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The deadline for entries for David Shepherd's Wildlife Artist of the Year 2014 (First prize £10,000) WAS Monday 20th January BUT is now midnight on Wednesday 5th February 2014 Below you can find the information about this very popular art competition for wildlife artists. There are two new categories for 2014: Wildlife in Monochrome - particularly suitable for those who work in fine art

The Best Picture of 2013 on an Art Blog is the final award  to be announced as part of the 8th Making A Mark Art Blog Awards. But first we have the category winners!   There were four categories - Nature, Portrait, Place, and Still Life. Readers of this blog were invited to vote for the artwork they thought was best in each category in my post on Boxing Day - see VOTE for the Best Artwork on

"Getting out of the Studio"  in The 8th Making A Mark Art Blog Awards is the category of awards for all those people who draw and paint outside their studio - sometimes producing finished sketches or paintings plein air and sometimes producing material to develop further in the studio. They are: The Painting Plein Air Plus Prize The Travels with a Sketchbook Trophy The Going Greener Gong

You are invited to VOTE for the Making A Mark Award for the BEST PICTURE ON AN ART BLOG in 2013 There are FOUR polls below - please take your time and vote on each The results will be announced in a post on this blog on 31st December.  One will become Picture of the Year..... The shortlist for Best Picture of an Art Blog 2013On Christmas Eve I published the results of nominations in the FOUR