Members Art Challenge: April

Travel stories

Enter our monthly Art Challenge and create a drawing responding to our theme - Travel stories
Taking inspiration from works in the AGNSW collection, our challenges offer a great opportunity for artistic expression plus a chance to win a Faber-Castell art pack, courtesy of program sponsor Faber-Castell.

Although travel restrictions continue to keep us close to home, we can still dream and plan for a trip in the future.

Where is your dream destination?

Create a postcard image of a favourite travel destination. Is it somewhere you’d like to visit again, or somewhere new? Perhaps you're longing to visit friends or family in distant places. Whether it’s an illustration of a memory, imagination, last year’s holiday snaps or colourful travel brochures, we’d love to hear about your dream holiday.

Add a greeting! We can't wait to hear about your trip!

How to enter

Create a drawing responding to the theme of Travel stories.

Take a photo of your drawing and email it to
artchallenge@artgallerysociety.org.au

Please include your name, age, address, phone number, the drawing materials you used, plus your membership number.

Entries close Thursday, 29 April 2021

Please see full terms and conditions below.

Sketching is a wonderful opportunity to absorb and maintain the memory of places and experiences while travelling.

Many artists have enjoyed making sketches on their travels. Here is a selection from the AGNSW collection.

AGNSW collection Utagawa Kuniyoshi From Minaguchi to Kyoto 1833-1835
AGNSW collection Utagawa Kuniyoshi From Minaguchi to Kyoto 1833-1835
AGNSW collection Frank Hodgkinson Duomo, Florence 1948
AGNSW collection Frank Hodgkinson Duomo, Florence 1948
AGNSW collection Lloyd Rees Café, Mýkonos 1966
AGNSW collection Lloyd Rees Café, Mýkonos 1966
AGNSW collection Brett Whiteley (Street scene, Paris) 1960
AGNSW collection Brett Whiteley (Street scene, Paris) 1960
AGNSW collection David Hockney Rue de Seine 1972
AGNSW collection David Hockney Rue de Seine 1972
AGNSW collection Ethel Spowers Val de Grace, Paris 1923
AGNSW collection Ethel Spowers Val de Grace, Paris 1923
AGNSW collection Arthur Streeton Canal scene, Venice 1912
AGNSW collection Arthur Streeton Canal scene, Venice 1912
AGNSW collection Chris O'Doherty (aka Reg Mombassa) View of Ballina from hotel window 1982
AGNSW collection Chris O'Doherty (aka Reg Mombassa) View of Ballina from hotel window 1982
AGNSW collection Eugene von Guérard Milford Sound, with Pembroke Peak and Bowen Falls 1877-1879
AGNSW collection Eugene von Guérard Milford Sound, with Pembroke Peak and Bowen Falls 1877-1879

Connect with us

We’d love to see your work!
Take a photograph of your finished drawing and tag us on Instagram @agnswmembers

Terms and conditions

Email a photo of your drawing to artchallenge@artgallerysociety.org.au

Please submit a good-quality image, minimum 2MB. A large format photo from a smart phone is fine.

Your entry must include: your name, age, address, phone number, membership number and the medium you used.

Accepted mediums: pencil, coloured or aquarelle pencil, watercolour, pastel, charcoal, crayon

Works must be specifically created for and respond to the theme Travel stories.

You cannot submit a pre-existing work.

All entrants must be a current member of the Art Gallery Society of NSW.

Entries close Thursday 29 April 2021, 11.59pm