Author: London Art College

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…

Selina Seesunkur has taken photos of a model for one of her assignments for the Photography Diploma Course. The series of three photos shows the model moving down the runway in two different dresses. Selina has captured the movement of…

We have students of all ages working on our online art courses. Talitha Young is a young student who has produced some superb drawings for one of her assignments on the Drawing Course for Children. Aren’t they wonderful! Talitha has first…

Jill Bentley is currently working with tutor Maggy Roberts on our Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Course. Jill has created some superb illustrations in her course assignments and Maggy wanted us to feature Jills ‘When All Is Dark’ illustration here…

Ulrike Miesen-Schuermann created two drawings of her friend for a figure drawing exercise on her course.  The two drawings were from one of the set assignments on our Drawing and Painting course. We love the tonal ranges Ulrike has used in both drawings,…

Sarah Wendy Olivia created this beautiful drawing for one of her submissions for her Beginners’ Drawing course. Sarah created a drawing of an old gnarly tree with a brick wall behind and has taken the time to add lots of…

The last blog post of the week and it is a coloured pencil drawing by student Mike Foley. Mike has used some beautiful bright and bold colours in his portrait and we love the texture and intricate detail in the…

We would like to announce a new tutor to our ever growing team here at the London Art College. Ida Mitrani will be tutoring the Botanical Coloured Pencil Diploma and also tutoring some of our students who enroll on our Coloured Pencil…

Shuddhodhan Mane has created a stunning portrait in pastel. There is so much light and happiness in the subject that with only a few lines and tones, Shuddhodhan has managed to capture this personas personality and character beautifully. A wonderful portrait.  

London Art College student Michael Van Der Roost has created a superb portrait using watercolour. In the painting below Michael has kept the tones light in the background so the subject can be in full focus. He has also allowed the sunlight of the…

We would officially like to congratulate Carolyn Lopez on completing her Pet Portrait Diploma course passing with a Distinction. Tutor Melanie Phillips said…. “Carolyn has worked extremely hard throughout the course and improved on her skills tremendously with each piece…

Today is the final day of our coloured pencil week. Student Helen Parks has created a wonderful drawing of a street scene and we have also added the photo Helen used below. Helen has taken lots of time over this drawing…

Its day four of the coloured pencil artwork week today and its the turn of student Anna Pavlova. Her collection of ‘things’, which included a light bulb, strong, scissors, and a lock were all things Anna found in her home,…

Today’s artwork – Day Three – is by Robert Kidner who is currently taking the Coloured Pencil Course with tutor guidance from Monika Cilmi. Robert has been enjoying the blog posts from us here at the London Art College over the last…

Day 2 of the coloured pencil artwork week. We have possibly shown this portrait by student Amelia Whiffin before, however it is such an amazing coloured pencil drawing – we just had to make sure our students and readers have all seen…

We had a fantastic response from last weeks Children’s Illustration Artwork week. We are thrilled to hear lots of our readers were inspired. This weeks dedicated artwork week has been planned for quite a while. It was an idea sparked by one of…

We are ending our week of Illustrating Children’s Book students artwork on a scary piece! day five today and its the turn of student Charlotte Kraill, who has illustrated the poem ‘ When All is Dark’. We are loving it’s spooky…

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We are now on day three of our Illustrating Children’s Books artwork week and todays illustration is by Daniel Baciu. Daniel studied the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma with tutor Maggy Roberts and passed with flying colours. You can see one of…

Day two of our Illustrating Children’s Books Student Artwork week. Today’s star student is Nicky Coulton. We absolutely love the wet in wet wash collage Nicky has created. Its bold, bright, colourful and a great composition too. The cut out sun…

We hope our students here in the UK have all had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend. We thought it would be a great idea to dedicate this week to students who are studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course. The course is tutored by…

My name is Gayathri and I am a student on the Oils certificate course. Below is one of my work for the student gallery. I have captured a landscape with tree and flower patches along riverside. Its a joy of full…

My name is Komal Pankhania and I am studying the Drawing and Painting Online Art Course with the London Art College. My artwork below is in Acrylic and also one still life painting in soft pastels. 1. The painting is inspired by…

My name is Lisa and I’m nearing the end of my Illustration course with Spencer Hill. I have been really enjoying it and thought I’d share some of my pieces. I’ve loved the variety of assignments – including an illustration of…

Naomi is studying the Illustration Children’s Book Diploma with tutor Maggy Roberts. “With Firey Fred I tried to pay attention the words ‘loose painting’ in the brief, but as I am very new to painting I am finding it quite…

This is the work of Deirdre Kellett, who is doing the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course. Assignment 5 is to draw and paint fruit or vegetables, so she chose a Dragonfruit and some tomatoes. What I really like about the tomatoes…

My name is Mel Newing and I am completing the Pet Portrait Diploma Course with Gayle Mason. I’ve completed the 1st piece for exercise 4 which asks for a dog with basic background. This is actually an attempt at a commissioned…

Just wanted to share this diptic with you inspired by tutor Alan Dedman. I challenged myself to paint in the style of Turner but an original piece without using any black at all! This painting took me 2 weekends to…

Chinese Brush Painting tutor Monika Cilmi’s book called ‘Beginning Chinese Brush’ is finally available. The book is structured in such a way to inspire beginners and established artists alike. By following traditional Chinese techniques, it can not only help you become more…

Former London Art College student, Julie Ann Maguire is delighted to share the wonderful news that her drawing, Gone Crabbin’ has been selected for the 16th UKCPS Annual Open Exhibition at the Menier Gallery in London. This will be her…

My name is Jane Tivey. After breaking my wrist a couple of years ago I couldn’t seem to get going again with my drawing and painting – particularly as it doesn’t seem to be quite the same as before! Especially…

Fears and tears – but highly recommended! I’ve recently submitted my first two pieces for the Children’s Book Illustration course with Maggy Roberts. The last time I submitted artwork for judging was when I did my a-levels over twenty years…

My name is Julie Hollinshead and I am taking the Coloured Pencil Course with the London Art College. I picked up coloured pencils a few years ago to do pet portraits after purely doing them in acrylics. I am doing…

Tutor Maggy Roberts has sent us another lovely illustration from one of her students. Michelle has created a superb watercolour illustration of an elephant doing a hand stand with a bird. We know that children would absolutely love this image and we…

My name is Mel Mollum and I am taking the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. The final piece for set 3 is now complete and I did struggle with it!  I’ve never used oils for a more realistic picture and I certainly…

Elisa Orchard is currently working through our Pet Portrait Diploma Course tutored by gale Mason. Elisa has sent us her pastel portrait of a horse for us to add on the blog. We are delighted to add it here for our…

Rosalind Moll has now completed her final set of work for her Landscape Diploma and we are thrilled to add three of her final paintings here on the blog. Rosalind has said about the caravan piece. ….I found this old…

The Collective London is a digital marketing agency based on Roseberry Avenue, EC1 – central London. They have kindly agreed to host a view by appointment show of Alan Dedman’s latest artworks. The exhibition will include traditional, classically formed pieces…

We hope that you have been enjoying following along with student Edward Javier (Oil Painting Art Course)on his journey with oils and watercolour. Todays final instalment is with charcoal and his final piece is absolutely stunning. Congratulations Edward on a fantastic…

Edward has now move on to working with watercolour for his still life setup and you can follow his progress below along with seeing his final painting. Materials Pencil(Burnt Umber colour) Cup to hold water A4 Watercolour paper Watercolour paints…

If you have been following along, yesterday we showed Edwards Javier’s colour wheel step by step. Today we are following his oil painting which fits with the exercise ‘Light and how we see colour’. Edward is currently taking the oil…

Oil Painting student Edward Javier has completed set three of his course and emailed the most wonderful PDF of his step by steps and his process. We are going to split Edwards submission over the next few days so that…

Chinese brush painting student Alex Huges has been practicing painting birds as you can see from his illustrations below. Tutor Monika Cilmi has been helping with advice and guidance while Alex has been working through the course. We have also…