Author: London Art College
We have some fabulous drawings to show you today, by student Edith Steinberg who is studying on our Beginners Drawing Course. Students are asked to predominantly work from life, setting up a variety of still life scenes to draw from….
This post is aimed at our illustrators and I believe they will be hugely inspired by Donata Zawadzka artwork. We simply love her style of painting, the attention to detail, all aimed at captivating a young child’s attention in a…
Christine Towndrow has been studying figs and their design in different mediums for an assignments on the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. Its really interesting to see the same subject handled in different ways in one study. We hope you…
Do you struggle with your colour mixing? having difficulty choosing colours for your artwork? Perhaps you want to learn more about colours and different colour pallets and the history of colours. If these apply to you, our Colour Awareness short…
One of our more unusual courses is our Chinese Brush Painting Course. Student Jade Parkin has been working happily through the course and created some incredible studies which we have added below. Chinese course artwork is mainly painted using different strengths of…
Alison Hadavizadeh created these two botanical studies while working on our Botanical Painting course. Aren’t they beautiful!
Do we have any readers that are looking to learn more about painting, however are a little hesitant in trying out new mediums? If so, our Beginners Painting short course might be perfect for you. Student Linda Charge has created…
A very exciting blog post today of artwork by student Gisela Robinson. Gisela took a photo of her illustration on her drawing board surrounded by her paints and pencils for us to see. You can also view her studies and…
Welcome to todays blog post with artwork by student Deborah Gale. She is studying with Alan Dedman on the Portrait Painting Course, which allows students to study facial features in a variety of mediums. Sometimes it is daunting to produce a full…
Lynne Stuart-James is working on the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course and we have added two of Lynne’s studies today. They are both of the same rose, one is in graphite pencil and the other is rendered using coloured pencil. Tutors…
A simply stunning Pet Portrait painting today by student Donna Thompson. Isn’t it exquisite! We aren’t going to write too much on todays post…we are just going to allow you to stop for a moment and admire it!
Our Pastel Painting course not only allows students to experiment with the medium, but also with different papers too. Paper type is very important when working in pastel. There are a number of different pastel papers on the market and…
Student Karen Murphy studied on our Oil Painting Course and these are two wonderful paintings from her course assignments. Karen has a beautiful and textured style of painting which helps create movement in her work. The background to her still…
A superb painting today by Children’s Illustration student Christine Duckett. Christine has created lots of moment within the scene here with the Fiery Fred character. The bright rich orange colours of the land stand out so well from the deep…
Landscape Diploma student Jackie Davies has painted two studies in acrylic for one of her assignments. The scene is the same, however Jackie set herself the task to capture it at two different times of the day. This enabled Jackie…
A watercolour painting today by student Aurelia Sieberhagen. Isn’t it beautiful! Aurelia is studying on our Drawing and Painting Diploma and has been experiments with watercolour. Her layering techniques on the roses and we in wet washes in the background are…
Amelia Whiffin completed our Coloured Pencil Course and we have a number of Amelia’s drawings to post on our blog in the coming weeks. Her work in simply stunning, and this drawing of a cat under a blanket is no…
Student Diana Leighton created this collage wet in wet piece for one of the study units on the Illustrating Children’s Diploma Course. We love the ducks with coloured jumpers and especially the little frog at the front. We can see…
Do we have any beginners amongst our readers? Anyone here who perhaps would like to take the plunge into a course but are a little worried about getting started? If so we have the perfect course for you! It is…
This weeks Spooky Saturday Illustration is by student Sakuntala Upadhaya Minnie.
Jem Bowden has sent us these two wonderful watercolours by student Anita Bakos who is studying on the Watercolour Diploma Course. Jem Said…. Great fluid watercolour work from Anita Bakos on the Watercolour Diploma course. Combining careful observation of form with…
I have just completed the Pet Portraits Course with Gayle Mason and I was thrilled to find out I received a distinction. I enjoyed the course more than I thought possible and can’t thank tutor Gayle Mason enough for her…
Tutor Stewart Roberts :- I don’t usually submit my student’s work for blog posts but this one seemed to exemplify the idea of examining an artwork firstly without any prior knowledge and then subsequently researching it. The student was Anne Price…
Anne Grimer is a beginner in drawing and painting portraits and she has started using graphite pencil to practice drawing portraits of people. She is working with tutor Alan Dedman on the Portrait Painting Course and is coming along really…
I have just received my Diploma for the Watercolour Course and am thrilled to have gained the added bonus of Distinction. I cannot thank my tutor, Jem Bowden enough for his patient and encouraging critiques. I started the course as a…
Perhaps some of our readers of our blog may not know that we not only teach adults, we also teach children and young artists too! We have two wonderful Drawing for Children courses for ages 7 and above and Alethea…
Beatrice Anderson studied our Pet Portraits Diploma course and these pieces were from her first study set. The course starts with a drawing refresher as it is important to be accurate when drawing and painting animals. Beatrice drew an earthenware…
The drawings below are by student Alison Hughes who studied our Coloured Pencil Course. The first two drawings below are from the still life assignment. Students are asked first to draw a still life in graphite pencil to help them…
Raul Saria has painted two wonderful watercolour paintings which we have added below. The first painting is absolutely stunning. The wet in wet washes are very accomplished and the way Raul has painted the wet road is superb. The second…
Valerie Anstey is currently studying on the Portrait Painting Course and we are thrilled to be able to add her work here on our blog. We have added two of her paintings from her assignments below and we feel they…
Undertaking the Pet Portrait Diploma course, my daughters lovely German Wired Haired Pointer was tragically knocked down by a car. I thought it would be nice if I could do a picture to remember him by. I shed tears when…
I really enjoyed the Science Fiction and Fantasy course and I would recommend it to anyone who is thinking of illustrating Science Fiction & Fantasy art either for a profession or as a hobby. John Byrne is a really great…
We have lots of wonderful paintings and studies to show our students and readers today. They have all be created by Landscape Painting Diploma student Larisa Andreassen. Each painting and study holds their won special qualities however my personal favourite…
This has to be one of my favourite illustrations in recent weeks to land in my email inbox from tutor Maggy Roberts! It’s by student Elena Statham who is studying with Maggy on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. I have…
Do we have any budding graphic designers and digital illustrators here? If we do, Debbies’ artwork should be of interest to you! Debbie Moylan created these pieces for an assignment on the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course and worked on…
Adele Gregory visited the beach and coastline for one of her assignments on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course as you can see below. We have added two of Adele’s artwork and we absolutely love the shell study. Isn’t it…
Two bright and happy digital illustrations today by London Art College student Denise Wood who is studying on our Digital Illustration Course. The illustrations show two very different techniques, one outline and flat colours to create the form of the…
Jue James has created three versions of this particular layout of daffodil studies for one of her assignments on the Botanical Painting course. The first is a simple pen and ink with stipple for shading detail. The second is the…
Angela Service has created a lovely pen and ink drawing from life of a collection of items from her kitchen for one of the assignments on the Learn To Draw Course. This course is excellent for beginners or for…
We absolutely love Dean’s illustration below. How wonderfully happy, colourful and bright – perfect for a children’s story book. Dean Jones created this for his assignment on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma and we hope our illustrating students find it…
We have some superb cartoons for todays blog post by Cartooning Diploma student Chris Jaffe. We probably should have posted the first illustration last Christmas! It is a very well thought out design and your eye first goes to the sprouts…
This weeks Spooky Saturday Illustration is by student Paula Prestwood.
Lots of artwork today from student Craig Waterworth. Craig created these pieces while studying on our Science Fiction and Fantasy Course with tutor John Byrne. The artwork is extremely creative and we are thrilled to be able to include it…
The pantings today are by student Alan Caswell who created these two beautiful pieces of artwork for an assignment on the Landscape Diploma Course. Alan has titled each painting ‘End of a Good day’ and ‘Garden’. We particularly like the…
Three beautiful and bright pastel drawings today by student Ann Edwards who has been working towards her certificate on the Pastel Painting Course. We love the bold colours and mark making that Ann has achieved here in her studies from life….
Two stunning pieces of artwork today from Pet Portraits Diploma Course student Alison Croft. The cat portrait below has been created using coloured pencils and it beautiful. Alison has captured the detail of the fur beautifully. Shading white fur is…
Student Pete Levey participated in testing Derwents new graphite pencils last year and we are now able to add his results here on our blog. We have added his artwork along with the blog post he did for Derwent last…
We have received two wonderful photos of student Archana Bahri Khanna, the moment she received her certificate from her postie! We are absolutely thrilled to see them and add them to our blog. If you have received your diploma in the…
Having completed the Watercolour Painting Course with Jem Bowden I was delighted to receive the College Diploma. The whole Course was very instructive an d stimulating. The main messages I took form the tuition was that a successful watercolour is…
We are thrilled to be able to show a Sebastians Sink City illustration on our blog today written and illustrated by student Priscilla Hocking. Sebastian’s Sink City Sebastian was a huge challenge for me. I enjoy looking at it now…
I’m a former student of the Children’s Book Illustration course, graduating with Distinction. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and the tuition with Maggy Roberts was first class, she was very positive and constructive and I always looked forward to seeing…
These are Lucie Cerna’s responses to two drawing based tasks. The Graphics course starts out with a number of drawing based Study Units that look at composition, mark making and tone. Lucie has shown great awareness of these in two…
If you remember last year, prior to our Christmas countdown, we announced a new feature on the blog called Spooky Saturday Illustrations! We will be posting students spooky artwork from the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Tutor Maggy Roberts receives…
Tutor Alan Dedman has sent us over two batches of student artwork from his Oils Painting Diploma course. Alan is thrilled with the artwork and has said the following…… Both students showed a good attitude towards experimenting and playing with…
Ann Jordan has recently finished the Botanical coloured pencil course and we have added two of Ann’s botanical pieces below for everyone to see – and be inspired by. Tutor Ida Mitrani said…. Beautiful and promising artwork. I wish Ann a…
We hope you enjoy today’s artwork by student Cherry Ferris. I think this has to be our favourite Robin illustration so far! Isn’t it beautiful!!
A beautiful illustration of Mistletoe for todays blog post, painted by student Cherry Ferris.
Happy New Year to all of our students and readers of our blog! We hope 2018 is a fabulous and creative time for you all. The cartoon below has been Illustration by Alfred Reid.
An extra blog post today as we have received so many wonderful festive images this year. This pastel drawing of a Robin is by student Alison McIlkenny!
Angela’s illustration of the the little girl making a snowman is wonderful. We love her red coat, it all looks very festive. Visit Angela’s Instagram page to see more of Angela’s illustrations.
More festivities with a beautiful Christmas wreath painting by student Elena Statham.
We would like to wish all of our students and readers of our blog a very Merry Christmas. We hope you have a wonderful day! Thank you so student Leila Nabih for letting us use her wonderful illustration today!
We hope that you are all ready for Christmas, you have wrapped all of your gifts and they are tucked safely under your Christmas tree. We have added one of our favourite illustrations today that was submitted for this years…
We are carol singing our way through day 23 of our festive countdown with the help of Leila Nabih illustration!