Enter our Portrait Sketch Competition by July 1!

Oil Sketch by Ted Minoff, 2012.

Apply to enter our Portrait Sketch Competition by this Monday, July 1! Over 100 applications have been requested but so far twenty actual applications have been received. How many of you will hold out until late Sunday night? We shall see. Email in your application by early Tuesday morning and it will be accepted.

For those of you who missed the earlier post about our August Portrait Sketch Competition, here is a summary:

Ten finalists selected from online applications (due Monday) will paint six different portraits in three days at GCA in New York. The dates are August 27 - 29 (Tuesday - Thursday).  The participants will paint together in the same studio from the same model -- a live event modeled after the concours of the 19th century. Two single-session, four-hour portraits will be painted each day; 9am-1pm and 2-6pm. The six portraits will be judged as a group. First place prize is $1,000 and Second Place is $500. There is no application fee.

To read more, visit our website.
To submit an online application now, click here!

To see the work in person, drop in daily from 1-2pm and view the paintings still wet on the easels! The Awards Party/Final Viewing is Thursday, August 29, 7-9pm. Click to RSVP for the party.

For those of you who aren't able to join us at any of the public events, please follow the competition as it unfolds on our Facebook page. The portraits will be posted daily.

Dates: August 27, 28 & 29
Application Deadline: Monday, July 1. Apply now!
Location: GCA's South Studio, 20 W. 44th Street, NY, NY 10036
Public Events:
-Daily lunch-hour viewings, 1-2pm, August 27-29.
-Awards Party/Final Viewing, August 29, 7-9pm.
Click to RSVP for the party.
Any Questions? Email: grandcentralacademy@gmail.com