The clock is ticking for this year's The Artist and Leisure Painter Open Art Competition in partnership with Patchings Art Centre!

We are looking for the best work from amateurs in the Leisure Painter category and from experienced and professional artists in The Artist category for the chance to win over £17,500 worth of prizes and see your work exhibited and published in our magazines.

Up to 140 works will be exhibited at Patchings Art Centre in two separate galleries, opening on the first day of the 2017 Patchings Festival of Art, Craft & Photography on July 13 until August 20, 2017, and over 40 individual prizes will be awarded to selected artists.

Entry fee is just £16 for up to three works and £32 for up to six.

Click here to pay your entry fee, following which you will receive an email with details of how to access our competition upload site. Your will be able to access your entries until you confirm the details.

Closing date for entries is March 31, 2017. For full terms & conditions please click here.

Judges:

• Sally Bulgin, editor of The Artist
• David Curtis ROI, RSMA
• Ken Howard OBE, RA
• Ingrid Lyon, editor of Leisure Painter
• John Sprakes ROI, RBA, MAFA
• Liz Wood, artist and co-owner of Patchings Art Centre

Individual prizes to be awarded comprise:

• £5,000 The Artist Purchase Prize Award
• £1,700 The Artist Exhibition Awards
• £100 The Artist Highly Commended Award
• £450 Batsford Awards
• £600 Canson Awards
• £500 Caran d'Ache/Jakar Awards
• £500 Clairefontaine Awards
• £900 Derwent Awards
• £500 Great Art Awards
• £2,600 Leisure Painter Award
• £100 Leisure Painter Highly Commended Award
• £450 Patchings Award
• £600 Premium Art Brands Awards
• £300 Pro Arte Awards
• £1,000 Royal Talens Awards
• £500 Sennelier Awards
• £600 St Cuthberts Mill Awards
• £400 Winston Oh Awards
• £700 Daler Rowney Awards