Call Description

Transparent Watercolor Society of America 2025

2nd Biennial Member Online Exhibition-

Sept -Oct 31, 2023.

ENTRIES Accepted:  JULY 1 - JULY 31, 2025 11:59 PM          

     Acceptance notification prior to August 15th, 2025.

Open to Artist Residents of North America 18 years or older who do not hold Signature status with TWSA, NWS or AWS and were not juried into the TWSA 2025 Annual Exhibition.

- Must be a current member of TWSA whose dues are paid for 2025. If you are not a member, join prior to entering.www.watercolors.org Joining now will cover 2025 dues. (Renewal Jan 2026)

•  Must be the original work painted by the artist not done in class or under supervision.
- May not be a copy, likeness or derivative of another person’s artistic creation.
-Artists may enter one or two images online via Café for a $25 entry fee– only one per artist may be juried in.

No work previously exhibited with TWSA may be submitted.

No minimum or maximum size for this online - virtual exhibition.

No restriction on date entry was created. 

- A Reminder: during Exhibition dates, accepted artwork may not be displayed elsewhere, in live exhibitions/virtual venues.

Jurors Lenox Wallace and Donna Jill Witty, TWSA Masters. Jurors will select up to 100 paintings to show online.

First place - $1,000 

Second place - $750 

Third place - $500

Awards of Merit $250

Honorable Mentions $100

Top three award winners receive one point, one-time credit towards signature status. 3 points=signature status. Must receive other 2 points via TWSA Annual in person Exhibition.

Award amounts subject to increase in amount or count depending on participation.

REQUIREMENTS OF PAINTINGS
• Must be transparent watercolor, applied on a single piece of rag or wood pulp paper that is free of pigment and imbedded materials.
  For a complete description of transparency go to the FAQ tab at the top of the https://watercolors.org page.

The following grounds, treatments, and media are excluded/not eligible:

-Graphite pencil may be used only for planning marks.

- Opaque white paint, of any kind- titanium/Chinese white, etc. 

- Gesso, matte medium, priming material or exterior surface treatment.
- Gouache, acrylics, or water-soluble oils
- Inks, metallic, or iridescent paint or products that leave a metallic, graphite, or reflective sheen. Be aware that some of the Daniel Smith prima tek pigments can possibly contain iridescence.
- Watercolor crayon, colored pencil, charcoal, pastel, Conte sticks, or Conte Crayons
- Varnish, wax, wax crayon, oil sticks, or oil pastel
- Collage or surface constructions, impasto, embossing
- Yupo or similar papers.
- Canvas or canvas paper
- Use of digital images or enhancements printed on the paper

• TWSA reserves the right to withdraw any entry it deems inappropriate or objectionable.

Read all communications thoroughly, there will be no refunds of entry fees regardless of the reason.

Fees, sales and liability:

Entry fees are $25 for 1 or 2 images.

• Follow the image upload requirements stated by Café @ www.callforentry.org
- The TWSA Screening Committee will examine all paintings for compliance with its Exhibition requirements.
- Paintings not adhering to requirements will not be exhibited.
- Entry Fees will not be refunded for any reason.
- Images of exhibited artwork may be used without charge for advertising and promotion

Life Members are FREE. Use code, TWSA4Life for entry. TWSA monitors entries.  Improper usage of this coupon code will automatically disqualify your entry.

You must be a current member - you can renew or become a member at https://www.watercolors.org/shop/membership . If you enter without being a member your entry will be void and considered a donation.

Paintings may be listed as Not For Sale (NFS) or Sales price with artist contact info. Artist will be responsible for completion of any sale. No commission will be charged. TWSA is always appreciative of any donations from a sale with the monies going towards the expenses of the Exhibition. After October 1, 2025, the exhibition will move to YouTube with pricing/contact info removed.

(Helpful Information)

• Dollar = Sales Price
• Paintings not for sale must be designated ‘NFS’
• Upload Work - Acceptable Upload-Ready Files

   File Types: JPEG or JPG only

   File Dimensions: 1,200 pixels or greater on the longest side

   File Size: Under 5 MB

• Please allow time for unforeseen circumstances in your submission, you don’t want to miss the deadline.
• Deadlines in CaFE are at 11:59 PM Mountain Time Zone on the day of the deadline.

TO SUBMIT ONLINE IMAGE(S) - VERY DETAILED - IF YOU SIMPLY UPLOAD YOUR IMAGE IT WILL GUIDE YOU.  IF YOU PREFER MORE DETAIL OR HAVE ISSUES, READ BELOW.

- PREPARE YOUR IMAGE FOR UPLOAD
    Image must be JPEG or JPG only.
      Cropped to show only the artwork…no mat or frame may be visible
    Be sure your images are right side up.
    Resize to 1,200 pixels or greater on the longest side

   HOW TO RESIZE YOUR IMAGE FOR UPLOADING

   On a Mac Using Preview:
    1. Select the image file you want to resize.
    2. Right-click/select Open with Preview
    3. Go to Tools, then Adjust Size.
    4. Choose Fit into Custom and resize the image to 1200 pixels or larger on the longest
        side.
    5. Click OK.

    On A PC Computer:
     1. Select the image you want to resize.
     2. Go to the toolbar and select Edit Pictures.
     3. Go to Change Picture Size and click Resize.
     4. Choose Custom and resize to 1200 pixels or larger on the longest side.

Applying is a three-stage process.
    STEP 1: My Portfolio. Upload images.
    STEP 2: Apply to Calls. Search calls and apply.
    STEP 3: Checkout. Complete and checkout.

• UPLOAD images to your PORTFOLIO
• Locate the TWSA Exhibition Call for Entry and hit APPLY NOW
• ENTER Information and Images (follow CaFE guidelines and requirements)
• Images: Minimum 1, Maximum 2
• Entry Fees are $25 for up to two images.
• Life Members are FREE. Use code, TWSA4Life for your entry and you will not be charged.  You will not see that it is no charge until the final screen during checkout.

Fees are non-refundable.  By submitting to this exhibition, you grant the Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA) permission to reproduce any accepted image for display on the TWSA website/YouTube channel as well as to help publicize future exhibitions via newspaper, magazines, mailings and internet.  Information provided on this application will be used in exhibition related materials. (i.e., Your name will appear exactly as submitted on entry form, and the email address you use on your entry will be the email address used for all emailings).

Important reminder regarding use of Coupon Code: These are only to be used by our Life Members. Other use is prohibited and will disqualify the work submitted; the artist will also be banned from future exhibitions.
Exhibition will be displayed on the Transparent Watercolor Society website from September 1st- September 30th, 2025.

Exhibition will be displayed indefinitely on our YouTube Channel. 

TWSAexhibition@aol.com

info@watercolors.org

Application Requirements

Please complete the entire application before submitting.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to Artist Residents of North America 18 years or older who do not hold Signature artist with TWSA, NWS or AWS and were not juried into the TWSA 2023 Annual Exhibition.

- Must be a current member of TWSA whose dues are paid for 2025. If you are not a member, join prior to entering.www.watercolors.org Joining now will cover 2025 dues. (Renewal Jan 2026)

•  Must be the original work painted by the artist not done in class or under supervision.
- May not be a copy, likeness or derivative of another person’s artistic creation.
-Artists may enter one or two images online via Café for a $25 entry fee– only one per artist may be juried in.

No work previously exhibited with TWSA may be submitted.

No restriction on date entry was created.

No minimum or maximum size for this online -virtual exhibition.