A competition for UKCPS members

Four copies of Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils by UKCPS member Ann Swan SBA GM are the prizes in a new competition for UKCPS members ONLY.  The book was published last month by Harper Collins

The competition will run in two parts and two stages - on the UKCPS News blog (for the those who like their UKCPS news in a digital format) and in the pages of the June edition of the members' newsletter Talking Point for those who don't have a computer.

The start of a step by step demonstration for a coloured pencil portrait of a bearded iris.
copyright Ann Swan / published by Harper Collins

What you need to do to win a copy of Ann Swan's new book

The format for the competition is identical whichever route you choose to use to enter

• Tell us in no more than 30 words why you'd like to receive - and then review - Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils
• The best responses will receive a book - two for digital entries via blog/email and two for paper entries via the newsletter/letter
• Once you've received the book we would then like the winners to submit a review for publication in either the blog or Talking Point. 
• The winners can review the book any way you like - how you do it is entirely up to you.  It can be as long or as short as you like; written on your blog or submitted via email or letter.  If you want to go the route of a short video we'd be fascinated to see what you come up with!

The UKCPS News/Talking Point Competition is limited to:

• UKCPS members only
• one entry per member.

PLEASE NOTE:  This competition is limited to paid-up UKCPS members only.  We'll be checking the membershp status of the proposed winners with the Membership Secretary before declaring the winners.


Not a member but you would like to enter the competition? - go to our UKCPS membership page now

UKCPS News Blog competition

• The Blog Competition runs from 12th May to 31st May
• Submit your entry for the blog competition by email to the UKCPS Blogmaster. If you want to and you've chosen to highlight your entry on your blog you can leave a link in the comments of this blog
• The two winners will be the members who identify the best reason for receiving this book and/or the best proposal for how they will do a review
  
• The names of the two members who each win a book will be announced on this blog in the first week of June
• Harper Collins will despatch a book to each of the winners in June
• The winners are then asked to produce a review by mid August (although we can negotiate on dates if holidays get in the way!)
  
• The reviews by the two winners will be posted on the blog in September prior to exhibition.

A page spread which focuses on the importance of tonal values and contrast

copyright Ann Swan / published by Harper Collins

Talking Point newsletter competition

• The Talking Point competition runs from 1st June to 30th June
• Mail your entries to the Editor of Talking Point (address details will be provided in the June edition of TP).  
• The two winners will be the members who identify the best reason for receiving this book and/or the best proposal for how they will do a review
  
• The names of the two members who each win a book will be announced on this blog in the first week of July - and in Talking Point in the September edition.
• Harper Collins will despatch a book to each of the winners in July
• The winners are then asked to produce a review by the end of September
  
• The reviews by the two winners will be published in the December edition of Talking Point.

All UKCPS members will be able to find out who won all four books when they get the September edition of Talking Point

If you have any queries please leave your query (or a comment) below.

 The beginning of the chapter on how to tackle botanical art

copyright Ann Swan / published by Harper Collins

UKCPS would like to thank Harper Collins both for the books and also for the page spreads which are not available anywhere else on the Internet.  Click the images to see larger versions.