Call for entries extended for Landscape Artist of the Year (Series 7) in 2021

The DEADLINE for the Call for Entries for the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year series that will be filmed this summer has been extended.

READ ON if you want to be in a Pod or in a field or garden or beach this summer painting for the cameras

Pictures of Pods around the UK in previous series

Key Facts

• The Deadline has been extended by 4 days and the new deadline is NOON on Tuesday, May 4th 2021
• This is my original post about Call for Entries: Landscape Artist of the Year (Series 7) which tells you most of what you need to know — including
• Key Features of the competition
• So you want to paint landscapes on television?
• Who can enter
• Eligible Landscape paintings — for submission
• Your digital entry (and what will disqualify you)
• What are the Judges looking for?
• My Reviews of Previous Heats in 2018 and 2019

The Landscape Entry submitted must be a painting of a landscape vista, and can be produced in any material excluding photography, video, sculpture and all forms of digital media. Collage and mixed media works are all allowed. The work may be abstract or expressive as long as it is recognisably a representation of a landscape that has been produced within the last five years. It should be a maximum of 1220 x 914 mm.

• Think about the weather when creating art outside. The photos above are lovely — idyllic sunny days for painting challenging subjects. It's true that filming days can be like that — but as the programmes and my reviews have often recorded, you can also be painting in high wind, torrential rain and near-zero visibility. They don't stop the filming for the weather! You need to be prepared for this, and it's a really sensible idea to NOT make this your first time painting plein air.
  
• If you want to be a wildcard painter you MUST apply to the competition — you can't just turn up on the day. However, note that there's no guarantee the Judges will come anywhere near you and/or look at your artwork.
  
• Do not apply BEFORE you have read all the Terms and conditions. These are the Landscape Terms relevant to your application (i.e. a pdf file with titled LAOTY-S7-Ts-and-Cs-Final-Approved-by-Sky.pdf)
• Keep an eye on your email and respond fast. A quick way of disqualifying yourself is not responding to any communication within the required time period - which can be very short.