The deadline for the Strokes of Genius 5: Best of Drawing competition has been extended through May 2, 2012. The theme of this year’s contest is “composition.” Artwork can be in any dry medium, or wet medium applied in a linear fashion that would be traditionally considered drawing. This includes, but is not necessarily limited [...]

Congratulations to the 106 artists selected for the latest North Light Books’ Best of Watercolor competition, Splash 14: Light and Color! On behalf of Rachel Wolf and the staff of North Light Books, I’d like to thank all of the participants in this year’s Splash contest. We received more than 1500 gorgeous entries, and it [...]

North Light Books is pleased to announce the call for entries for Strokes of Genius 5: Composition, the latest edition of the highly acclaimed Best of Drawing collection. Enter today for the chance to have your art published in this beautiful, hard-cover showcase of the best of contemporary drawing. MORE RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS • Watch [...]

We’ve extended the deadline for Splash 14: Light and Color through December 15th! Enter online today! …… Water Fireworks by Trish McKinney | pg 18 in Splash 13: Alternative Approaches (May 2012) | copyright Trish McKinney …… Pre-order Splash 13: Alternative Approaches on Amazon! ………..

CURRENT NORTH LIGHT BOOKS COMPETITION: Best of Watercolor Splash 14: Light and Color Deadline: December, 2011 DOWNLOAD Splash 14 ENTRY FORM DOWNLOAD Splash 14 ENTRY FORM ……. Strokes of Genius 5: Best of Drawing coming January 2012 …….

Congratulations to the 112 artists chosen for this year’s Strokes of Genius: Best of Drawing competition! The North Light judges and series editor Rachel Wolf selected the winning images from a record number of more than 1650 entries. Winners packets will be emailed this year, so if you see your name below, please check your [...]

Dear Strokes of Genius 4 participants, Please check back on August 1, 2011 for the official list of winners to this year’s Best of Drawing contest. Because we extended the contest deadline by two weeks, we also pushed back the winners announcement. We sincerely apologize for the delay in the results and are working hard [...]

Splash 12 Artists: Each participant in Splash 12 will receive his or her complimentary copy of the book within the next week or so. The copies are on schedule to be sent from our warehouse by Friday along with instructions for ordering more books at a discount. If you don’t receive your copy by the [...]

The deadline is Monday, May 16th, so click here to enter your drawings! …….

The deadline for Strokes of Genius 4 has been extended until Monday, May 16th. Enter your art today! ……

Click here to pre-order your copy of Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision. On shelves May 2011. …..

Congratulations to the 115 artists selected to appear in Splash 13: Alternative Approaches! This year’s winners were selected by Rachel Wolf and the team of judges from over 1600 beautiful watercolor entries. A sincere thank you to all who submitted artwork. Neil Adamson Akiyo Andresen Elena Balekha Deena S. Ball Kay Barnes Elise Meredith Beattie [...]

Wow! I am constantly amazed at the amount of great art work out there being done by our Splash community! Each time I judge the entries for a book I find some WoW artists that I had never seen before! Keep it up! We are busier than ever! Splash 12 is off to the printer [...]

Congratulations to artist Ted Nuttall, whose image Whispering Smith has been selected for the cover of Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision. The book will be available online and in stores in mid-May, or you may pre-order your copy from northlightshop.com! …….

Do you have a favorite image from the Splash: Best of Watercolor series from over the years? For a limited time, you can have it turned into free digital wallpaper for your computer’s background screen! Simply email us with the image of your choice from Splash 8, 9, 10 or 11 and we will convert [...]

Time to pull out your old sketch books, drawings and artist’s journals! North Light Books is pleased to announce the call for entries for Strokes of Genius: Exploring Line, the fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Best of Drawing collection. CLICK HERE FOR CONTEST RULES DOWNLOAD STROKES 4 ENTRY FORM …… Strokes of Genius 3: [...]

Did you miss the deadline for Splash 13: Alternative Approaches? Not to worry, we’ve extended it through the end of 2010. Enter online today! http://artistsnetwork.com/splashwatercolor …… Poppies on Silverbell Road by Ellen Fountain | pg 25 in Splash 11: New Directions | copyright Ellen Fountain ……

The deadline for Splash 13: Alternative Approaches is just around the corner. Enter online or mail in your entry form by December 15th! Click here for Daniel E Greene’s helpful tips on entering a juried competition. …….

Enjoy a FREE Trial Weekend at ArtistsNetwork.tv and learn from the world’s best artists in the comfort of your home! ArtistsNetwork.tv features painting advice and techniques from dozens of popular artists in a variety of media and skill levels. Watch what you want, anytime you want. Starting on Friday, November 12, take advantage of our [...]

Hi everyone, I’m so glad that North Light decided to publish Splash every year now instead of every other year. I just finished Splash 12, and Splash 13 is already upon us! The Calls for Entry have been posted online and the printed forms are about ready to be mailed. Not only will publishing a [...]

It’s that time of year again, Splash fans! Enter your art for North Light Books’ next Best of Watercolor competition Splash 13: Alternative Approaches. Click here to enter ….

The winners for the third edition of North Light’s Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing series have been announced. Congratulations to all! Aaron Yount Albert Ramos Cortes Alina M. Dabrowska Aline Ordman Allison Alexandra Alyona Nickelsen Angela Sekerak Bill James Bill Shoemaker Carel P. Brest van Kempen Cathy Sheeter Christine Dion Cindy Agan Connie [...]

Splash 11: New Directions is now available on northlightshop.com! Click here to order your copy If you have a piece in the book, you can expect your complimentary copy from the warehouse in roughly two weeks with instructions on how to order with your contributor discount. …….

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To all who sent entries for Splash 12: I would like to personally thank all of you for making Splash into a wonderful forum for the community of watercolorists. This especially includes those of you whose work was not selected for this edition, as well as those of you who were included. It takes, as [...]

Six documents were emailed out to each of the Splash 12 winners last night. Please check your email and let me know if you have trouble opening any of the files. A few of you can expect the information in the mail next week. Have a great weekend everybody! Sarah

Dear Splash 12 Winners, Just a quick heads up. We have made the decision to email the winner information this year instead of snail mail. You can expect the info (about six documents) to be sent out in the next couple of days. I’ll also let you know which of your work(s) we accepted. There [...]

Congratulations to the 100 artists selected to appear in Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision! As always, the judging committee had a big pair of boots to fill in narrowing down the field from thousands of excellent entries. A sincere thank you to all who submitted artwork for this year’s contest. Cindy Agan Gloria Ainsworth Mout Kathleen [...]

Click here to enter online or click Enter Your Art to download the entry form.

We are pleased to announce the call for entries for Strokes of Genius: Fresh Perspectives, the third edition of North Light Books’ highly acclaimed Best of Drawing series. A range of mediums will be included, and the book will be at least 50% black and white. We are looking for a variety of finishes, from [...]

Hey Splash fans! The deadline for Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision has been extended until Monday, December 28th. If you haven’t had a chance to enter yet, now’s the time! Entries must be postmarked by the 28th to be accepted in the competition. No time for snail mail? Simply try out our easy-as-pie online entering [...]

It’s not too late to enter your art in Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision. It’s easy to enter online or by mail. Just click on Enter Your Art for more information. Happy painting! Fountain of Light Richard Stephens Watercolor on 300-lb. (640gsm) cold-pressed paper 21″ x 14″ (53cm x 36cm)

The Splash deadline is 35 days away, so you’ve still got plenty of time to enter your watercolor art in the twelfth edition of North Light’s Best of Watercolor series. If you are wondering what sets entries apart to give you a leg up, check out North Light’s online seminar on entering art competitions, available [...]

North Light Books is experimenting with digital video. What do you think? The Most Amazing Promo Video (for Splash books) Ever! Special thanks to our online video director Eric Camper for filming and editing the video.

Happy Friday, Splash fans! To celebrate the last Friday of summer 2009, we thought we’d share a few pieces from Splash 10: Passionate Brushstrokes. We at North Light are so pleased with the design of the book. Thank you for the many compliments we received from you by e-mail, letter and phone. Your feedback means [...]

Our secure online system to enter the Splash 12 competition is now set up. Simply click on the link below, enter your personal info, upload your art files and pay by credit card. Click here to enter online If you’d rather enter in the traditional way, you can still print out the form and mail [...]

Thank you, Splash 11 contributors, for getting all of your submission materials in on time. As we speak, Rachel is busy at work editing and assembling the book. If you submitted your image digitally, it will soon be professionally checked by our in-house color corrections department. Please be aware that I may still contact you [...]

Here is the updated list of whose art and permissions we have in-house. Just a reminder, we will only contact you if there is a problem with your art file or something is missing. Thanks so much to all of you that have sent your materials before the June 12th deadline. So far, so good! [...]

Dear Splash 11 Finalists, I have received artwork and contributor materials for the book from many of you. A big thank you for getting your stuff in before the deadline! Below is a list of whose packages I’ve received. I will add to it a couple of times a week until the deadline of June [...]

It’s a beautiful view from here. Once again, I was faced with the dilemma of viewing many more splendid works of art than would fit into one book. We do our best to judge the paintings “blind,” i.e. not looking at the names of the artists until later, and I was pleased this time around [...]

No discussion of the beautiful Splash series would be complete without mention of Splash‘s sister series (or is it brother?), Strokes of Genius. With over 100 featured artists, Strokes of Genius 2: The Best of Drawing Light and Shadow (the follow-up to the successful Strokes of Genius, 2007) is a stunning collection of art. Every [...]

Dear Splash contestants, A heartfelt thanks to everyone who submitted artwork for Splash 11: New Directions. In all, 111 artists have been selected to have their work appear in the latest volume of the Best of Watercolor series. Sometime next week, winners will receive a mailed packet of detailed instructions about what to do next, [...]

Dearest Splash 11 contestants, Thank you all for your beautiful and thoughtful submissions to Splash 11: New Directions. We at North Light feel honored that you have chosen to share your inspired works with us. Thanks to a record number of entries, Rachel Wolf definitely has her work cut out for her. Please check back [...]

Greetings, Splash friends! Thank you all for your submissions to the latest, greatest Splash contest, New Directions! We at North Light have decided to extend the deadline one more week, so keep those entries coming! We will accept submissions postmarked through the 26th of January, 2009. Best of luck! The Staff at North Light

Nita Leland’s book signing was a big success! Throughout the night over 75 artists and fans stopped by to meet Nita and celebrate the release of Confident Color. Photos of the Dayton book signing Candid photo spread of Confident Color signing and contributor exhibition at The Artist’s Showplace held October 10th, 2008, in Dallas, Texas. [...]

Are you a Splash watercolorist living in the Dayton area? Please join North Light author and Splash contributor Nita Leland for a book signing this Thursday, October 16th at Books & Co. in the Greene shopping plaza in Beavercreek, Ohio. Meet the author and purchase a signed copy of the new-in-print Confident Color: An Artist’s [...]

We’re so glad to be able to offer you this space, where you can find lots of information about the Splash series—what it is, how to enter, what the rules are, where to find Splash books, etc. We’re now gearing up for Splash 11: New Directions (how time flies—I remember working on Splash 4, which [...]

I remember planning the first edition of Splash back in January of 1990. I had been nurtured in fine art academies, trained in classical drawing techniques and oil painting. Watercolor was fairly new to me. When I joined David Lewis and Greg Albert at North Light there were only the three of us in the [...]

North Light Books will offer the best in contemporary watercolor from years past with limited edition reprints of Splash 4 through 8! Check back soon for a list of retailers near you.

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