Competition 'Glorious Autumn'

Time of carrying out of the competition: September 20, 2014 - December 1, 2014.

O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained
With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
Beneath my shady roof; there thou mayst rest,
And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,
And all the daughters of the year shall dance!
Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.

"The narrow bud opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
Blossoms hang round the brows of Morning, and
Flourish down the bright cheek of modest Eve,
Till clust’ring Summer breaks forth into singing,
And feather’d clouds strew flowers round her head.

"The spirits of the air live on the smells
Of fruit; and Joy, with pinions light, roves round
The gardens, or sits singing in the trees."
Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat;
Then rose, girded himself, and o’er the bleak
Hills fled from our sight; but left his golden load.

Sir Walter Scott

You have to have the active author and artworks on this site to participate in this competition.

Send ID of artwork to the Email address provided on the Contacts page and moderator will immediately add the artwork to the competition page.

Criteria of assessment of the artworks

1. Expressiveness of the artwork in the context of the competition theme.
2. Professionalism of execution of the artwork (writing technique, composition).
3. Quantity of estimates and viewings by users.

The winner will be defined by the site administration.

Voting among all users of the site will take place till April 1, 2014. To vote for your favorite picture, open the artwork page with large image and click "Ok", "Good" or "The Best" under the image.

Prizes

The first place - one year of free advertising of three artworks on the first page of the site and advertizing of the author in the Artists section.
The second place - one year of free advertising of two artworks on the first page of the site and advertizing of the author in the Artists section.
The third place - one year of free advertising of one artwork on the first page of the site and advertizing of the author in the Artists section.

The competition results

The administration of the site held comprehensive consultations with professional art critics. Considering the subject of the competition, large number of interesting works, various objective advantages of each artwork, we chose winners. Also we would like to mark out all artists without exception who took part in the competition, to thank them for aspiration to harmony, beauty, for ability to present the beautiful.

The first place:

Matveev Mikhail Georgievich, painting "The Uninhabited House in Zhegorino"

The work is distinguished by the depth of the figurative decision. Despite a restrained colour scheme and naturalism, plastic and coloristic solutions convey the real mood of autumn. From the picture breathes honesty, stability, strong understanding of autumn nature.

The second place (two artworks):

Veselovsky Valery, painting "Golden Autumn"

The work has a decorative effect and great color saturation. The color relations are competently sustained in the warm-cold mode. The picture conveys a joyful state and a pacification of golden autumn.

Sivenkov Nikolay Sergeevich, painting "Andrew the First-Called's Church on Vuoksa. Leningrad Region"

In this landscape the solemn mood of fall is expressed. Work is distinguished by an original interpretation of the forest and water. Harmony of color is achieved by combining and contrasting three main colors: yellow, blue and red. The artwork has a nice rhythm.

The third place (two artworks):

Adamow Alexis, painting "River in October"

Courageous, confident brushstrokes. The work is created on one breath. Due to the warm-cool increases the expressiveness of the composition. Tonal relationships expressed professionally and confidently. Air is conveyed well. Forward and average plans of the picture are standing out. The picture makes impression of the complete integral work. Courageous generalizations. Autumn - the state of the minor, but the artwork positively affects the viewer.

Lutsenko Sergey, painting "Аutumn Mists"

The work makes a good impression. Modest in color, but very expressive on the plastic. This speaks about well thought over composition. The high skill of the author.

Prizes for all participants:

Expressing our gratitude to other participants, we will publish their artworks which took part in the competition in the advertizing block on the first page of the site free of charge for three month both in the English and in the Russian site versions.

Thank you all. The competition has been successfully finished.