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Felix it's nice that you are adding more interest to the site but beware of making the site too competitive Felix, you don't want all the novices (and there are a lot of us) feeling out of the loop. Don't forget the reasons we come here, one important reason is that we are not judged. Its what makes twoinchbrush a great platform. A place we can get help, advice, encouragement, constructive criticism and discussion. I can only speak for myself, not being judged is the main reason I'm still here.

Thank you all for your input!

We'll probably start with 3 weeks to upload paintings, 1 week to vote on them.

TheLandscapePainter Keeping it open and non-judgemental is my main concerns with this project. I want everyone to be able to enter in these events without fear of 'losing a contest' or any other negative feelings. After all this is a place of positivity.
What do you think of keeping all votes secret and only showing the top 3 entries, without any order? So you'd only know if you uploaded one of the three most liked entries, but not your exact position or the number of votes you received?

I'll leave this topic open for a while longer. Unless we get some longer period of bad weather here in Austria it will probably take until fall to add this to the site anyways.
(It's hard to stay inside to code on the weekends during summer after spending all week doing the same for my day job )

Without question a great idea. Thanks for continuing to evolve this site- Great Job!!!

Felix However you decide to do it Felix I am sure it will be just fine. I would be happy to take part and I see a lot of members are excited about it. I haven't done a seascape yet so that would take me right out of my comfort zone so I do understand where you are coming from and I'm looking forward to it. I haven't painted for 9 months for health reasons and it's time I got back into it. One of your projects is most welcome at this time.

Lilikins Great idea! I think I'll just allow to vote for as many paintings as one would like

Felix
lol you may want to limit it. I know I would probably just start giving everyone a vote because I would feel bad. But maybe everyone else will behave. I have no self control.

This sounds like a really fun idea. As @Sunnylady mentioned in her reply, I am not particularly competitive (except with myself) but I think this type of event could be really rewarding and allow us all to interact a bit more, which would be great, because the community here is the best of the internet, in my opinion.

I think secret voting is a nice idea, also perhaps different prize categories, if applicable, that could recognize various aspects of painting. I'm thinking things like: great brush work, adventurous spirit, breakthrough work, etc. Just thinking out loud.

Honestly I’m not a fan of contests. I do this just for fun. But what I really think would be a good idea, that it’s possible to have a like option for every painting. Sometimes I just want to say in an easy way that I like a painting without writing. As a non native English speaker it is sometimes hard for me to find the right words and I have to think about them for a long time. If I had a like button it would be easier... just an idea.

Felix dude I had no idea you’re in Austria! Once I work through all my donors for my project do you mind if I send you a couple of paintings? You can keep one and set one out, or hide both! (Side note: if you know any kitchens who are just dying for an American chef, hit me up, I want off President Trump’s wild ride)

Felix lol realistically I’m not leaving anytime soon, I would love for this project to take off and pay the bills but that’s really not what it’s for. But a gal can dream!

Felix
I like me the idea of contests and of prizes. Perhaps there is an entry fee, and the prizes come from that?

I think one contest a month would be easy. *Or do one quarterly that runs for the whole month? That makes it easy to remember cut off dates.

happylittletreeshhi Canada is but a short drive from here. Don't think I haven't thought of it. Liberal democracy, sure, but also Tim Horton's.

Felix Love the idea, I don't look at art as a contest, but on the same token it will give people a chance to try something out of their comfort zone that they wouldn't have tried. I'm in!

I like the idea of a quarterly event. I'd definitely participate.

Yes I would very much be down for this type of event, on any level really, that way it allows some of us an opportunity to get our names out there and noticed, not only within our own community that are regular posters, but, maybe helping some of the shyer members gain the confidence to post more regularly and get more familiar with one another. I will be looking forward to what this turns into. If I am able to offer any specific help I will be sure to contact and let know!
Happy painting, and God bless!

Excellent Idea! I think that would be a great motivator. Lets get it done! Thank you for this site, I love it!