Author: London Art College
Drawing portraits have always been my passion as long as I remember, although, unfortunately, there was a period of my life when due to the health condition I had to give up art altogether. It took me some time and…
This October, Jackson’s are celebrating Botanical Artists by running a free, international, digital competition: ‘Plant Life: Botanical Illustration’. Jacksons are offering the 3 winners watercolour prizes worth a total of £300 RRP, kindly donated by Winsor & Newton, along with…
Amy Curan has just passed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with a Distinction. Maggy was delighted with her final image and wanted us to showcase it her eon our college news blog. Her final illustration is absolutely superb! We…
My whole life I have spent hours in book shops admiring the illustrations of other people, so when my daughter was about 5 years old and showed a great interest in drawing I started drawing together with her. Only then…
This watercolour illustration was created for the first assignment on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma – to illustrate a double page for the rhyme ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’. I wanted to create a dream-like atmosphere that would appeal to young children…
Student Amy Curran has created an illustration for one of her assignments on the Illustrating Children’s Books diploma course. Tutor Maggy Roberts emailed the image to us asking for it to be included on the blog and gallery. Maggy said…….
We have a superb illustration to showcase below by student Heidi Hauser who is studying our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course with tutor Maggy Roberts. The first image below shows the full illustration including Heidi’s registration lines and the gumstrip…
It’s Children’s Illustration week! If you are looking to improve your illustration work, perhaps you want to pursue a career as an illustrator, or maybe you are writing your own children’s book and would like to illustrate it yourself. If…
If you haven’t already entered our London Art College official 2017 art competition, you only have two days left to enter! It can be any medium, any subject and it doesn’t have to be coursework (excluding photography). We have received…
Botanical Painting tutor Shevaun Doherty sent us some of her students work this week to be included on our blog. We have included some crops of her work as the details are superb! Tutor Shevaun Said… Hilde Orye has just…
A wonderful testimonial from Charis Simpson who has been working with tutor Maggy Roberts on our Illustrating Children’s Books Course. We have included a few of her stunning pieces of artwork too. We wish you the best of luck Charis,…
We would like to officially introduce a new tutor to our team – Monique Piscaer Bailey. Monique is going to be helping Spencer Hill tutoring our Digital Illustration Course. We asked if Monique would write a little about herself and show…
These two studies, broccoli and hydrangea, are two of four coloured pencil drawings for my final assessment for the Botanical Coloured Pencil Diploma. I used Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils, blending different coloured pencils to acquire the required colours and tones,…
Are any of our readers struggling with painting? What about mixing colours? Are you afraid to try new mediums? Paula Huckfield took the plunge and decided to embark on our Beginners Painting course to help her with her watercolour painting, along…
We thought we post post a piece of artwork from a student on our Chinese Brush Painting course today. This piece is by student Senur Bicer and we love the depth of tone within the different layers of ink Senur…
Starting off the week with a beautiful coloured pencil drawing by student Amelia Whiffin. When Amelia submitted this for one of her assignments, she also enclosed a photo of the scene she worked from. Many students paint or draw from…
My name is Harjinder Gurnham and I am currently working on the Watercolour Painting Course with tutor Jem Bowden. I painted these last autumn for my second assignment for the Watercolours course. The apples had been just harvested and as…
Why not follow us on Instagram! We are posting some amazing student artwork on our page. Have a look at the screen capture below to see our latest posts. We hope you enjoy following us! London Art College
London Art College student Cheryl Day has painted Camouflaged Merecats for one of her assignments on the Oil Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. We love the natural colour pallet Cheryl has used and it really allows the Merecats to hide…
Starting off this week with a fabulous Illustration by student Jamie Ann Walton who completed this for an assignment for the Illustrating Children’s books Diploma Course. It is one of our most popular courses and we love posting artwork on our…
An on the spot study by student Diane Allen who created this sketch for her Landscape Painting Diploma Course tutored by Alan Dedman. We hope this encourages all of our students to get outside this weekend and paint ‘Plein Air’. Leave your…
Student Alison Hughes has created two drawings for one of her assignments on the coloured pencil course. Alison worked from life however also took a photo of the scene so that her tutor course see what she was drawing. This is…
Galina Arthur has been creating some stunning artwork on our Portrait Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. Our portraiture students might like to also watch this speed painting video on YouTube for inspiration. It has been created by artist Ben…
We hope all of our UK students had a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend and they put it to good use and did some drawing and painting! We thought we would start the week off with a fabulous illustration by Sarah…
Post by Student Saima Jalil It was a pleasure to receive your mail along with copy of my Certificate stating ‘Distinction’ in Oils. I am highly obliged and thankful to the entire team of London Art College who designed the…
Hello everyone, I’m John Crompton and I am studying the Watercolour Diploma with Jem Bowden. My watercolour painting below was done on NOT paper, using Artist quality watercolours. I prefer to work from imagination rather than from nature. I wanted to do…
Ida Mitrani, our tutor for the Botanical Coloured pencil course has said…. One of my students, Zoe Blarowski, has completed her course in Botanical art with coloured pencils. I have added two of her final drawings for the blog and…
My name is Ana Mariela Gutierrez and I am taking the Cartooning Diploma with John Byrne. I was in slight depression after my cat died. She had been with me for 14 years, from the time I came to UK….
The final post of the week showcases a wonderful painting by Alison Hadavizadeh from the Botanical Painting Course. If you have always wanted to draw and paint flowers, fruit and vegetables, hop on over to our website to read more about…
Aisha Mussawa has created this drawing from life for an assignment on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. The course teaches you the fundamentals of drawing and painting and it give you the opportunity to experiment with lots of different mediums…
Young artists Pooja Rajesh has created a fantastic drawing of his trainers for one of his assignments for the Drawing for Children course. I think we would all love to own trainers like these!
We are thrilled to announce we have a new official Facebook group for all of our London Art college students. If you have a Facebook account visit our page – London Art College Facebook Group – and ask to join. It…
Tutor Maggy Roberts has emailed us this wonderful illustration by student Helen Gibson, how is currently taking our Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. Helen has used a number of different techniques within her illustration to shade using her pen and…
I studied with Maggie Roberts for the Children’s Book Illustration Diploma and was awarded a distinction. I went on to do the follow course and wrote the picture book, Mouse Pirate. Through the follow on course I worked on the…
So the last time I wrote about the Derwent Graphic pencil range was after completing my Lion drawing. You can find my website and blog about it here – melnewingart.co.uk. This time I have two pictures which I would like to…
Chani Mores has created a superb drawing for her assignment one exercises for our Drawing for Children Online Art Course tutored by John Byrne. Chani has used some lovely bright colours to shade her pepper..and also created a shadow on the…
Starting off the week with a wonderful illustration by student Elaine Macintyre, who completed this for her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma.
Our yearly London Art College competition is now open. All of our students can enter any piece of artwork they have created in any medium (apart from photography). We have already had 5 entries submitted and the competition only opened…
A stunning illustration today from student Angie Atheron. Angie has create this illustration for one of the assignments on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We have not only added the full illustration, we have also added two close ups…
Elena Peres has created some stunning studies of garlic for her Pastel Painting Art Course. She has used different coloured pastel papers to experiment with, which has helped shade her studies when drawing them in different lighting conditions. Elena has…
Are any of our students reading this, studying on our Botanical Painting Diploma Course? Student Jill Bishop has created this beautiful illustration for one of her assignments. If you have created a botanical piece recently and would like to share…
Anneke Van Dijk-Broerse studied on our Pet Portraits Diploma Course and created this beautiful coloured pencil drawing of two gorgeous dogs, plus background, for her final assignment. The brief was to create a portrait with two dogs sitting in a…
Starting off the week with a fantastic drawing by young artist Chani Mores. Chani created this drawing of one of her favourite toys for the Drawing For Children course. Isn’t it wonderful! Our young students are encouraged to create drawings…
I’m Lorena Nannini and I’ve just attended the Oil Certificate Course; I’ve been tutored by Alan Dedman. I’ve always been painting as long as I can remember; I hadn’t the opportunity to attend any art course so I am a…
Student Magdalena Grabek has created a stunning illustration for the assignment, “At last just the right home.” Maggy Roberts, tutor for our Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Course, emailed it to us for inclusion on the blog and website gallery. There…
A wonderful piece of art work today by student Jitna Bhagani who is studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We love the design of the piece and the swirls in the sky – beautiful!
We are starting the week off bright and cheery with this lovely poster designed by Graphic Design student Kinga Rozsnya. Are you taking our online art Graphic Design Course? Why not email us your artwork and posters for us display…
Student Joseph Firman has been designing a poster to advertise London for tourists on the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. We love the bold striking colours Joseph has used which is very eye catching. Also the decorative background in the…
Today’s blog post shows the beautiful and colourful photograph by student Alison Smallwood. Depicting Summer.
Student Jackie Davies has been studying skies for an assignment on her Landscape Painting Diploma Course. Jackie has not only been working in her sketchbook creating sketches and colour studies of skies, she has also been creating some finished paintings…
We love this painting by student Alison Smallwood. It watercolour painted on stretched cold pressed watercolour paper and the overall colour pallet Alison has used is very natural. Alison looking down on the flowers, makes for a wonderful and interesting…
Hi, my name is Elena and this is my first assignment for Illustrating Children’s books course wet on wet collage and Row your boat. At the beginning it took me ages to find the theme for the collage, and I…
We love this painting by student Ann Rae and felt we had to show it here on our college news blog. Ann is studying on our Landscape Painting Diploma Course and has captured an artist painting a portrait of a man…
Beautiful painting for todays post by Patricia Albery who completed this for her set 5 study unit on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course.
My name is Vinaya Mahesh Deyannavar, currently completing the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with the London Art College. My passion towards art is from my childhood. I do pencil sketches and paintings with different media. I feel graphite pencils…
Students on our Landscape Diploma Course are producing some beautiful paintings and this is just one example by student Anne Rae. Its dynamic in terms of both colour and texture along with being a great composition too. It has been…
We may well have added this painting on the blog before, however it popped up again in our files. We love this painting so much it we wanted to show our students for inspiration. The painting is a self portrait…
My name is Richard and I have been studying the Pet portrait Diploma with the London Art College. Art was far and away my best subject at school. This did not mean much as I was awful at pretty well…
My name is Emily Miller and I am studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with the London Art College. I’ve never really used more than a few pencils, using HB, H, and 2B when drawing and, in recent years…
Student Belinda Cullen’s watercolour painting of fish really caught our eye and we felt it was very worthy of being on our blog this week. We love the confidence Belinda has with watercolour. She has created some superb wet in…
Would you like to learn how to create professional pet portraits like student Brenda Brown’s beautiful painting below? Why not head on over to our online course page all about our Pet Portraits Course to find out how you could…
Elena Peres created these three pastel paintings for an assignment on the Pastel Painting Online Art Course we run which is a home study course. The first piece of artwork which Elena created below of the single apple is a…
This fantastic drawing is by Mike Foley who created this beautiful piece of artwork for one of his Coloured Pencil assignments. We feel it works really well being drawn on black paper and it really adds depth to this piece….
Charis Simpson is studying our Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course with tutor Maggy Roberts. maggy sent us one of Charis’ illustrations for our blog…. Charis said… “I have always dreamed about being a children’s book illustrator and this course seemed…
Kathleen Gordon has just finished her Botanical Painting Diploma Course, with a Distinction. Tutor Shevaun Doherty said… “I really love her page of Zinnia flowers. She painted Zinnias for one of her previous assignments, but decided to revisit them for…
My name is Rachel Duffield and I am studying the Children’s Illustration Books Online Art Course with tutor Maggy Roberts. The brief for this picture asked for an illustration that showed a friendship between a cow and a bird. The…
My name is Mokhtar Ibrahim and I am studying with Alan Dedman on both the Oil Painting Course and the Drawing and Painting Diploma. This work is referenced to an old painting dated back to the early years of the 19th…
We have two students on the blog today who have completed similar pieces of artwork for an assignment on our Cartooning Art Course. Both students are called Chris! The first piece of artwork below is by student Chris McDonald and he has…
Our Still Life Art Course is tutored by professional artist and painter Alan Dedman. Student Barbra Knapik has created three monochrome paintings for one of her Still Life assignments. Each painting has been accurately drawn along with being painted very precisely….
Our Pet Portraits Online Art Course is one of our most popular courses. Students gain experience not only painting pets, but wildlife too. The course covers all of the main mediums, along with an introduction on drawing to help brush up…
Amy Topper has created a stunning watercolour illustration for the Fiery Fred assignment on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. There is so much colour and detail in this illustration, lots for children to study. Amy has a joint Facebook page with…
Robert Kidner is currently taking our Coloured Pencil Course and follows our blog with interest. He signed up for our blog newsletter which is delivered via email every Sunday. If you would like to sign up to our weekly news, you can do so…
Student Brian Oatley has created a very happy and colourful watercolour painting for his coursework. The flower study below was created for an assignment on our Colour Awareness short course. Our online art course is great for students who want to learn about colour,…
Heidi Seal has created a wonderful drawing of a man holding a huge fish for her Beginners Drawing Course. We are pretty sure that the chap didn’t stand to pose while Heidi sketched him! It was more than likely that Heidi drew the…