I am a Landscape Artist, tired of practicing on the same compositions. I want your help to envisage something enchanting so that I may challenge myself to paint from your words.
I will not beat around the bush, if your entry does meet what I want I will say so, if that offends you then let me know.
PRE WRITES ONLY ACCEPTED IF THEY FIT THE CONTEST THEME otherwise will be removed without warning. Make certain they meet the criteria below.
What I want:
Use your most accurate and detailed imagery to describe to me a scene.
I want you to take the view-point of an artist at the canvas, so please be specific about your vision.
(I would rather read "the scarlet sunset tinted the deepening mauve ocean waves as they crashed upon the rocky shore" than "I sit here admiring the pretty pink fuchsias").
I hope this is clear enough for everyone. If I don't feel it adequately covers the detailed description I am looking for I will ask for you to adapt your entry.
Rules:
1. ObvIoUslY nOne Of ThIS - it will not help me and I absolutely hate it.
2. I would prefer descriptions of a landscape setting, however if this is not your strong suit, something you can give a very vivid description of will be acceptable.
3. No erotica or Dark entries, sorry just something I can't deal with.
4. No comments to insult other poets, and no borrowing of another artists work (as this may end up being a commercial artwork).
5. Winner may be asked to supply email address so If I use their vision to paint, they can be sent photos of the artwork's progress.
6. PRE WRITES only accepted if they fit the contest theme otherwise will be removed without warning.
7. If you haven't addressed what I want satisfactorily enough, then be prepared for me letting you know this is the case, this does not mean that I did not appreciate your prowess in poetry, I am just after something very detailed.
Get to it and have fun. I will be looking forward to your entries and hope to do the winners piece justice.
UPDATE 15TH MARCH 07:
Apologies with the delay in getting around to reading and commenting on entries, I have visitors at the moment. In a couple of days time I will get around to completing this and and selecting finalists. After that I will re-read and judge. Again apologies if this causes any inconvenience.
UPDATE 19TH MARCH 07:
All poems have now been read and commented on I will select my finalists over the next few days so please bear with me. Thank you to you all for your efforts in submitting some wonderful entries.
I will not beat around the bush, if your entry does meet what I want I will say so, if that offends you then let me know.
PRE WRITES ONLY ACCEPTED IF THEY FIT THE CONTEST THEME otherwise will be removed without warning. Make certain they meet the criteria below.
What I want:
Use your most accurate and detailed imagery to describe to me a scene.
I want you to take the view-point of an artist at the canvas, so please be specific about your vision.
(I would rather read "the scarlet sunset tinted the deepening mauve ocean waves as they crashed upon the rocky shore" than "I sit here admiring the pretty pink fuchsias").
I hope this is clear enough for everyone. If I don't feel it adequately covers the detailed description I am looking for I will ask for you to adapt your entry.
Rules:
1. ObvIoUslY nOne Of ThIS - it will not help me and I absolutely hate it.
2. I would prefer descriptions of a landscape setting, however if this is not your strong suit, something you can give a very vivid description of will be acceptable.
3. No erotica or Dark entries, sorry just something I can't deal with.
4. No comments to insult other poets, and no borrowing of another artists work (as this may end up being a commercial artwork).
5. Winner may be asked to supply email address so If I use their vision to paint, they can be sent photos of the artwork's progress.
6. PRE WRITES only accepted if they fit the contest theme otherwise will be removed without warning.
7. If you haven't addressed what I want satisfactorily enough, then be prepared for me letting you know this is the case, this does not mean that I did not appreciate your prowess in poetry, I am just after something very detailed.
Get to it and have fun. I will be looking forward to your entries and hope to do the winners piece justice.
UPDATE 15TH MARCH 07:
Apologies with the delay in getting around to reading and commenting on entries, I have visitors at the moment. In a couple of days time I will get around to completing this and and selecting finalists. After that I will re-read and judge. Again apologies if this causes any inconvenience.
UPDATE 19TH MARCH 07:
All poems have now been read and commented on I will select my finalists over the next few days so please bear with me. Thank you to you all for your efforts in submitting some wonderful entries.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 20, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 90, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Thank you to all for some truly wonderful entries. To the winners of the trophies you have definitely earned them.
Could the top 3 place getters please message me with their email addresses so that I may keep you updated on my attempts to recreate your poetry with a paint brush, but please bear with me as I am still developing my artistic skills and will also be away from the site for at least a week.
Congratulations to all for such inspired writes and best wishes in future contests.
Contest Winners
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 2649534, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Lavender skirts around verdant hill
Framing fields of fresh green• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 2705766, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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The water hole fits so perfectly between the high red rocks
like a mirror fashioned from a broken piece of sky.by El Pescador 20 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 18 10:36 AM 2007. In Nature, Life, Personal
Honorable mention
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a sea of green,
smooth, specked with grazing cows,• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Grey clouds capture the sky.
The sun obscured, a soft evenby GC De Piazzi 33 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 18 6:30 PM 2007. In Nature, Spiritual Honorable mention
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Amidst the desert desolation.
Isolated from civilization.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
We are so blessed with nature's best
but how often can we not see
what is right before our eyes• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Take a pencil.. turn on all the lights
Revealing the things hidden by the night• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Spring always sneaks up on me...
Maybe its the siege mentality I getby deercatcher 70 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 14 7:58 PM 2006. In Nature• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
wings so wide,
can spread across the ocean,by Sliketacircusdancer 44 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 2 7:36 PM 2007. In Fantasy• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Silver trophy winner
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The dawn came, cool and clean
o'er a land of many shaded green• Commented on by judge. -
The shadows cast in a thousand directions,
Of the hundred different typs of trees,• Commented on by judge. -
Blank pages in the snow
On a winters night it's time to reflect• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Based loosely on the planet, but mostly on the images that go with the ex-planet.by Alek 16 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 6 9:41 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Above the cliffs like balustrades of God's justice and hope
the white horse appeared and spread it's gothic wings• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I love you, my dear, always have, always will”
I care not of their thoughts,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The nature love those who reciprocate love to the nature..by PrabhuDayal Khattar 44 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 7 7:25 AM 2005. In Nature• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I step into an Old Master• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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O natal moon
In cloud swept sky,by W B Burkholder 29 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 2 12:22 PM 2007. In Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Crying in the corner, My angel dies tonight.by Buried in Black 38 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 1 8:26 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Sad, Thoughts, Pain, Death, Lost in thought, Lost love, Loss• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Has verse yet redeemed me,
simplified and justified me,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Have you ever scratched the coating off a strand of Spanish Moss?by Dave Martin 20 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 7 2:31 PM 2005. In Hope• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Great!!!!!
fantastic idea! Wow! You're an artist!
That's great!
I take some art lessons in my own time but am not terrific... I draw more than I paint, but do both. good luck! -
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thank you very much, i hope so much to get a piece i can really work from and paint the image that is my dream.
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I did read the rules. My work was about the on again, off again spring time lately. So if that is not what you were looking for, that is fine.
Though putting me down so horribly was un-called for. Thanx but no thanx.
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