Open calls & results
Drawing competitions
Artisan competitions only accept genuine handmade work with a full creative process. Once entered, your artwork appears in the competition gallery, where the curators pick the winner.
Competition list
6 competitions
- OpenTheme · family
Friends and Family
Drawings about the people we keep close: friends, siblings, parents, neighbours, pets. Group portraits, single figures and everyday scenes are all welcome.
- Starts:
- September 12, 2026
- Ends:
- October 8, 2026
- OpenTheme · feelings
Drawing Feelings
A themed round for drawings that put a feeling on the page — colour, scale and repetition are all fair game. Entries stay visible in the gallery for the whole round, and the curators pick one winner after the deadline.
- Starts:
- September 10, 2026
- Ends:
- October 1, 2026
- UpcomingTheme · movement
Movement and Energy
A round for drawings that move: running figures, boats, wind, spinning marks. Speed lines, blur and repetition are all part of the vocabulary.
- Starts:
- October 4, 2026
- Ends:
- November 22, 2026
- UpcomingTheme · interests
Special Interests
A round about the subjects an artist returns to again and again — one object, one animal, one machine, drawn from every angle. Registration opens on the start date.
- Starts:
- September 20, 2026
- Ends:
- October 28, 2026
- ClosedTheme · celebration
Holiday and Celebration Drawings
A finished round about festivals, holidays, birthdays and the drawings that get hung on the fridge. The entries below are kept as the public record of the round.
- Starts:
- June 30, 2026
- Ends:
- August 4, 2026
- ClosedTheme · everyday
Everyday Life in Line and Colour
An archived round about ordinary scenes: streets, doorways, shops, rooms, the walk to school. The gallery stays public so the drawings can still be browsed.
- Starts:
- April 26, 2026
- Ends:
- June 10, 2026