The Patchings Festival is just a few weeks away now. With hundreds of exhibitors and guest artists showing art work in progress, art materials stands, workshops and of course art exhibitions including all the chosen works in the Leisure Painter and The Artist categories from our recent open competition, the festival is well worth a visit. If you book early you can save money on your tickets too! Visit the website for more information. If you can’t make the Patchings Festival but would like to find an art event in your area to visit, don’t forget our Events calendar where there are hundreds of exhibitions and events listed. We have several new competitions at Painters-Online, including our latest painting competition: Wish You Were Here! Paint a Holiday Postcard, sponsored by Daler-Rowney. Click here for details of how to enter. We are also offering the chance of winning tickets to the Art in Clay event in Hertfordshire and to the Francis Alÿs exhibition at Tate Modern, as well as a Daylight studio lamp and pastel pencils from Derwent. Take a look at the Competition page to find out more. Good luck to everyone who enters!