Competition Results 2008
Welcome to the Entries for the Pet Portrait and Wildlife Competition 2008. The Entries have all now been sent to Pollyanna Pickering and I will announce the First and second prize winners here within the next few days. I wish everyone the best of luck. Please note that there is no preference as to how the entries have been laid out on the page. Each entry was allocated a number at the start and placed into a spread sheet. The landscape entries are at the top, the portrait entries are below and are numbered in accordance with the spreadsheet. This is so that I can be sure as to how belongs to each entry along with the details and descriptions of their piece. Pollyanna Pickering has now chosen the winners of the 2008 pet portrait and wildlife art competition. I have copied and pasted her exact words form the email below. "It was a very difficult, but very enjoyable task choosing the winners in this art competition - I was very pleasantly surprised at the very high standard of all the entries, and it was wonderful to see so many very different styles and interpretation of the given subjects - although of course trying to judge such a variety of work is always hard! It was very interesting to see the ways in which the original photograph inspired all the artists who entered."
First Prize - Entry No. 5
"I loved the placing of the tigers in the Siberian landscape - it brought back memories of my journey to the Russian Far East to sketch the Amur Tigers a couple of years ago. I love the subtle colours of the birch trees against the snow, and the softness of the background, which places the tigers in their Russian home, but still makes them the main focus of the painting. the tigers are also very accurately depicted!"
Second Prize - Entry No 8
"I was impressed by the graphic quality of the landscape and mountains, and the choice of colours complimenting the tigers' fur."
I would also like to give 'Highly Commended" mentions to two others who came extremely close to making the final selection -
Entry No 2 "the tiger really looks as though it is within the landscape, and again the mountains and setting are beautifully painted." - and Entry No 17 "This is a really different, imaginative and well thought out interpretation of the brief, and a very pleasing image. It looks like the cover for a book!" Please do pass on our congratulations to the winners, and everyone who entered. Pollyanna Pickering |
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The Photo This is the photo Entrants had to work from placing one or both tigers, cropped or full body in a different setting. |
Entry 1 Karl Connoly 'Tigers with a blurred background' Pastel My intention was to focus on the tigers with a blurred background like a camera does. |
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HIGHLY COMMENDED Entry 2 Katz 'Tranquility' Watercolour At peace with the World the Tiger lies on a remote Snow covered Mountain in the Amur Valley-Siberia. |
WINNER 1st Prize |
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Entry 6 Nutty 'Tiger in the Moonlight' Pastel I used the more dynamic head of one tiger and the body of the other and then let my imagination run wild. |
Entry 7 Nik74 Tiger Beach 'Out of the Blue' In my research I learned that Tigers are the only cats who positively like water so I thought I'd give them a dip!! |
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WINNER 2nd prize Entry 8 Ruthie 'Siberian sun seekers' pastels and pastel pencils Sitting in the late afternoon summer sun with the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in the background. |
Entry 9 Ruthie 'Out of the Blue' gouache In my research I learned that Tigers are the only cats who positively like water so I thought I'd give them a dip!! |
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Entry 10 Angela F 'Fire and Ice' Colored Pencil This is a colored pencil on velour depiction of a tiger in the forest after a late fall ice storm. Size 9x12 |
Entry 11 Angela F 'Full Moon Tiger' Colored Pencil on Velour Colored pencil on black velour. This is the first time I tried colored pencils on velour, after trying a more involved composition unsuccessfully, I was happy to complete this more simplified composition. |
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Entry 14 Moonstone 'Moonlit Journey' Mixed Media ( coloured pencils, pen and ink and goache ) Fantasy piece depicting the tiger journeying back to the sanctuary of the mountains, i like to portray it as if we are looking through a secret window and possibly the tiger has spotted us! |
Entry 15 agasood 'Relaxing Tigers' Acrylic Tigers Relaxing |
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Entry 16 Darkhorse 'Resting Royalty' Pastels on Fisher 400 sandpaper Tiger lying in the sun in a glade in the jungle |
Entry 18 Sue 'Cool for Cats' Pastel on grey velour Tigers enjoying respite from the heat of the day in a shallow rock pool. |
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Entry 19 Dawn.s 'Taking a Dip' Pastel on velour |
Entry 21 petpaintings 'Two's company' watercolour My idea for the background was to replicate the lovely warm colours and stripes of the tigers in the bushes and the bamboo stems that surround them. |
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Entry 23 Spicey Tiger in Snow Pastel Single tiger lying in sun-dappled snow in woodland |
Entry 24 Jill42 Evening Glory Pastel on velour. Tiger enjoying a quiet moment. |
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Entry 25 Jody 'Cooling Down' Pastels on Velour Two tigers cooling down next to the calm waters in the shade |
Entry 26 agasood 'Tigers on the grass' Pencil |
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Entry 3 Sandrareed-jennings 'Nearly Dinnertime' Pastels Tiger waiting for the sun to set, then hunt begins |
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Entry 4 sandrareedjennings 'Cats in a flap' Fine Liner Cartoon |
Entry 12 Lisapencil 'Tiger on the Savannah' Coloured Pencil One of the pair of tigers in his natural homeland on savannah, after a storm, with some storm clouds overhead still but the sun beginning to peek through. |
Entry 13 Katz 'Moonlit Dip' Pastel on Fabriano Ingres paper An evening Dip after a long Hot day. |
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HIGHLY COMMENDED Entry 17 Moonstone 'Secret Sanctuary' Coloured pencils, pen and ink and gouache A fantasy piece depicting the two tigers in the safety of their own land, the twisted wood tree framing them is a symbolism of a protective barrier for them. |
Entry 20 allgoodsue 'Tiger' Ballpoint Pen Tiger drawn in black ballpoint pen on Bamboo paper. 9 inches x 11 inches |
Entry 22 Krispit 'Moonlight Encounter' Pastel Pencils on Pastelmat 4x6 inches Two tigers meeting by the side of a waterhole in a moonlit evening |