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The Dark Horse

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Contest Rules

The Dark HorseNO PHOTOGRAPHY. Only paintings and drawings.
BLACK HORSES, BLUE ROAN (these horses are an even, dark grey (NOT LIGHT GREY) and darker head and legs), LIVER CHESTNUT (Some have blonde, red or flaxen manes) ONLY. The darkest versions of these colors.
Please stick to these three colors. The horses bodies have to be all black, all dark, charcoal grey (blue roan), and all dark, dark brown (liver chestnut).


1. Enter up to 3 horse images
2. Horses must be the main subject. Objects or people near or on the horse okay.
3. Drawings and paintings only. NO PHOTOGRAPHY.
4. 100% digitally created painting are very welcome. No altered photos.
5. Be sure no frames or paper edges visible. Blurry, pixelated, exposed edges, and images that are too dark or over exposed will be removed from the contest.
6. Mythical, impressionistic, and abstract are very welcome
7. No nudes. Must be child safe images.

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Images not following the rules will be removed.

Submission Rules

Each participant may submit 3 images.

Voting Rules

1)   Votes may be cast by any visitor to FineArtAmerica.com (members and non-members).

2)   You may only vote once per image.

3)   You may vote for as many images as you like... but only once for any given image.

Contest Timeline

Status: This contest is over.

Submissions Begin

Saturday, November 17th, 2012 - 6:45 PM

Submissions End / Voting Begins

Sunday, November 25th, 2012 - 6:45 PM

Voting Ends / Prizes Awarded

Friday, November 30th, 2012 - 6:45 PM

Current Time (Eastern United States)

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 - 12:47 AM

Contest Prizes

This contest is just for fun.   The prize is knowing that you won... and hopefully introducing someone new to your artwork!

Contest Organizer

Jani Freimann

Port Orchard, WA

United States

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