Author: London Art College
Tanisha Sharma has created a very bold collage for one of the assignments on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. All students who enrol on the course experiments with collage during their time with us. We have found a very…
Some amazing and very imaginative artwork today by London Art College student Peter Shorney. Peter is studying our Science Fiction and Fantasy course, tutored by our lovely cartoonist John Byrne. Peters artwork is full of colour and movement which is important…
We have lots of Young Artists studying with us at the London Art college. Our Drawing for Children Courses are perfect for little ones who enjoy drawing at their kitchen table and we cover ages from 7 to 14 with…
Pauline Fallows has been working on the Portrait Painting course with tutor Alan Dedman. We have added a few of Pauline’s paintings that she has produced while completing the assignments. Our favourite painting of Pauline’s has to be the top…
Ina Haigis studied with tutor John Byrne on our Cartooning Diploma Course and created these two cartoons for her assignments. We have a number of our cartoonist posting on our London Art College facebook group. If you havent yet joined,…
Superb drawing today by Drawing and Painting student Amanda Reid. Isn’t it wonderful!! If you would like to gain a good grounding in general drawing and painting, this course could be for you. It can help you in your goals to…
Emma Allen studied our Children’s illustrating course a number of years ago, however we never tire of seeing Emma’s work. We love adding her assignment work onto our blog as inspiration for our illustration students. Once you have studied her…
Christine Towell has created some beautiful and very colourful pieces whilst studying the Chinese Brush Painting Course with tutor Monika Cilmi. The pinks and red colours Christine has used are fantastic, the paintings are full of life and very pretty….
Sunita Baruah studied our Beginners Drawing Course and has produced some stunning drawings in pencil, coloured pencil and pen and ink. The drawing course is an excellent beginners course, or refresher course, if you haven’t drawn for sometime. It’s a…
A stunning painting today in watercolour by botanical artist and student Nola Sindel. It is an absolutely beautiful painting and I’m sure that it will leave all of our readers completely inspired.
Deimante Bruzguliene completed both of these stunning drawings whilst studying on the Portrait Painting and Drawing Course. Deimante’s drawings show confidence in her lines and shading. The hand was drawn from life. It is really helpful for students to be able…
Pauline Manderville has created a wonderful illustration for her Fiery Fred assignment on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We love the way Pauline has given the dragon a very 3 dimensional effect by painting him separately with a marbled effect…
Elisabeth Planella has been experimenting very successfully whilst on our Oil Painting Course using impasto techniques. Elisabeth submitted both of these two pieces for one of her assignments on the course. We love them both, particularly the flower study. It…
Student Martina Zielinska Bentayou has created this illustration for the Children’s Book Illustration Course. Maggy Said… A really well drawn and creative reposes to one of the exercises on the course by Martina.
Laivi Poder has just completed her Diploma for the Illustrating children’s books with tutor Maggy Roberts. Maggy was thrilled with Laivi’s artwork and asked if her final illustration could be showcased here on our blog. Laivi said at the start…
Todays blog post by tutor Vanessa Weaver…. I’ve got some super work from the Graphics course by Rachel Malpass to show today. One piece is a book jacket design, there other the front face for a box of teabags. For…
This years London Art College 2018 competition is now open!! Please check the size of your images prior to sending. Make sure they are at least 1000 pixels wide. If you can name your files your full name and student…
My name is Shubhangi Jain and I am taking the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. I have always been interested in drawing and was keen to learn painting. The art course here gave me a perfect opportunity to learn at my…
Wonderful painting by Amanda Cumming who is currently enrolled on the Oils Certificate Course. Amanda said… This is my first attempt at using a palette knife. If this is is Amanda’s first try at painting with a pallet knife, we are really…
Sally Broderman has been working with tutor Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s book diploma course. The illustration below is a doiuble page spred that Sally design for one of her assignments. We absolutely love it and Maggy was thrilled….
We have three wonderful pieces today from three different students who are studying our Graphic Design Art Course. Ruth Bain, Senila Sen Gupta and Blanca Melendez Del Castillo have excelled at their assignments. I hope that you will agree created three very…
My name is Yeliz Hakki and I started studying ‘Illustrating Children’s books‘ with London Art College in 2014, as I loved drawing and loved Children’s books, especially Dr Suess! I wasn’t sure if it would ever transpire into anything, but…
This weeks Spooky Saturday Illustration is by London Art College student Natasha Chambers
My name is Mary Hardman and I am studying the Chinese Brush Painting with the London Art College. I took this course as I love Chinese paintings, simple as that, and I wondered if I would be able to apply…
A wonderful Fiery Fred illustration today by student Stephen Goldsack who is studying our Children’s Illustration Course with Maggy Roberts. Stephen sent in a lovely written message for Maggy which we have enclosed also. Stephen is doing a fantastic job with…
I have a beautiful piece of student work to share, it’s from Janet Malone. She chose to represent China whilst studying on my Graphic Design Art Diploma Course and has put together a super digital illustration. I particularly like the…
My name is Tanisha Sharma and I am currently taking the Children book Illustration course with my tutor Maggy Roberts. I am a graphic designer by profession but I always wanted to get into Children book illustration. Am glad that…
Beautiful work today, to make you all smile, on this lovely Monday morning! Student Christine Towell completed these for one of her assignments on the Chinese Brush Painting Online Art Course. Visit our website to read more about the course if…
Student Kathryn Barstow’s work is absolutely beautiful and you can read about Kathryn below. I have no formal training in Art. I studied Geology at Manchester University, then went into teaching Science at a secondary school. I left teaching after 14…
These stunning Watercolour paintings have been created by student Esther Geh, who studied on our Watercolour Diploma Course. They are simply delightful to view. We acknowledge Ethers skill in being able to create fresh, warm and vibrant colours, all with…
Annabel Bishop has created some wonderful studies for her Coloured Pencil Online Art Course and we have gathered a few of them here for you to view. Whilst practicing coloured pencil techniques it is much easier to work on still…
The final day in our week of Row, Row, Row your Boat illustrations today. We have left our favourite illustration to last and it is by student Joanne Gore. We absolutely love this one. If you look at the detailed…
We hope you have been following our blog this week. We are on our fourth day of illustrations from students who are studying on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. The assignment is Row, Row, Row your Boat and Jo…
We have featured Emma Allen’s Row, Row, Row your Boat illustration previously on our blog, however we felt it required another post as we love it so much. We hope students find it as inspirational as we do! Emma studied on…
A unique take on the Row, Row, Row your Boat assignment today by student Cheryl Parkhouse, for the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course.
We are starting a week of illustrations from students who are studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. More specifically the Row, Row, Row your boat assignment. We receive so many wonderful illustrations from this assignment…
We were absolutely delighted to receive these photos from Ridhi and her mum Archana Bahri Khanna with their certificates. Ridhi has just completed her diploma in Drawing and Painting, and her mum completed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma a few…
Post by Vanessa Weaver Graphic Design Art Course. I have three pieces of work from different students on my Graphic Design Art Course, which I felt would be perfect to showcase on the college’s blog. They are all from the…
My name is Veronica Makarein. I’m currently a student with London Art College, completing my Diploma of Illustration. Here’s a few pieces that I’ve worked on, all entirely painted with watercolours except for the logo which was digital. Please enjoy….
My name is Irina Ushakova from Russia. I’m happy to study at London Art College. And happy to be a student. I’m not an artist. And have no experience in drawing (a little – in coloring). But I am trying to…
Student Ronald Kockler is studying with tutor Monika Cilmi on our Beginner Drawing Online Art Course. Ronald has produced two stunning graphite pencil drawings whilst working on the course which Monika thought would be fantastic to showcase here on our…
Sonia Utting, who is completing the Botanical Painting Diploma Course, chose some interesting and challenging subjects for her final diploma pieces. Her Showy Slipper Orchid was found in a local garden centre, and she was immediately inspired to paint the…
London Art College student Charlotte Harsini is currently studying our Beginners Drawing Online Art Course with tutor Ida Mitrani. Ida has sent us three beautiful pieces of artwork to showcase on our blog. Ida said… Charlotte Harsini has produced some…
I thought the response below merited inclusion on the blog. It is an assignment from Julie Wardrop to Constable’s ‘Hay Wain’ which is often seen as a ‘chocolate box’ image. Julie had asked what she could do to improve her…
Parijoy Saha is a student currently taking our Watercolour Diploma and has emailed us a link to a press release all about his paintings. Parijoy holds many records for the fastest paintings in the world and you can see more of…
My name is Amanda Cumming and I am currently taking the Oil Painting Certificate course with tutor Alan Dedman. I am very new to painting, photography has been my hobby for many years. I decided on oils after being inspired…
Day five of our coloured pencil week and today is the work of student Virginia Cowlishaw. If anyone is going to inspire you this week, it has to be Virginia’s work. Her glass study in particular is outstanding. The glass feels three…
Some wonderful coloured pencil drawings today by student Sue Sharrock, on our fourth day of coloured pencil drawings this week. Stay tuned for the final day tomorrow. Don’t forget to visit our website if you are interested in taking our…
Day three of our coloured pencil week and these pieces are from student Robert Kidner who has just completed his course. Coloured pencil tutor Monica Cilmi emailed me Roberts artwork to be featured on out blog and we were delighted….
Day two of our Coloured pencil week and todays turn is of student Anna Pavlova, who has created these wonderful drawings for her coloured pencil course assignment. It is lovely to see students working on coloured paper with coloured pencil. It…
The start of another coloured pencil week this week upon request. Our coloured pencil students love to be inspired and we hope that our array of amazing artwork will help! Today’s artwork is by London Art College student Amelia Whiffin….
Saira Minhas created the drawings while studying on our Pastels Certificate Course. We particularly love the two studies of garlic. The first is a tonal study keeping the pallet to black and white / greyscale. This has helped Saira understand…
Nancy Hunter completed on our Oil Painting Course recently and one of our favourite paintings this year is her ‘Flower and Vase’ oil painting below. There is something absolutely beautiful about the interaction between the flowers and their rich red…
Here are a wonderful collection of artwork from students who are studying our Digital Illustration Online Art Course. Each student has created a piece very different from the next and we hope that you enjoy viewing the variety of work….
We have collated a number of different pieces from student Sarah Mitchell that she created throughout our Botanical Painting Online Art Course. These are from different assignments on the course and show a number of different techniques that Sarah has…
Selma Stern created these very fund and attractive flowers, whilst studying on our Colour Awareness Course with tutor Alan Dedman. If you are struggling with mixing colour, this course could be really useful for you. Also if you struggling to…
Three students who are taking our Watercolour Online Art Course Diploma have all been practicing their wet in wet techniques with great effect. The first students work below, Ashish Choudhary, has created some beautiful warm and glowing colours coming through the…
Astrid Nielsch studied our Science Fiction and Fantasy art Course run by our very talented and professional artist John Byrne. Astrid’s creativity shines through here in her work. We have added some finished paintings along with some of her preliminary…
Ian Scott has painted and drawn a wonderful set of artwork for his resent submission on the Portrait Painting Online Art Course that he is taking with us at the London Art College. Plenty of work has gone into each study below…
The following paintings have been traditionally hand painted by Botanical course student Shona Macdonald. Shona studied our Botanical Painting Diploma Course and since shona completed we have also introduced a Botanical Coloured pencil course too which our readers might find…
What more can you want from a Monday morning than to be completely inspired by our student Anni Angus! Ani is studying on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and this drawing is simply stunning. Not only is Ani’s technical ability…
Eye catching work today by Chinese Brush Painting student Alex Hughes. We have featured Alex’s work before on our blog and it proved to be very popular. So here are a few more for you to enjoy!