
Nominations
1. Landscape
2. Architecture
3. Portrait
4. Still life
5. Fauna
6. Flora
7. Water essence
8. The symbolic picture
9. Thematic composition / storytelling picture
10. Pastel experiments
Number of works:
The author may submit to the contest any number of works, including series - up to 3 sheets, in one or more nominations.
Each work is evaluated as an independent work, with its own rating. A series is evaluated as one piece (diptych, triptych).
Evaluation criterias:
a) Originality of the creative idea;
b) Compositional integrity, color and tonal solution;
d) Technical and performing skills;
Please note: The quality of the submitted images will also play a role in the judging process.
Schedule / Contest Location

Schedule of the PASTELium Contest
Belarus, Minsk: July 27 - August 17, 2022
Registration deadline: until July 19, 2022
Address: Minsk, Oktyabrskaya, 1
Art Gallery of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts
Russia, Moscow: November 29 - December 7, 2022
Registration deadline: until November 7, 2022
Address: Moscow, Kuznetsky Most st., 20
Exhibition halls of the Moscow Union of Artists