When an artist paints with color and pigments, a palette becomes more than a mixing board — it’s more of a toolkit for storytelling! Every shade, every tint, and every stroke holds the power to move hearts, incite thoughts, and capture the depth of human experience. At TERAVARNA art gallery, we believe that color painting isn’t just about beauty; it’s how you create narratives that are as intense and memorable as the colors on the palette.
So, are you dealing with colors – then it’s the time for you to step into the story. Browse TERAVARNA art gallery’s open call for color contest, as we invite artists to bring their color art to life and share it with the world at large. That’s how you celebrate your bold creativity and fearless color artistry.
Why Color Painting Still Matters in Art?
Why colors matter – it goes beyond explaining! We all are used to seeing and interpreting things in specks of colors. Right from the charcoal handprints of prehistoric caves to the digital palettes of contemporary creations, colorful art has been an unbroken thread in human expression. Hues and shades hold symbolic meaning — while blue whispers calm, red shows passion, gold echoes grandeur. All of them speak a language older than words, crossing cultures, distances, and centuries.
Yes, the choice of colors is not enough. It’s more important how you arrange the palette, create contrasts, and let them breathe within your work. That’s how color artistry becomes a storytelling craft, and your brushstrokes, the narrator.
The TERAVARNA Touch!
The name of TERAVARNA art gallery stands tall in a world where social feeds scroll past us at lightning speed. Here, art is not just meant for entertainment but lived as an experience. The online shows and exhibitions give color painting the stage it deserves. We invite and curate submissions that push boundaries — be it surreal dreamscapes with a kaleidoscope of pigments, or delicate watercolor strokes that whisper unheard stories.
While artists submit their work for our virtual color contest, we don’t just hang their works on a wall or display them on screen – we try to create a dialogue, a collective conversation with fellow artists, with viewers, and with the consciousness of the art community. That’s something unique about the art gallery experience!
Your Color Palette is a Storyteller!
If your color palette is a storyteller, then what about the casting crew? Who will be the dominant voice, and who will be supporting characters?
The Protagonist:
Let the dominant hue, the one that carries the emotional weight be the protagonist.
The Supporting Roles:
The complementary shades or the accents that you add for complexity will play the supporting roles.
The setting:
Your narrative must have a background tone – let this be the setting of the drama.
Whether you like to create bold and unapologetic color artwork or you prefer to male it soft and layered – your choices will decide the emotional journey of the viewers. A well-balanced color combination will make your viewers pause and reflect, or even see the world from a different perspective.
Why Join the Color Contest Now
Here, at TERAVARNA, color contest is not just about competition — it’s a global orchestra of artistic voices. If you win, you will have international recognition, certificates of excellence, and opportunities for gallery showcases. Not just prize money, it’s about being part of a color art movement that engages creators in a diversity of expression.
What are the mediums you can use:
For better contrasts, oil and acrylic works are welcome.
For work with emotional depth, watercolors work best with layered transparency.
Mixed media works that redefine the boundaries of color artistry.
We also welcome digital art that shows the rare chemistry of colored pixels.
What Happens After You Submit
Your work will be carefully reviewed after submission for technical skill and storytelling power. Selected works will be shown at our curated online exhibitions, for our global viewers. Some of our past participants have their works sold, commissioned, or spotlighted in art publications too!
For the emerging voices, this is a rare opportunity!
For the already established ones, it’s an endorsement of their color skills as prominent voices in the global art conversation.
How to Make Your Color Artwork Stand Out?
So, if you have been intrigued so far, and plan to submit your color creations, these few points will help you make your work unforgettable -
There must be a story: Even an abstract color painting can have an inherent narrative!
Use Contrast Wisely: Heighten the emotional drama with proper use of color contrasts.
Play with Light: Various lighting conditions determine the fate of your composition.
Keep the Viewer’s Engaged: Have all the eyes engaged as your colors guide their gaze.
Create, Submit and Be a Part of the Bigger Picture!
Through art, the creator starts a dialogue with the world; TERAVARNA’s color contest offers artists this excellent opportunity to join such dialogues in the most vibrant way possible. No matter your skill set, share your perspective in a colorful way, to be a part of the larger picture of contemporary art.
Don’t think much! Hold your palette, let colors merge, fight, breathe, or whisper. Your next piece could be the one that keeps the gazes locked — not for the color appeal, but because of its timelessness!
Submit your creations to TERAVARNA’s Color Art Contest today, and turn your palette into a powerhouse of stories.
