Introducing The Making A Mark Awards 2011

Welcome to the sixth year of The Making A Mark Awards 2011.   Over today and tomorrow I'll be publishing five blog posts (see below) identifying which art blogs have won the following awards in 2011.

(My apologies to those who don't like more than one post a day - now you know what's happening they are you can now choose to either open or ignore them!)

BEST ART BLOGS IN 2011

Since 2006, the aim of the Making A Mark Art Blog Awards has been to identify:

• excellence in blogging about art and artists; and 
• the art blogs which set high standards and are the most influential.

The awards are organised as follows

Generating Art - TODAY

• The Painting a Day Stickability Shield
• The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup
• NEW IN 2011 - The Best Art Society Blog

Getting Out of the Studio - TODAY

• The Painting Plein Air Plus Prize
• The Travels with a Sketchbook Trophy
• The Going Greener Gong

Learning about Art & the Art Business - TODAY (if possible)

• The FAQs and Answers Really Useful Medal
• The Make Me Think Gong
• The Best Book by an Art Blogger Blue Ribbon

The Home Front - TOMORROW

• NEW in 2011 The Art Innovation of the Year Award
• “The Moose” - the award for the best animal in an illustrated blog
• The Most Gorgeous Mouthwatering (MGM) Studio of the Year

Best Picture of the Year 2011 - TOMORROW

See VOTE for the Best Artwork on an Art Blog in 2011 - you have until 6am tomorrow (GMT/London) to vote for your favourite.

• Nature
• Still Life
• Landscape/Place
• Portrait/Figures
• Overall Winner - most votes

The first award announcements follows shortly.

This page on the Making A Mark website also references every award, everybody who has been nominated, all the nomination posts and all past winners.

If you keep an eye on this you'll see the nominees for 2011 - including my nominations - posted throughout the day.