While the preponderance of my work, from creation to time on project is done with pen in hand, on occasion I include other mediums, such as charcoal, colored pencil or gouache watercolor. The first two, charcoal and pencils are easy, I am still drawing and that is my category. However, the complication comes when I add in the watercolors. On the few pieces in which I have incorporated watercolors into, the vast major of work and time is spend drawing. My question then is thus, does this create a problem with juries or shows, since it could be construed as 'multi-media'? I usually include only on such piece in my jury images and my booth shot shows a collective body of work that ALWAYS includes pen and ink as the sole medium or the predominant one. Any suggestions, comments or advice is welcome. (I sure would hate to leave the drawing category and I don't really want to always include the watercolors.)

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  • I am still new to art show jurying as well, so I guess I am in a similar situation. I do a hybrid drawing / paintings made with ink, pen and ink, and acrylic. Sometimes I also use graphite or incorporate other media (like mosaic or paper collage). For regular art shows at galleries I have always put down mixed media. Or if i have to put down one or  the other I go with painting. But I am following this discussion to gain some insights (hopefully). 

    The two shows I applied to I had put down multimedia and got into them both. However, I did describe what I did in my art statement so maybe that is something you need to do as well? I would love to see some examples of your work by the way. Here is one of mine.

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  • The question is what medium would the jurors think your work is. Without seeing anything I would think that you should still apply in drawing. I've seen color in the drawing category and would think it works fine.

    If you're thinking of mixed media, I would think it's not going to work for you because a lot of artists have much more creative combinations of materials that actually need an explanation to understand what they're doing.

    Larry Berman
    http://BermanGraphics.com
    412-401-8100

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