Enter this year's Charity Christmas painting competitions for the chance to see your festive artwork in the magazines and have a £200 donation made to your charity of choice.

Upload your best festive painting or drawing for the chance to see your work published in the January 2017 issue (published in December) of Leisure Painter or The Artist as our Christmas greeting to readers. Plus a donation of £200 will be made on your behalf to the charity of your choice. We welcome entries from beginners and amateur painters in the Leisure Painter category and artists with more experience, up to professionals, in The Artist category.

Entries can be produced in any medium excpet photography. Closing date for entries is November 4. Winning entrants will be informed by November 11, 2016 and will need to provide a hi-resolution digital image by November 18, 2016 for inclusion in the magazine

Login or register for PaintersOnline and follow the link to the competitions page to enter.

Below is last year's winning entry in the Leisure Painter category, Tweeting by Andrea Abraham.