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Welcome to this weeks results from the art challenge – Family. It stirred plenty of emotions this week and I think you will see from the images below we have some wonderful family paintings and drawings to view. Also some…
Art had finished for me when I left school. Now retired I have been lucky enough to travel and see some wonderful things. However, our last cruise in March 2019 went disastrously wrong off the coast of Norway. Having survived…
A big thank you to Monika Cilmi, my tutor on the coloured pencils course. I have finally finished my amazing journey. The support and encouragement she gave me has inspired me to book onto the illustrations course. Plus Monika gave…
I tried a lot of subjects in the Illustration Diploma Course. I think each topic is interesting, such as drawing comics based on text, creating picture books, or creating illustrations of your own choice of lyrics. In my opinion, the…
Sadly the well known and much loved illustrator Victor Ambrus passed away recently at the age of 85. Victor was a Hungarian-born British illustrator of history, folk tales, and animal story books. He was also well known for his appearances on the TV…
Welcome to our latest challenge and this weeks theme is ‘Family’. What does family mean to you? Try to convey this on paper or canvas – or digitally. In any form. Let us know why you have created the artwork…
Welcome to our weekend challenge results from the Alphabet Letter C Challenge. What a challenge! We have received a phenomenal amount of pieces of artwork and we really hope that you enjoy viewing them all below. Our feature images this…
Student Alyson Fairchild is working on our Beginners Drawing Course with tutor Steven Hersey. Steven was extremely impressed with Alyson’s artwork and so we have added some of her drawings below. We love her detailed pen and ink work especially….
Sue Harper is a new student to the London Art college and has recently enrolled on our Coloured Pencil Art Course. She has just completed her first set of artwork, a few of which you can see below. Tutor Monika…
Student Robyn Hoskins has created two amazing illustrations for her set 5 work for the Illustration Diploma Course. Tutor Steven Hersey was particularly impressed with them and asked if we could show them here on our blog. We were delighted…
Welcome to our Alphabet Challenge. Every month we will have a new letter of the alphabet and students can draw or paint anything as long as it is beginning with that letter. Students need to get creative with anything beginning…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge – Under the sea. What a colourful challenge this has turned out to be. We absolutely love all of the artwork created this weekend, so much work has gone into them,, everyone should…
Student Benjamin Magesh has just completed the Portrait Painting course with flying colours and passed with a distinction. We have added Benjamin’s final set of paintings below and we know that you are going to be hugely impressed with his…
At the beginning of lockdown in March 2020 my 94-year-old mother had come to live with me. I was looking for something that we could do together and came up with drawing and / or painting. Although my mother did…
Some images have come to light on Facebook regarding a student from 1954! Salvu Scerri signed up for our Press Drawing course and you can see a photo of him below, along with the letter and part of the course…
This challenge has been suggested by student Maria Moon. We love this idea and we hope that the photos below prove to be a good source of inspiration to you all. Draw or paint anything that lives under the sea…
Welcome to our weekend art challenge which was based on the theme of the colours Red and Black. We set the students the task to try to create artwork only using the colours red and black. There can be other…
Illustrating Children’s Book student Cheryl Day has completed two stunning pieces of artwork for her first set of artwork. Tutor Maggy Roberts was delighted with them both and asked for them to appear on our college news blog. We have…
My favourite watercolour artists are Ann Mortimer and Geoff Kersey, I do really like their evocative realism style of painting, but I also love Hazel Soan’s loose style. For this assignment, I made a painting that depicts a group of…
London Art College student Olga Polianska has very kindly written about her artwork below. Olga studied on our Painting & Drawing Diploma Course and passed with a Distinction with tutor Paul Weaver. Lake:This work is inspired by the unusual shades…
Discover the entire Bayeux Tapestry following online the 70 meter-long embroidered canvas which tells the story of the conquest of England in 1066. Official digital representation of the Bayeux Tapestry – 11th century. Credits: City of Bayeux, DRAC Normandie, University of…
Welcome to our Colour Challenge. Each month we provide a new colour challenge whereby students can draw or paint anything they would like, as long as it is within those colours. This month it is ‘red and black’! We understand…
Welcome to our weekend challenge all about ‘Australia’. Thank you to Thakur Balbeer Singh who suggested we have a set of challenges all about travelling the world and so we started with Australia. You can see Thakur watercolour painting of a…
The ‘Australia’ prompt for this weekend’s challenge brought a welcome opportunity for me to look back in time. Since my retirement three years ago, and until travel was halted by the global pandemic, I divided my time between Cornwall, UK,…
Pet Portrait student Jenny Pulford has completed her set 5 artwork for the Diploma course and we have added some of it below for you all to see. Jenny has very cleverly taken three separate photos, one each of her…
Student Rob Pilsworth created both of these wonderful paintings while studying on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Rob’s style of painting is superb and our art course allowed him to develop his style and given him time to work…
Tatjana Tarasenko is studying our Oil Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. The following pieces are from one of Tatjana’s recent sets of artwork and you can follow her text about experimenting with a pallet knife along with viewing the…
I was a complete beginner before taking this course, sketching in pencil for fun. I wanted to improve but I struggled to know what to do to reach the next level. I had no structure to my practice and only…
Fiery Fred in watercolour and Indian ink. Felt pens. Paper – Opus cold pressed watercolour paper. Mother always said a dragon should never burp in public. Now Fred knew why. “I think I can smell smoke,” the villager said as…
Although doing art at ‘A’ Level, I only started doing art again when I retired. Initially I started with pastels but have now progressed to using coloured pencils which are far less messy. My strong point is drawing and therefore…
Student Thakur Balbeer Singh suggested that we have a set of challenges based on places around the world. Kind of like a world tour! We thought it was great idea and a good chance to for our students to, not…
Welcome to this months Alphabet Challenge for the letter B. You can see how much fun our students have had this weekend and what great challenges these are turning out to B! 🙂 Our feature image is shared by Sarah…
The following is by student Anne-Sophie Laugier who has recently sent in her final assignment for the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course with tutor Maggy Roberts… I chose to do the exercise digitally, because it was easier for me to…
London Art College student Shazia Tabassum studied on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and was able to devote time to practice with a variety of different mediums and subjects. Shazia experimented with wet in wet watercolour washes for her…
Some absolutely amazing illustrations and paintings from student Hester Groen De Porto who is studying our Painting and Drawing Diploma Course. Hester explains why he chose to enrol with the London Art College… I am a beginner with drawing and…
The work below is by student Monica Bonvicini who created a logo for a traditional hat maker for one of her assignments on the Graphic Design Art Course. Tutor Vanessa Weaver says.. “Monica’s experimentation with the styling of the logo…
Student Robyn Hopkins has created three incredible illustrations for songs for her first assignment on the Illustration Diploma. Tutor Steven encourages students to start thinking visually, with a gentle introduction to transforming words into pictures. Robyn has created three remarkable…
Welcome to the results of this weekend’s art challenge – Macro. Some fantastic results from our students this week. We think everyone enjoyed looking at objects up close. We love the Dragonfruit painting by Lisa Emls below, very bold, bright,…
Tutor Heather Jolliffe has alerted us to a new exhibition for artists of all ages and abilities whilst we are all in lockdown. Its called The Great Big Art Exhibition which has been helped get started by artist Antony Gormley….
My name is Leila and I am an illustrator living in the beautiful region of Hertfordshire in the UK. I am an alumni of the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course offered by the London Art College and tutored by Maggy…
All of my paintings are painted using Chinese inks on Chinese paper. Although I have experimented using watercolour paper, I feel only the Chinese rice/mulberry papers really give an authentic look feel and indeed experience of Chinese brush painting. As…
A new blog post by London Art College tutor, called The Durham Union Debate by Alan Dedman, is now live on his blog. He would like to encourage his students, and of course all of the London Art College students,…
Student Charlie Keeffe is currently working on the Illustration Diploma wth tutor Steven Hersey and has created these wonderful illustrations for his second assignment. Steven said “I did my assessment today for his second assignment, and thought this was a…
With the master work I tried to take on board the brief and create an image which was vibrant and inviting, that had a fun almost carnival atmosphere. Even thought the tortoises shell is centre stage, the birds feathers provide…
This is work from Emily Hemmings, who has been exploring different subject matter in pen and ink on the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. She has produced 4 very different pieces of work, experimenting with different techniques of shading – what…
I was an amateur in drawing and painting and as I wanted to develop my skills I joined the London Art College. My tutor Mr. Paul Weaver guided and motivated me very well and his help scaled up my understanding…
Today’s art challenge is by student Elizabeth Robinson and it’s all about looking at the fine detail in an object or subject. We would love for you to portray something up close and zoomed in. Macro photography is fascinating and…
Welcome to the results of the art challenge – Pink & Blue. Or Blue & Pink! To say this was a popular challenge is an understatement. We are blown away by the response. All we can say is take your…
Drawing and Painting Diploma student Jill Charnley completed her course and passed with flying colours achieving a distinction. The standard of Jill’s work is absolutely superb and we thought that our current students would very much enjoy viewing it. Jill…
Tutor Paul Weaver has given student Cheryl Winn a distinction for all of her hard work on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Paul said of the diploma….. ‘Well deserved and a great end to the year for her, she really…
This drawing was inspired by the Green & White weekend challenge, I wanted to show how white is never really pure white and how greens can be full of blues and yellows . Using some house plants and an old…
Student Inga Berkenstrater has created a wonderful Fiery Fred for the Illustrating Children’s books Diploma Course. Isn’t it fantastic! Happy Sunday everyone!
I am enjoying the Cartooning Course with John Byrne. Drawing is keeping me amused and busy during the lockdown and I hope some of my cartoons raise a smile. A few of them have been accepted in my local magazine…
“Who likes 1000 knots in her haireedoo?Coco does … thats who. This is the hilHAIRious tale of how Coco’s exhausted mom solves the HAIRoble challenge of brushing her daughter’s long, crazy hair. It’s whimsical & wacky with a positive message…
About five years ago I was painting fairly traditional watercolour landscapes. We began spending half the year in Spain so I painted the scenery both in Spain and on the Cambridgeshire fens. Then I did the cartooning course with London…
Welcome to our Colour Challenge. As our last colour challenge was so popular, we have decided that once a month we will provide a new colour challenge. Students can draw or paint anything they would like, as long as it…
Welcome to this weeks results for our art challenge. Oh and yes … the theme was …Stars, Planets & Nebulas! We had some confusion at the beginning of the week as a few students thought that we were carrying on…
I am taking the Chinese Brush Painting Course with tutor Monika Cilmi. Holding the brush differently from a pen has taken some getting used to. I am starting to feel a little more control. With the permanence of the ink…
I am taking the Coloured Pencil Drawing Course with tutor Monika Cilmi. This is a picture of a fox, I have nicknamed Henry. He was something I enjoyed creating. Done on Bristol board A4 and polychromos pencils, from start to…
Student Sidney Pletschke has just completed the Illustration diploma and here is a few of Sidneys pieces from his last assignment. Steven was thrilled with his work and said… “Sidney Pietschke has recently completed the course. Again, a really well…
Welcome to our second art challenge of the year. This art challenge was chosen by student Maria Moon, who is currently completing our Drawing and Painting Diploma. The challenge is to create artwork along the lines of Stars, Planets, nebulas,…
Welcome to the results of the first weekend challenge of the year! We set our students a challenge of creating a piece of artwork starting with the letter A. It could have been on any topic or subject as long…
My journey started in May after recovering from COVID. Having done no art since my school days lockdown and the closing of my business gave me the opportunity to dabble. I have always been a fan of colour pencil work…
Fiona Van Brabant is currently taking the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with tutor Maggy Roberts. Maggy was particularly impressed with Fiona’s funny animals and wanted us to showcase them on our blog. We hope that they make you smile. Fiona’s…
“Retiring and ‘lockdown ‘ has been my inspiration to participate in the Coloured Pencil Course. I have painted or drawn for many years but have been restricted by time constraints. I have drawn with Prismacolor pencils for approx five years…
Welcome to our Alphabet Challenge. Each month we will have a new letter of the alphabet and students can draw or paint anything as long as it is beginning with that letter. This challenge comes thanks to student Pete Woolgar!…
My name is Sam Green and I have completed the Pastels Course with tutor Monica Cilmi. The horse portrait, is of a chestnut event horse, that I had the pleasure of photographing. He was completed on Clairfontaine Pastelmat paper, with…
Brenda Davies passed the Drawing and Painting Diploma with a distinction. Tutor Paul Weaver said …. “..Brenda really worked hard, applied herself to the exercises and improved greatly as she worked through the course…” We have added some of Brendas…
Student Lesley Booth has submitted her first assignment for the Coloured Pencil Course and tutor Monika Cilmi was delighted to receive it. Monika said.. .”..I think she has started so well and she is so skilled and talented, I am…
Susan Tucker has just passed her Drawing and Painting Diploma with a Distinction which is great news! Tutor Paul weaver said… “Susan always worked very hard and applied herself to every piece she drew or painted…” Congratulations Susan, we absolutely love…
A wonderful New Year painting today by student Shailaja Rathinavel. We love the sparkle and movement, well done Shailaja! “Forget the shortcomings of the previous year and embrace this fresh start with utmost zeal. Happy new year everyone!” Shailaja Rathinavel
Happy New Year to you all from the London Art College!! There is no doubt in anyones minds that this has been one of the most challenging years in recent times. We hope 2021 will be a chance for everyone to welcome…
So to our final festive artwork of the year! Student Pauline Burke has created this wonderful wintery pastel painting of a hedgehog and his pal and we love it. We hope it makes you all smile too. It is a…
London Art College student Rose-Marie Biehlig is currently taking the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course. Her wintery watercolour below is absolutely stunning, her crisp fresh colours are delightful. We love featuring Rose-Maries artwork her eon our blog and we are…