Monthly challenge

Our challenge for December and January is Fashion. The deadline for entries is 10pm, Saturday 31 January. Please email a jpg of your entry to Barbara Stevens (subject Monthly challenge) and let her know the title of your picture and the medium. Please follow the guidelines for creating a .jpg on the Resources page.  Barbara is happy to resize/rename files if anyone has any problems.

Copyright rules for the challenge and for our exhibitions (click to read)

1. Please be careful not to breach copyright rules when using other people’s photographs.
2. For our competitions (and our exhibitions) present your own work, not copies of other artist’s work.

Basing a painting closely on a photographic image is acceptable assuming point 1 above is satisfied. Copying another artist’s style is acceptable, but copying a whole painting is not.

Winners

2025
November: Weather – Caroline Webster
October: Festivals – Peter Rossington
September: Smoke & and Mirrors – Peter Rossington
August: Camping – Sophie Knight-Crow
July: Food vendors – Penny Smith and Dave Tribe
June: Summertime – Peter Rossington
May: Buildings – Vivien Pharoah
April: Humorous – Peter Rossington
March: Abstract – Linda Shobbrook
February: Fish – Barbara Reilly
January: Birds – Sophie Knight-Crow
2024
December: Bridges – Dave Tribe
November: Monuments – Dave Tribe
October: Wet City Streets – Sophie Knight-Crow
September: Mountains – Gerry Foronda and Dave Tribe
August: A portrait – Barbara Reilly
July: Sand – Edna Kyriakides
June: Sunsets – Margaret Carter
May: Shadows – Dave Tribe
April: Water – Ranie Aujla
March: Fields – Gina Grimwood and Dave Tribe
February: Through the window – Colin Garrod, Sophie Knight-Crow, Dave Tribe
January: Stars – Barbara Stevens
2023
November: Nudes – Peter Rossington
October: The Military – Sophie Knight-Crow and Richard Seymour
September: Harbour – Gina Grimwood and Edna Kyriakides
August: Wild animal – Ranie Ajula
July: Portrait of a well-known person – Clair Hunt
June: A scene with at least three figures – Barbara Stevens
May: The farm – Dave Tribe
April: Café scene – Barbara Stevens
March: Interiors – Dave Tribe
February: Pets – Clair Hunt
January: Picasso – Barbara Stevens
2022
December: Still life – Barbara Stevens
November: Coastal scene – Pam Shingler and Jean Thompson
October: Abstract – Barbara Reilly
September: Roots – Louise Schenck
August: Holidays – John Lucking
July: Trees – Pam Shingler
June: Sport – Dave Tribe
May: Pen & ink – Barbara Stevens
Apr: Collage – Barbara Stevens
Mar: Spring – Dave Tribe
Feb: Cooking – Barbara Reilly
Jan: Mechanical – Barbara Stevens
2021
Dec: Christmas – Barbara Stevens
Nov: Bonfire Night – Barbara Stevens
Oct: Clouds – Peter Rossington
Sep: A portrait – Edna Kyriakides
Aug: A surreal or fantasy scene – Malcolm Beakhust
July: Food & drink – Barbara Stevens
June: Urban landscape – Barbara Stevens
May: Country landscape – Gina Grimwood
Apr: Spring – Peter Rossington and Dave Tribe
Mar: Flowers – Jennifer Waller
Feb: An imaginary or fantasy scene – Louise Schenck
Jan: A Pet – Gina Grimwood
2020
Dec: A Winter scene – Gillian Hein
Nov: Autumn – Fiona Bates
Oct: The market – Peter Rossington
Sep: Holiday – Gillian Hein and Barbara Stevens
Aug: Favourite painting produced in Aug 2020 – Margaret Eggleton
Jul: A street scene – Gillian Hein
Jun: A view out of a window – Barbara Stevens
May: A portrait – Liz Hammond