Watch Landscape Artist of the Year 2025

Landscape Artist of the Year starts next week. Below I've identified 

• the day, dates and times that all the programmes in the series are being broadcast
• the locations they went to
• what the commission is!

Series 10 in 2025

Broadcast Dates and Times

Most people will watch live on Wednesday evenings at 8pm. You can view it via Sky Arts, Freeview and NOW

However if you want to set your recorder or like getting up in the middle of the night, you can watch it at 2am!

• Heat 1 - 22nd January 2025
• Heat 2 - 29th January 2025
• Heat 3 - 5th February 2025
• Heat 4 - 12th February 2025
• Heat 5 - 19th February 2025
• Heat 6 - 26th February 2025

Clare Rose's submission to get a place in a pod
see yesterday's post about
Call for Entries - Landscape Artist of the Year 2026 (Series 11)

This is not the order they were filmed in - because they film at two venues at three locations - and then mix them up to arrive at the heats which are broadcast. There's usally something very good or special about the first one.

Then we have:

• Semi Finals - 5th March 2025
• Finals - 12th March 2025
• Plus the Commission Programme - which in recent times has followed straight after the Finals Programme.

I suggest you keep an eye out on social media as the artists are beginning to post pics of their their experience - in a way which does not disclose outcomes!

Locations

It looks to me as if there was a bit of a bodge going on re securing locations to film back in Summer 2024. 

HEATS

When I wrote my post How to watch Landscape Artist of the Year 2025 being filmed - these were the only ones which had been highlighted.

More had to exist - and I've highlighted the new ones to be announced below - in red.

There are supposed to be three locations with two venues at each

BRISTOL

• Bristol Harbourside (by the Cottage Ferry Terminal) onThursday 13th June 2024
• the iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol - which I suspect must be the second Bristol location 

SNOWDONIA

• Llanberis, Snowdonia (near the National Slate Museum) on 
• Wednesday 19th June and
• Thursday 20th June 2024
• Llanberis Lake at the base of Yr Wyddfa (Mount Snowdon) - which I'm guessing is the second Snowdonia location

THIRD HEAT VENUE

I'm guessing this is West London - near to the Storyvault Films HQ.

We know from recently publicity that they filmed at

• the historic grounds of Hampton Court Palace
• the newly redeveloped St. Pancras Basin. 

Presenter Stephen Mangan at the "new bit" of Hampton Court
- with the amazing yews.

I'll just insert my sketches of the Yews at this juncture - done 13 years ago! (see Hampton Court Palace and its 300 year old Yew Trees)

Call for Entries - Landscape Artist of the Year 2026 (Series 11)

This is about the Call for Entries for Landscape Artist of the Year (series 11).

If you'd like to take part read on! You can review my guide to entering Series 11 before you complete your application below! 

The deadline for submissions to be an artist participating in a pod in Landscape Artist of the Year Series Eleven is Friday 2nd May 2025

In the meantime you can:

• start watching Series 10 of LAOTY on Wednesday on Sky Arts. Episode 1 was filmed at Hampton Court (on at 2am and 8pm) Don't ask me why they broadcast at 2am - I have absolutely no idea! This gives you an idea of 
• what it takes to get selected and 
• what being an artist in a pod is like
• Have a think about watching the heats for Landscape Artist of the Year in 2026 - which will be filmed around the UK in Spring/Summer 2025.

Call for Entries for 

Series 11 of Landscape Artist of the Year (2026)

• First some basics about how the Landscape Artist of the Year (LAOTY) competition and how this television series works
• Then the details for entries for the heats which will be filmed this summer and broadcast at this time next year
• Finally - at the end - you will find my previous reviews of episodes of LAOTY since 2018 - providing access to all the Themes, Learning Points and Tips I've written about in past series. This advice is perennial!

The Basics of Landscape Artist of the Year

This is a televised competition. Artists enter with a landscape artwork created within the last 5 years. They are selected on merit by our panel of expert judges. At the heats they are given four hours to paint a particular, stunning landscape somewhere in the UK (locations announced closer to the time). Six heat winners get to compete at the Semi-Final. Three Semi-Finalists are selected for the Final. Just one Finalist is selected as the overall winner.

For the winner

• a prize of a commission valued at £10,000
• the title Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year

For all participants

• LOTS of publicity for you and your art
• traffic to your website and social media sites - so long as you remember to 
• create them and 
• publicise them!
• looks good on your CV 

Your submission

Basic of the Entry Process

My Composition and Design project

This year I'm going to remind people about what I've got in the archives of Making a Mark. I'm going to start with my Composition and Design Project which I started in January 2008

The future may be at the end......

Composition and Design Project - Blog Posts 

Below is a list of the various posts and a short explanation of what they're about.

Some of the hyperlinks these blog posts contain may be out of date and/or moved on to pastures new.

Fibonacci Spiral
Wikimedia Commons

• Composition and Design - An Introduction 14 Jan 2008

Design and Composition - I'm revisiting this topic to try and understand more about what different people have had to say about composition, what are the 'rules' and why breaking the rules also works. I intend to relate design and composition to specific subject matter (eg landscapes and flowers) and artists that I like and/or will feature this year - such as Degas. I'm starting the year with this topic as it underpins so much of what comes next. It will continue to run as theme throughout the year and I'll be referencing it in other areas of work during the rest of the year.
Katherine Tyrrell - "Making A Mark in 2008 - the Plan"

Singing the Blues

10" x 8", coloured pencil on Arches HP
copyright Katherine Tyrrell

• Composition - The Elements of Design 15 Jan 2008 - An overview of the Elements of Design which are Value, Colour, Shape, Form, Space, Line and Texture

It's amazing how many of us who don't have the benefit of a fine art degree seem to have managed to learn something about the different aspects of what's involved with composition and design without actually ever coming across the idea of the 'elements' and 'principles' of art/composition/design! Or at least that's my experience. I'd certainly never heard about these particular groups before starting this project. Maybe this is what they teach you if you do an Fine Art degree? ;)

• Composition - Principles of Design 16 Jan 2008 - This post focuses on balance, emphasis. harmony, movement, pattern, proportion, rhythm, unity and variety

Fire Risks for Fine Art in Los Angeles

I've seen no mention of risk to fine art in the context of the horrendous fires in Los Angeles, California - so decided to see what I could find.

It seems to me there are four main risks

• The Art Galleries housing fine art (eg Getty Museum; Los Angeles Museum of Art)
• The Security Archives holding art bought as an investment
• The Archives of individual artists with homes in the area - such as David Hockney
• The homes of very rich people who buy art - I mourn the loss of the art...

This is a resume of what I can find out so far.

Art Galleries - appear OK

I remember back in 2019, during the last really bad wildfires near Los Angeles, being extremely impressed with the precautions that the Getty Museum had taken in relation to risks from potential natural disasters.

This time the Getty seems to be in the clear again - and this is part of the reason why How LA's Getty Center built a fire-proof fortress for priceless art

I plugged in "Art Galleries in Los Angeles, CA" into Google Maps to see how close the major art galleries were to the six fires.

Fires are marked by a flickering fire motif
North: Hurst Fire
Central: Sunset Fire
West: Pacific Palisades Fire
East: Eaton Fire

It looks as if most of the main galleries (eg Los Angeles County Museum of Art) are all in built up areas which are more unlikely to wildfire - although who can tell given the extreme high winds carrying fiery embers all over the city

West of Pacific Palisades the fire seems to be burning its way along Malibu down to the coast.

News reports indicate the following

How to submit art to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art

Yesterday, the Royal Academy of Art opened for registration and submissions to the Summer Exhibition 2025.

The submission deadline is 23:59 (GMT) on Tuesday 11 February. However read the first "need to know" item below - because it's might actually be much earlier than that!

The RA Summer Exhibition is the largest open exhibition in the UK - with well over 1,000 exhibits - so you need to take the statistics around selection into account before deciding whether or not enter.

This is about

• key things you need to know about the Call for Entries
• aspects worth bearing in mind if you're thinking about submitting

IMPORTANT Things You Need to Know

How many people enter?

The cap on the number of submission entries is 18,000. Once that limit has been reached you cannot enter. So you need to register and pay your entry fee - to access an entry form - quickly if you want to be sure of being able to enter. (In 2024 it was 16,500).

In effect this means the deadline for entries is not as stated, the ACTUAL deadline for entries is when all the forms for 18,000 entries have been purchased!

You can 

• enter one or two works, 
• for a fee of £40 per work and 
• you can pay online by credit or debit card.

Once the 18,000 digital entries have been reviewed, 4,000 will be asked to submit their artwork for the final selection in front of the team of selectors.

However most people do not get selected!

Basically a LOT of people do NOT get selected for the Summer Exhibition.

• 18,000 entries reduces to
• 4,000 shortlisted - and need to submit the actual artwork for further judging
• BUT ?? from the open entry get exhibited. I'd guess maybe 1,000?

Many people overprice their artwork - including RA members!

Eight years ago I wrote a post about how pricing and sales were related for different categories and price ranges. This is it RA Summer Exhibition - a curious exercise in pricing and sales. It provides very clear guidance on pricing for all those submitting artwork via the open entry. Regular readers may be able to guess what it says! ;)

I might have another go at last year's exhibition which is still online
 

How do I know what I need to know?

The overall process - from beginning to end - is MUCH MORE COMPLICATED than anything else you apply for so you need to get it right.

The RA have been doing this for a long time and have LOTS of information for you - and you do need to read it. 

So if you're not a fan of reading get a friend who is picky about details to do it for you. 

The RA provides some 

• helpful guides (see below) plus 
• lots of answers to the very many FAQS (see next item)

How to Enter - The Basics

You must first register and buy your entry form. Next you complete it before the deadline for entries. 

• Terms and Conditions of Entry - Why they can't make this a PDF I do not know. I recommend you "print to PDF" and save it as it's something you'll be wanting to use as a checklist. Do NOT rely on reading it just once!
• Instructions for Entering Work - Ditto, this also needs to be a PDF
• Exhibition Schedule - this lists all the dates for what happens when
• Suggested Transport Agents - list of recommended art couriers. None list their prices - which will vary depending on how far they are transporting. Remember their prices will include the time for packing and unpacking.

Very Useful Things to Know