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Alex is completing the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with tutor Paul Weaver….. I deliberately put together a similar collection of items for a still life painting that I had seen on LAC, and it was useful to have such…
Welcome to this weekends Art Challenge! With thanks to our Illustration tutor Steven Hersey and his suggestion, we are excited to announce the them for this challenge is Superheroes! We have added a literal translation of the theme below in…
Welcome to our artwork for this weekends art challenge where the theme is Winter! We knew that this subject would allow our students to be very creative and come up with a wide range of paintings and drawings for this…
Student Federica Cesaroni has completed her second assignment in the Illustration Diploma Course. Tutor Steven Hersey said… “I think it is quite lovely, with sensitive and delicate drawing work done with charm and flair. I am constantly amazed at the…
We have collected all of the Christmas images that we didn’t manage to post in our Advent Calendar and hope you enjoy viewing them. We received so many amazing paintings, drawings and illustrations and cant thank our students enough! We…
Susan Heller has passed with a well deserved Distinction on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Tutor Paul Weaver was thrilled with Susan’s artwork and we have added a collection for our readers to view below. Congratulations Susan, we wish…
Hi, my name is Lisa. I am from Australia. I have just started the ‘Children’s Book Illustration’ course tutored by Maggy Roberts. This is my first assignment submitted in December 2019. The aim was to create a lively illustration for…
This weeks challenge is quite an open theme – its anything to do with Winter. You could draw or paint all sorts of things from a still life of pine cones, to a wintery snow scene, skaters on an ice…
Welcome to our first art challenge of the New Year and what an amazing array of artwork we have been sent! Our theme this week was Teddy Bears and we love them all! So many different bears in different poses….
Lucy Wheeler has created an illustration of a dog on a wall with a little bird. One great way of learning how to create illustrations of animals is to practice drawing fairly realistic animals and give them a character. You…
Student Ester Murphy completed these two pastel paintings whilst working on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. We absolutely love the reflection of the small silver pot in the larger silver pot in the pastel with the light brown background….
A wonderful illustration today by London Art College Illustrating children’s book student Ethne Diian. So many things to see within the illustration, we hope you find it inspiring!
Still life student Barbra Knapik has created some stunning pieces of work for her assignments on the Still Life course. We particularly love the bronze and brass colours of the still life below with the striped cloth background. The glassy…
Welcome to our very first Art Challenge for 2020! We hope that you all had a lovely festive season and New Year and are ready to get back into the swing of things again with our art challenges. We thought…
Drawing and Painting student Elaine Marsh has created four wonderful paintings for one of her course assignments. We particularly like the first watercolour below with all of the tall buildings and shop fronts. Very colourful and the windows on each…
Pet Portrait Diploma student Iona Findlay has created some absolutely stunning coloured pencil drawings for one of her sets of work on the course. The first few images below are exercises in practicing how to capture eyes, fur, noses and…
A stunning watercolour painting today by student Christine Towell. We have added a close up version along with the original below so our readers can see the lovely detail. Beautiful. Well done Christine!
A beautiful painting today by London Art College Student Mike Masson. A very beautiful and wintery scene.
We are continuing our festive artwork for the rest of December. Today we have a fabulous painting by Shamina Chowdhury called ‘Winter in Paris’. We hope that everyone is enjoying the festivities!!
Happy Christmas! Two wonderful illustrations today by student Priscilla Hocking. Congratulations for being chosen for Christmas day! We would like to take this opportunity to send our students very best wishes for the festive season, from us all here at…
Its Christmas Eve!! We hope that your stockings are hung up over your fireplace and the presents are wrapped! Merry Christmas Eve from all at the London Art College. Thank you today to Iryna Labunska for a fantastic festive illustration…
Two beautiful pantings and drawings today by students Vera Jaouadi and Ava Marley. Both very similar in that they are using a very limited pallet for their work creating the most beautiful effects using this technique. We love Vera’s soft…
We are getting very close to the big day! Student Katherine Rolf has created a fabulous Illustration for our Advent Calendar which you can see below. Well done Katherine, it is superb! Stay tuned for another painting tomorrow!
An absolutely stunning watercolour painting today by student Vera Jaouadi. Beautifully painted. We hope you enjoy viewing it. Stay tuned for another festive piece tomorrow!
We have four fantastic pieces of digital art for you today by student Louise Dexter. Aren’t they wonderful! We especially love the Guinea fowl below offering up some Mistletoe. Well done Louise!
Welcome to the 19th day of our advent calendar. We have quite the collection today with three stunning pieces by our students. Emma Miller has created a very lively Christmas Pigeon. We love the pigeon’s eye and the way he…
What a fantastic illustration we have today by student Diana Eastlake! Very colourful and festive!!
Two wonderful illustrations today from student Agathe Talbot Morisse. The first painting below is a mural in acrylic created by Agathe in the waiting room of the children’s ward at the Kings College Hospital for the Christmas season. The children…
Two wonderful paintings for you all today on this lovely Monday morning. Our Christmas advent Calendar is starting to look very festive! Both of these paintings have been created by student Shelia Brown. We all wish her a very Merry…
Today’s advent calendar is by student Pauline Burke and what a lovely and creative image! We absolutely love it and perfect for our calendar today. Keep checking back for the next window to open tomorrow!!
Welcome to day 14 of our advent calendar. Getting a lot closer to the big day! We have two lovely images for you today created by Julia Renee Cook. The Poinsettia and Robin was created in Faber Castell Polychronos Pencils.
A superb image today by Dylan F Jeskye who has painted a red squirrel peering around the tree, hopefully looking to spot Santa on his way! The month is flying by and we hope you are enjoying our advent calendar…
We have two beautiful drawings and paintings today by student Katherine Peverelle. The first Christmas piece below was with Africa in mind. Katherine created it using coloured pencil with touches of silver pen. The second watercolour is of a dog with a…
Todays Advent is by student Rebekka Volgmann… “Christmas …. time for love, charity, peace, family and friends. I have chosen the ananas to show how easy a simple thing can be interpreted in two different ways. Or every story has…
We are very impressed by this wonderful piece created by student Magdalena Piwowarczyk who is staring on our Advent Calendar today. Very wintery and festive, loving the different tones in the sky!
A stunning pastel painting for today’s Advent Calendar by student Heidi Elizabeth. We hope you like it. Stay tuned for another festive piece tomorrow..!
What an amazing drawing for our advent calendar today! The pastel drawing “Christmas Flower” was created by student Mila Zinzen and we are thrilled to showcase it on our blog. Mila said “I was carried away while drawing the shadows…
Welcome to our weekend advent! Today’s artwork is by artist and cartoonist Audrey Quinton. We absolutely love the techniques Audrey has used in her watercolour painting, very wintery and festive!
We absolutely love Dionne Turnbull’s digital artwork of the character called Bah Humslug! Diane has used him for one of her first assignments for the digital illustration course. Dionne said “Definitely not a self-portrait, I love Christmas!!” So do we Dionne,…
Pete Woolgar starts the day today with a fabulous gingerbread character for our December 5th window. We hope you like him, we think he is superb! If you would like to take part in our 2019 Advent Calendar, drop us…
Welcome to our 4th of December Advent Calendar! Today’s beautiful artwork is by Eileen Maspero. Isn’t the little Penguin gorgeous! We hope that you stay tuned for tomorrow’s Christmas advent window!
Welcome to day three of our Advent Calendar and today’s artwork has been created by student Ethne Dian. Isn’t it fantastic! So many elements, well done Ethne! come back tomorrow to open the next window…!
Welcome to our Second day of our Festive Advent Calendar! Todays wonderful illustration is by London Art College student Magdalena Piwowarczyk. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s instalment!!
Welcome to the first day of our London Art College Advent Calendar. Elena Statham is starting us off with her beautiful wreath that she created in her Procreate software on her iPad. Wonderful and very clever too! Thank you Elena!…
We would like our students to take part in our Big Christmas challenge Advent Calendar. It is very simple. Find something along a Christmas theme to paint or draw for us to post on the blog this month. Send as…
We are speechless! WOW! What an incredible amount of entries for this weeks Art Challenge. It was based on the brief of Exotic birds and we found the students a few copyright free photos to get started. Alternatively they could…
The coloured pencil course allows students to learn how to create deep tones in their first assignments by comparing and contrasting still life studies in both mediums. Alison Davies completed the mug and spoon exercise beautifully and has understood how…
My name is Yulia and I am from Russia. In the past, I have practiced drawing sculpture heads, like Apollo and Venus. I don’t have any clear artistic goals for now but I do hope to keep pushing my boundaries…
Science fiction and Fantasy student Sarah Baker has created an incredible painting called ‘Portal’. We love the textures and colours Sarah has created, the concept is superb. Tutor John Byrne teaches the Science fiction and Fantasy Course and you can…
What an art challenge we have for you this week! Its all about colour! Lots of bright intense and vivid tones and hues to portray some exotic birds. You can use any of the photos below which are copyright free,…
Welcome to the results of our Art Challenge which we sent our students last Friday. It was to create a drawing or painting in any medium, on the subject of Nuts. We have received some beautiful and very creative pieces…
Portraiture painting student Michael Van Der Roost has been putting his all into his art course and we have three stunning studies here for our students to view. The first two are in pencil and charcoal and the final painting…
Gemma Dobson has been working really hard on her Pet Portrait Diploma Course and we have added two of her pieces of work below. The Pet Portraits course doesn’t only include pets – you can paint or draw wildlife too….
Oil painting student Mahua Pal has painted four oil paintings of vases and pots of flowers and leaves. Each subject has been meticulously drawn onto canvas and painted with great care and attention. Mahua’s style comes through in each painting…
We would love for you to find a collection of nuts to draw or paint! Hopefully, heading fast towards Christmas, there should be lots of choice in supermarkets or your local shops. You can portray as many as you would…
Welcome to our post all about the artwork from this weekends art challenge ‘onions and garlic’. What an amazing array of drawings and paintings our students have created! We are so pleased and utterly delighted at how many students took…
Welcome to our lovely blog post all about illustrations of a character called Fiery Fred. These beautiful sketches and final paintings of Fiery Fred are by our very talented children’s Illustration student Jonathan Cooper. They are all absolutely superb and…
A very imaginative and colourful piece today by student Lise Couture who submitted this for an exercise on the Drawing and Painting Diploma course. We love all of the bold colours and strong shapes of the buildings and windows, particularly…
Michael Ilsley completed and passed the coloured pencil drawing with flying colours . We have added some of his work below for students to view. We are particularly in awe of the squash and pumpkin drawing below, so many wonderful…
We all have some onions and garlic lurking in our kitchen somewhere. Whether it be onions in the bottom of our salad draw in the fridge or garlic in a very beautiful garlic pot adorning your kitchen. What ever you…
Welcome to this week blog post all about the wonderful artwork from the art challenge all about reflections in a mirror. We have been sent a wide range of very creative pieces of art which i hope you all enjoy…
We have three amazing cartoons today by student Veviene Wallace who is studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course. Anyone who is familiar with the London Art College and its tutors will immediately recognise the cartoon of John…
Yesterday was a red letter day when I received my Certificate from the London Art College. After months of working with Polly O’Leary I was thrilled to see I had gained a distinction. This was only made possible with her…
I’ve always wanted to draw and paint seriously, however, other life’s priorities always seemed to get in the way. That’s why I’m so pleased that I took the plunge and enrolled on the Painting and Drawing Course. I’m finding this…
This weekends challenge is all about objects or things reflecting in a mirror. You can choose anything to set in front of your mirror, try to portray some of the background and surrounding area too. There will be a lot…
Welcome to this weeks Halloween Challenge. I hope that you aren’t too scared looking at the amazing artwork on offer this week. Particuarly Magdalena’s ink artwork – incredible!! Our students must have had a lot of fun completing this challenge….
We are absolutely thrilled and delighted to announce this years winner and runner up of our London Art College 2019 art competition. The winner is Claire D’Arcy and the runner up is Olga Polianska. We have added both pieces of…
Three super pieces of art from Kathleen Kerr who has been working very har don the Landscape painting course with tutor Alan Dedman. Each painting below has a lovely natural feel. The colours Kathleen has mixed on her pallet, has…
Digital illustration student Emily Kent recently said she had struggled to complete the course when she got a bit stuck on the final assignments, but she had managed to work through it. We asked if she could write a piece…
These two circular paintings are of different areas of the village of Cruden Bay. Painting to this format immediately draws your eye into the picture and focuses on the main object of the painting. With square/ rectangular formats you always…
Thank you to everyone who entered into our 2019 London Art College Art Competition. We had an amazing turn out this year and you can see all of the entries at the link below. It is accompanied by the amazing…
Welcome to our spookiest challenge of the year! Calling all illustrators, cartoonists and painters! Send us some of your spookiest and eeriest cartoons, spooky characters or your draw the most spooky still life set up you can! Have fun with…
Welcome to our Autumn leaves artwork challenge – and what a popular subject this one was! We have received so many amazing paintings of leaves, they are all simply stunning! It’s the right time of year for leaf drawing and…
Still life is the theme for Linda Brughera’s artwork for this set. Linda created these for her Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. We particularly love her cola can, glass and magazine drawing below. The reflections from the can and magazine on…