsten Wieland_Germany_In the fields_2023_76x56cm)
and should be in a size to allow to print them in a catalogue –
300dpi, at least 2400px at the longest side, Size 1.5MB – 4MB
Please send you artwork files together with a portrait photo,
a proof of payment and (optional) a short bio to
doyouspeakwatercolor@gmail.com
Email Subject: Participation DYSW-Award 2023
Deadline: 2023, November, 30
DoYouSpeakWatercolor Award 2023
International Jury members:
Honorary member of the DYSW Award 2023 jury:
Volodymyr Koziuk – founder of the international project “Art through the awareness”
Atanur Dogan – IWS founder & president
Angela Barbi – EPC art courses
George Politis – Founder “Watercolor International – Greece”
Victoria Grigorieva – Founder “Freedom Ukraine Festival”
Hannie Rieuwerts – IWS Holland
Gerard Hendriks – DYSW Excellence Award Winner 2023
Carsten Wieland – Founder “DoYouSpeakWatercolor?”
5 categories:
Figure & Portrait (FP) – Animal & Wild life (AW) – Still life & Botanical (SB) – Landscape & Architecture (LA) – Storytelling & Unique Style (SU) – All watermedia accepted (watercolor, gouache, etc.)
These were the winners of the DYSW Award 2022:
These were the Honorable Mentions & Nominees of the DYSW Award 2022:
See the catalogue of the DYSW Award 2022 here:
https://designrr.page?id=250241&token=2552804194&type=FP&h=3792
The #DoYouSpeakWatercolor Award 2023 is part of our organization for the RuhrInAcquarello 2025 festival – planned for May 2025 in Essen/Germany. Winners and honorable mentioned artists will be invited to exhibit their works during the festival.