More on CTC contest

Turns out there were only about three paintings of the 80 exhibits selected.  However, the first 3 of 4 prizes went to paintings.  First was sort of a painting.  It was really multi-media, but the artist did paint a self portrait and then glazed that to a piece of cardboard.    Second prize was a really good oil painting, a self portrait.  The artist was a fellow student in my oil painting class.  Third prize was glazed pottery.  Then there was "Anna" which came in as an Honorable Mention.  There was another Honorable Mention, a photograph.  So I guess that means I finished tied for  fourth.   All the other 2D exhibits were photographs or charcoal drawings. I saw over 20 paintings , maybe 30, leaning up against the wall in the pick-up room; one of them actually did well in another college show I entered back in November.   Four of the oil paintings in the pick-up room were my own.

I am really happy;  looks like "trying my luck at watercolor portraits" is starting to work. 

Portrait of Anna made into the College Art competition show

I matted and framed the portrait of my friend Anna featured in my March 15 blog.  I entered it into the CTC art competition just to see if it would make it in.  I entered some oil paintings too, one that I really worked hard on recently, and thought those would be accepted as well.  Well, today, I went to check it out, and the oil paintings did not make it, but the portrait of Anna did.  It was the only watercolor featured, and one of about 10 paintings period.  A vast majority of the entries were photographs and pottery. 
I am pleasantly surprised by the addition of Anna to the art exhibit.  It is by far the smallest painting there.  I think I will continue with watercolors.