Author: London Art College
This fantastic illustration was created by student Fiona Levings. Maggy Roberts sent this over to the office along with Fiona’s comments about her Illustration. This has made us all laugh and we are thrilled to be able to share it with…
An excellent watercolour study for todays post by Portrait Course student Shuddhodhan Mane. We love the bold strokes and vivid colours, they make for a very three dimensional portrait. The skin tones have a wonderful warm glow. We also appreciate the…
Below is a superb drawing by Coloured Pencil Course student Mike Foley. He has achieved excellent lighting within this scene. The use of bright / light colours and dark shadows and tones on the foreground branch, really exudes a summery feel. Possibly a…
Galina Arthur produced some amazing artwork while studying on the Portraiture Painting Diploma Online Art Course. These two paintings in acrylics show Galina working and practicing with the medium along with experimenting with colour for skin tones and clothing. Texture…
Monique Bailey who studied with our fantastic tutor Spencer Hill on the Digital Illustration Diploma Course, has received her diploma. She was awarded a distinction for her superb artwork and achievements throughout the course. Monique had a photograph taken of her…
Tutor Maggy Roberts has sent through another of her students pieces of artwork for inclusion on our blog. It is a wonderful illustration from student Burcu Alisan, who is studying our Illustrating Children’s books Course. Burcu said… With this course I am…
My name is CharlotteKaill and I am currently taking a course with the London Art College. I am half way through my Children’s Book Illustration course with Maggy Roberts and i’m loving it. It has helped me imagine characters and stories…
Here is a fantastic scary poem illustration created by London Art College student Briony Dixon. Briony is currently working towards her diploma on one of our most popular courses – Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Course. The course is tutors…
Zlati Peneva has been working through our Photography Diploma Course with professional photographer and tutor Rona Cox. Zlati has taken this amazing photo and we thought it was the perfect photo to help encourage and inspire our students to pick up…
We would like to officially welcome Jarnie Godwin as a new tutor to our team. She will be running our Botanical Painting course. Jarnie has written a very interesting introduction to herself and her work below and we hope you enjoy…
My Journey Continued… Note: In June 2016 I wrote the blog post Illustrating Children’s Books for the London Art College. You may wish to read that first as this follows on from there. If anyone does read it, I would…
My name is Emily Miller and I am a student with the London Art College. This is my tribute to Richard Adams who died at the end of last year. Watership Down was such a big part of my childhood,…
Student Pam Cherry has been busy! Her paintings below of varying objects for her still life projects are coming along very well. Each object has been painting beautifully, particularly the texture of the bears jumper in the second painting. If can…
A fantastic piece of artwork for this Monday morning! This pastel portrait was created by student Sufia Rahman who is studying on our portraiture painting course. We love the way Sufia has rendered the top of the head and forehead…
We have been sent a wonderful illustration from tutor Maggy Roberts by one of her Children’s Illustration Course students Charlotte Kaill. Congratulations Charlotte on a fantastic illustration!
We don’t often blog students work from the photography course and we probably should! Perhaps that’s our New Years resolution for 2017! This beautiful photo was sent to us by Photography Diploma tutor Rona Cox. It was taken by student Josafine Tinkaus…
Student Edith Steinberg has been working through the Beginners Drawing Course and this is one of her drawings from the submitted exercises. A quote from the beginners drawing course tutor is below…we hope that it helps and inspires our beginners reading…
John Peace has been working on the Still life course with tutor Alan Dedman. John has created two superb paintings for his first set and his introductory letter is below. We hope that our prospective students can gain some confidence from…
My name is Mollie and I have recently completed the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course with the London Art College. I have received my Diploma Certificate with distinction from tutor Shevaun Doherty. It was a new medium for me but one I…
Monika Cilmi is the tutor for our London Art College Coloured Pencil Course. She has sent us a superb coloured pencil drawing by student Mike Bingham and a testimonial by Lee Lillie. Monika said – Mike Bingham has no experience with freehand drawing or coloured…
My name is Karen, I started painting four years ago when I was 51, and particularly enjoy drawing and painting animals of any kind. I completed the London Art College Watercolour Course earlier this year and on completion enrolled immediately on…
Christy Chan has recently completed our Coloured Pencil Drawing Course with Monika Cilmi. This is one of her final assignments and she was hoping it would be used on our website and blog. We are thrilled to be able to feature it…
A Merry Christmas and a Great 2017 to all at the wonderful London Art College! Here’s my submission for the blog, hoping it finds a spot. Suneeta. We were delighted to add Suneeta’s artwork to our blog and her painting beautiful!…
Malgosia Kozicka completed her course in Digital painting with tutor Spencer Hill in November. She has created this wonderful festive painting for us to show on our blog. We wish Malgosia all the best with her future paintings and career!
Smile at student Gethin’s cartoon strip called Bah Humbug! We love it!
We hope that all of our readers and students are having a lovely festive season. We also hope that you received some fabulous art materials from Santa this year! Student Pete Levy has created this amazing illustration which we just…
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our students and readers a very Merry Christmas. We hope that Santa leaves you lots of art materials under your tree this year! Thank you to student Inari Johnson for the superb…
We are getting close to the end of our 2016 advent calendar, we hope you have enjoyed it. Todays illustration is by student Judy Elizabeth Wilson. Judy has recently completed her course and below is a lovely testimonial email from her…….
One of our favourite designs of this year! Stunning artwork by student Debra Gibson.
Fantastic illustration of Rudolph with a very shiny, happy nose, by Rob Wilkinson!
Todays artwork is by student Angela Watson and she has created a wonderful illustration of a little girl ice skating.
This is a very fun and happy illustration by student Gina Maldonado.
We absolutely love student Sarah Listers artwork, we are sure she will go far with her illustrations.
Todays artwork is by student and artist Angela Watson who is studying the Digital Illustration course.
Superb illustration today by Children’s illustrating student Rob Wilkinson.
The illustration below is by artists and student Su Dore. A watercolour, coloured pencil and pencil mix.
Today’s artwork is by Children’s Illustration student Rob Wilkinson.
We love this illustration by Yvonne Overheul. A mixture of Digital and traditional media.
This month we will be featuring students Christmas paintings and drawings. We hope that it gets everyone in the festive spirit! Todays painting is beautiful, it is painted by student Alison Hughes.
My name is Monika and I am a tutor for the London Art College distance learning courses. On the 26th of November I had a signing event at Waterstones in Ipswich for my first book. This book is a great achievement…
Here is a fantastic photo of London Art College tutors Spencer Hill and John Byrne at Gosh comics in London. It was Spencer’s book launch evening for his new book. You can read about the launch event here – Launch Event: The Yellow…
My name is Angela Watson and I’m currently studying the Illustration Diploma with Spencer Hill. I have just received his feedback for assignment 4 and would like to share with you, how making one simple change as suggested by a…
A short blog post today as we think the portrait below says more than words can! Its fabulous. This watercolour portrait painting is by student Ingrid Rugel. We hope you like it as much as we do!
Geoff Fielding has recently completed the Coloured Pencil Course with us at the London Art college. The Coloured Pencil Course, like all of our courses, is also an online course. Consequently all of our students, including Geoff, are able to study and draw from…
Christine Towers is currently working on our Online Drawing and Painting Art Course. One of her beautiful watercolours has been submitted as part of the course which you can see below. Christine said at the start of the course… I…
Mike Foley is studying our Coloured Pencil Art Online Course. Mike said at the start of the course… “I have taken several correspondence art courses in the past. Two “Famous Artists” courses, and one watercolor workshop from “North Light Art School”….
Henry Sheridan completed the pet portraits course recently, and the painting below is his final submission. We love the colours Henry has used in his painting, particularly the background which is Full of warmth and life. It allows dogs to…
This fabulous still life mackerel painting was created by Pam Cherry. She is studying with tutor Alan Dedman on the Still life Art Course. We absolutely love the painting, its full of life and the fish and paper looks shiny and…
Student Panya Sos has been working with Vanessa Weaver on the graphic design in Art diploma course by the London College. We have added three of Panya’s pieces of artwork below for our students and readers to view. Panya has been…
We love this coloured pencil drawing by Kasturi Mukhopadhyay. We felt it was a great piece to show here on our college news blog. Kasturi has created a very bold and vibrant image which we feel looks very decorative. Kasturi has captured the light…
Allison Tebo has been working with John Byrne on our London Art College Cartooning Diploma Course. When Allison enrolled on the Cartooning course she had already completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma course. This allowed her to gain experience in general drawing…
London Art College student Ingrid Rugel has been learning to paint eyes in watercolour. She is studying with tutor Alan Dedman on the Portrait Painting Course and has produced some stunning studies which you can see below. The colours Ingrid…
Darinka Svircic is learning to paint in oils on our Oil Painting Certificate course. Darinka has created a stunning oil painting of a tree which we have added below for our students and readers to view. We also very much like…
We have featured Ann’s paintings on our blog in previous months and we love this abstract by her too. Ann paints by mouth and has taken this set of exercises in her stride. She wrote the following about the creation…
Diana Leighton has just completed her Pet Portraits Diploma course tutored by Gayle Mason. The painting and preliminary study below was completed for the final assignment of the course. We are thrilled that Diana enjoyed the course and completed it…
This is a fabulous painting by David Maidment who is studying our Painting and Drawing Diploma Course. We love the movement that David has created within the painting along with the fresh cool blue and green colours. Davids tutor Paul Weaver was absolutely…
Johan van der Spuy has been creating some wonderful paintings for the Landscape Diploma Course. We have added just one fo them below and hope that you all find it inspiring. So much to see…..
Student Shuddhodhan Mane has painted his self portrait as part of one of his Learn to Paint Portraits exercises, which you can see below. We very much enjoy seeing students self portraits and would encourage our students to email them…
Oil Painting Student Mokhtar Ibrahim has been working on his oil paintings with guidance from tutor Alan Dedman. He is taking the oil painting online art course with the London Art College. While on the course Mokhtar has been producing some…
Monika Cilmi, tutor for the Chinese Brush Painting Course, has worked in collaboration with a small dance company in Mexico. Monika created a visual response to the music and dance using brushwork in a form of video installation that accompany…
Hello, My name is Gethin Walters and last week I finally completed the Cartooning Course and I was delighted to gain a pass with a distinction from my tutor John Byrne. I have thoroughly enjoyed the course and I have…
Hello, I’m Fiona and I am an illustrator who lives and works in sunny Tasmania, Australia. I am completing the Children’s Illustration Diploma with Maggy Roberts. I am enjoying this course very much; I’ve only been drawing for about three…
Catherine Roux has recently completed the Coloured Pencil Online Course. She has created the most fabulous coloured pencil drawing of a Chicken and Duck scene in a farmyard. Catherine said during the course….. “I have really enjoyed the Coloured Pencil Online Course course…
Deborah Gale is currently studying our online art Portrait Painting course at the London Art College. It is tutored by portrait painter Alan Dedman who’s portraits are exquisite. In addition Alan is the perfect person to impart his portraiture knowledge and experience…
Batul Kaderbhai is currently studying with us at the London Art College, on the Portraiture Painting Online Art Course. The diploma is tutored by professional artist and illustrator Alan Dedman. The paintings below have been completed as part of exercises from…
Thushara Mendis is currently working towards gaining her Landscape Diploma by studying our Landscape Painting Online Art Course. The course is tutored by artist and mentor Alan Dedman. The paintings below are part of many Thushara submitted for submission. The Painting below…
Are you grumpy because you cant take good photos? Would you like to take a photo like this very handsome Tortoise below? If the answers is yes, come and take our Photography Online Course. Our photography online course is one of our most popular…
Happy Halloween to all of our London Art College students and readers of our College News blog! Here is a collection of some amazing Halloween inspired pieces of artwork from our students. We hope you enjoy them….Don’t get too scared…!!…
My name is Lionel Meyringer and I am studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Course with the London Art College. It’s coming up to Halloween, a good time for a scary story — in this case the very scary…
My name is Komal Pankhania and I am studying the Drawing and Painting Online Art Course with the London Art College. I have started this course for improving my overall techniques and the final output of the painting. I have passion…
Tutor Monika Cilmi has written two new books which we hope will be of interest to her students. Her first book, entitled Origami, is available now and you can see some images from the book below. Monika’s second book ‘Chinese Brushwork for…