BP Portrait Award 2016 Painting Competition

The

, now in its thirty-seventh year at the

and twenty-seventh year of sponsorship by

, is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world. With a first prize of

(

), and a total prize fund of

(

), the Award is aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work.

The work entered must be predominantly painted in

,

or

on canvas or board. No watercolours, pastels or works on paper will be considered.

To enter the

, artists should upload a digital image of their work via the website for a first round of judging. All images will be viewed by a panel of judges and the entrants who are successful in this round will be invited to deliver their work to a venue in

for the second round of judging and final exhibition selection.

You are required to upload one photograph of your entire portrait. You also have the option to submit an extra photograph of a detail of the work. This may be a good opportunity to show the level of detail, the texture of the paint or a particular area of interest in the composition.

at the time of registration you can still enter the competition. The first round of judging will be based on the image that you upload.

Entry is limited to

. The work must be no smaller than 25 x 20cm (

) unframed and no larger than 244 x 244cm (

) framed. Multi part works (

) will be accepted and regarded as one work. However, the combined parts of the part must not exceed the maximum size allowed.

Entry fee is 40 GBP (

).