Author: London Art College
Almost two years ago I started with my diploma course Botanical Painting. Flowers and plants have been always part of my interest and I even did draw them a lot. So, discovering the online course was for me a gift…
Visionary and Surreal Landscape – this topic was set towards the end of the Landscape Painting Diploma Course. It was an interesting challenge because I had never attempted this type of painting before. My tutor Alan recommended looking at the…
We have a cheery weekend art challenge for everyone this weekend! We would like for you all to come up with some designs which encompass colourful umbrellas. They can be any size, shape and colour and for any theme. They…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge results. This weeks challenge was to try to paint a subject using only green and white. At first glance this challenge possibly sounded easy, however when you start to design or create artwork…
Elizabeth Taylor is studying with tutor Alan Dedman and this is what Elizabeth sent Alan when she enrolled. You can see a few of Elizabeth’s amazing paintings below. I would love to be able to develop my own painting style…
My name is Stuart Brandt and I am currently taking the illustration course with Maggy Roberts and the follow on course too. I really enjoyed this exercise below! I found my perception not the best, but feel the room gives…
Davina is enjoying discovering how versatile drawing with different types of pens can be. Especially in creating the textures and effects of plants and landscapes. She is currently working with Monica Cilmi on the Drawing with Pens course. Visit our…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. At initial glance this challenge might seem easy – paint anything as long as its only using the colours green and white. However the more you start to think about what is it…
Welcome to our sparkling weekend art challenge results. We have received some spectacular pieces of artwork this week from our theme of Fireworks. Our featured image this week is by Latha Bhaduri Prabakar who said …”For my family, fireworks reminds…
When time and work permitted until retirement, I have been a life long keen amateur painter who hates drawing. I am mostly self taught from DVDs and books a few workshops and I also did the Pet Portrait Diploma a…
When I first decided to sign up for the London Art College, I struggled to decide which course to take. I eventually decided on the Still Life Certificate as I was leaning towards a realistic approach and it looked to…
My experience so far of the Digital Illustration Diploma Course: If you are reading this post because you are considering taking the Digital Illustration Diploma course, then let me first say that I can thoroughly recommend it. The course content…
I took the London Art College’s Cartooning course with John Byrne. He asked me to keep him updated with any developments in my cartooning after I finished the course. I have just created a website for my work where I put…
Young student Alex Anderson has already completed the Drawing for Children 1 Course and these drawings are form his second course Drawing for Children 2. We absolutely love them and they have all been created beautifully. The toy digger that…
It’s officially fireworks night on the 5th of November here in the UK and many of us would normally be taking children and grandchildren to watch the displays. Perhaps this year with covid there wont be many happening, however we…
Welcome to our London Art College competition results. Our 2020 competition is now closed and you can view all of the Entries and Finalists on their dedicated pages. We received some incredible entries this year and it was a difficult…
Welcome to our scariest challenge to date! We think our students enjoyed this one! Our featured image is by Barbara Schunk and we love it. So simple, yet striking. You can see the full image at the bottom of the…
London Art College student Ariana Harkiolakis is studying our Digital illustration course with tutor Monique. Ariana has explained how she created both illustrations using digital software. We hope that you find it insightful and if you would like to ahve…
Rosy Davis, is approaching midway through the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. She has produced some lovely typographic work, as well as an excellent tonal study. It really demonstrates her versatility with art and design. The first piece is a…
This weekends art challenge is all about Halloween. Its that time of year again! You can create a scary painting or drawing using your wild imaginations, or perhaps choose to do something a little more traditional with a still life…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge results! We set our students the task of painting or drawing giraffes this week and we have received some amazing artwork yet again. Students have had a busy time with their art material!…
Illustrating Children’s Book Course tutor Maggy Roberts has illustrated a new Kindle book called ‘Flamingo Fashion’ by Samantha Hunter, the Audible read by Michael Maloney. The Kindle book is designed for children between the ages of 3-6 and all profits…
Jennifer Parry has just enrolled on the Coloured pencil course. Monica Cilmi, the tutor for the course, was thrilled with her work and said…. One of my new students from the coloured pencil course is amazing. She has just started…
Here is Alicia Van Wyk’s work. She recently completed the packaging study unit in the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course and has achieved a fantastic solution for a new range of fizzy drinks based on Greek gods and goddesses. These…
I have just completed my assessment of a new student’s work. Her name is Quinttyz Lisay, from the Philippines. Her three final pieces for that set are simply outstanding. Pen work, with great imaginative qualities, wonderful technique and an ability…
Congratulations to Jan Graham who’s Winter Berries painting was chosen for this years Association of Distance Learning Colleges (ADLC) Christmas card. We set students the challenge of coming up with festive themed artwork so that ADLC could choose their favourite….
Welcome to our new weekend art challenge. We would love for you to study Giraffes. They are simply beautiful animals, majestic and powerful, yet so graceful, dainty and friendly too. Students might like to create a realistic painting or drawing…
Welcome to our most recent weekend art challenge, where we set the students the theme to create artwork on Musical Instruments. They had free rein to create paintings and drawings in any way they would like on this theme. The…
Sue Quinn created these two coloured pencil drawings while studying on our Coloured Pencil Course. We have added the reference photos to go along side the drawings as we have found students find it really interesting to compare the artwork…
Deborah Birt has just completed the course with a DISTINCTION! Debbie worked very hard and enjoyed trying different styles and approaches with her drawings and paintings. A selection from each of her sets of assignments can be seen below. Paul WeaverDrawing…
My name is Rachel Pesterfield and I have just completed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. The images below were all from my final assignment. I started with a few photoshoots of myself, my daughters and my nieces. I asked…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge! Do any of you play musical instruments? If you do, or you have access to one, we would love you to paint or draw it for our challenge. Set it up with sone…
This weekends art challenge is a little different as we have been asked by the Association of Distance Learning Colleges (ADLC) to provide artwork for this years Christmas card. You can read about the challenge on our previous blog post…
Tutor Vanessa Weaver has shared some of Petra Trokanova work for our students below to see. Petra is studying the Graphic Design art course and has created some stunning pieces. Vanessa says…. Petra Trokanova is amazing! A very talented artist/designer!…
Pet Portrait – Lockdown Lifeline I signed up to the Pet Portrait course with London Art College back in February as something new and exciting to learn. This was just before the government announced countrywide lockdown. At the time I was…
I’m just on my last assignment for the Pet Portrait Diploma. To date I’ve completed the Children’s Illustrations Diploma, published a book, had some of my work printed on Greetings Cards and in Welsh Country Magazine. I have some experience…
This weeks art challenge comes with a difference! We are looking for a festive piece of artwork to be submitted for consideration for this years ADLC’s Christmas card. The cards are for them to send, not for sale. Credit will…
We are excited to share the entries for this years London Art College art competition. They are all now online on our website at the link below! So many amazing paintings, drawings, mixed media and digital artwork. Our students have…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge results. What an absolutely fantastic theme this week. Perfect for autumn – the colour orange! It has produced some amazing results and some very creative ideas from our students. The featured image this…
Janki Sanghavi is currently studying on our Illustrating Children’s books Diploma course with tutor Maggie Roberts. Janki asked if her work could be featured on our blog and we were delighted to hear from her. Janki said…. I am an…
Tutor Paul Weaver who teaches our Drawing and Painting Diploma has sent us some wonderful artwork for the blog by student Anna Al Tahir. Paul was absolutely thrilled with Annas work and said the following…. Another of my lovely students…
Student Maria Ei Zar has sent us a step by step painting she has recently completed which is called “Delightful” to show on our blog. Maria painted this in watercolour at size 12” x 9”. We love the way that…
This weekends art challenge is simple! All you need to do is draw or paint something orange – or the main part of the image should contain the colour orange similar to the photos below. Try to show and create…
Welcome to this week results of the art challenge we recently set all about Toadstools. The object this week was for students to be creative with the brief and they could use any medium and have fun with the idea….
Steven Hersey who tutors our Illustration Diploma has asked if two pieces of artwork by student Leonie Bosse coudl be shown her eon our blog. We love them as does Steven. who said.. I think these pictures have great charm…
Student Rebecca Blake who has been studying on our Coloured Pencil Drawing Course has produced a collection of lovely portraits whilst on the course. Tutor Monika Cilmi has thoroughly enjoyed tutoring Rebecca and knows from working with her that she…
We have three wonderful pieces of artwork today from students who have been working with tutor Vanessa Weaver on the Graphic Design Art Course. Read more about each piece below. The first illustration is by student Alicia Van Wyk who…
We are looking for students to take a photograph of themselves with their artwork and / or their diploma certificate to be used on our website and social media. Would anyone be up for the challenge? Please email photos to…
Welcome to our last weekend challenge of September! As we are heading into autumn here in the UK, we thought it would be great to challenge our students to create artwork on the theme of toadstools. If you can get…
Welcome to this weeks art challenge results. We set our students a rather tricky task this week to try to create a street scene in perspective from their own photos or imagination. We have received some incredible and very beautiful…
The two pieces of artwork below were created by student Alison Davies on her final set of the Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. Alison has written about each piece and also a lovely testimonial which we have included below. We hope…
Three superb paintings today by London Art College student Oxana Hayball who created these whilst studying still life with tutor Alan Dedman. We love the way Oxana is experimenting viewing the objects at different angles. Which do you like best?…
Mari-Ann Berg has created three tonal sketches, a coloured pencil flower study and a garden scene for one of her sets of assignments on the Drawing & Painting Diploma Course. Read about how Mari-Ann created the artwork below. Duck looking…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This one is going to be a pretty tricky challenge. It’s all about perspective in street scenes. There are lots of ideas below for you to work with, you can choose a street…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. We set students the task of painting or drawing something in black and white. It could be any subject, any medium, any size just as long as it was in black and white….
Abigail OGorman created these beautiful drawings for the Drawing for Children’s Course. Abigail drew her toy dog in pencil and shaded it as a practice and then drew it again and coloured it in. She then collated a few toys…
Monica Phillips created these fantastic pieces whilst working on the Still Life Course with tutor Alan Dedman. We love all of the paintings Monica has painted and particularly admire the way she has handled the glasses and the shine on…
Drawing and Painting Diploma student Veronique Cole has completed her course with tutor Paul Weaver and has passed with a Distinction. We have added a few of Veronique’s paintings and drawings below and hope that you find them inspiring! If…
Welcome to this weekends art challenge. This time we would like you to create anything of your choice in Black and White. It could be in graphite pencil, black and white pastel or chalk, black and white paint with all…
Welcome to our weekend art challenge on the theme of art materials. We thought it would be the perfect September art challenge. With everyone getting back into the swing of things after summer holidays, for the new term. Our featured…
Hillary Love has completed a fabulous portrait for her final set of work on the Pet Portrait Diploma course. The portrait that Hillary has created, although fairly loose in style, is very accurate with regards to fundamentals of her drawing,…
Jane Tivey chats about how she completed her landscape hay bales pastel painting. We hope you all find it interesting and inspiring! To start with I roughed out the tree line and top field line and then painted the sky…
This is Alicia Van Wyk 47065, who has recently sent her typographic work through – it’s fantastic! What a contrast in these two pieces of work, showing Alicia’s ability to communicate with each target audience. The middle piece is a…
Welcome to this weekends art challenge. September always has a ‘going back to school’ feel where you are buying new pencils, sketch pads, pencil sharpeners plus lots of new art materials for the new term. All with that fresh new…
Welcome to the latest results of our weekend challenge for our students. This week we asked them to draw or paint an owl, in any style or form. If you scroll below, you will see some absolutely wonderful renditions of…
Student Fleur brown has created a lovely composition for two black Labradors for one of her assignments on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course. We have added a couple of photos below, one showing the painting in progress with a prelim…
Tessa Burn recently completed the pastels course and created a variety of artwork whilst studying with tutor Monica Cilmi. The pastels course not only allows you to learn pastels as a medium, but it gives you the chance to experiment…
Student Pauline Garforth has completed the Watercolour Diploma Course and created this beautiful painting of St Pauls Cathedral. We have added the final painting, the reference photo Pauline used and a photo of Paulines colour chart too. Pauline was delighted…
Welcome to our weekend art challenge. This week we would love for you to portray owls – or a single owl, the choice is yours. Owls are predominantly solitary and nocturnal and this could come across in your work if…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge which we set our students this week. It was not the easiest of challenges, in fact, drawing or painting a horse in motion for an experienced artists is a huge challenge. So our…
Helen Acosta completed both of these beautiful paintings for the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. The first being a Red Setter in Pastel, the second a Corgi in acrylics. Helen explains a little about each painting below. We hope you enjoy…
The two portraits along with the delicately drawn hand study below have been created by London Art College student David Thomas. David worked with tutor Alan Dedman on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and submitted these for his final…
Following on from Victoria’s post last week, we have a second in the series of her beautiful and very realistic paintings of Braeburn’s. Read about how Victoria painted them below along with the colours she used and her process. “Malus…
Welcome to this weekends art challenge. This time we would like you to study horses and their moment. You can place them within any kind of scene, wither it be realistic or a blurred effect, just as long as the…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge all about Tigers! What a stunning array of magnificent creatures we have to show this week. Our featured image is shared this week by Elena Statham, who’s artwork is on the left and…