Author: London Art College
Todays post is of a drawing by a young student on the Drawing for Children course. Trainers and shoes are a fantastic subject for children to draw as they are a fairly simple shape, yet have lots of wonderful textures and…
Welcome to the official London Art College Cartooning Competition 2016. Our cartooning competition is open to all of our current students. It has the theme of Knock Knock…. Students can interpret this any way they wish. We are looking for good…
The picture below is my first and only watercolour painting ever. I painted it for the portrait course. When studying watercolour methods in the course notes and videos, I became fascinated with the great variety of techniques that one could use…
My name is and I am currently studying the Cartooning Diploma with John Byrne. I began in life studying General Art and Fine Jewellery/ Silversmithing. I went on to study therapeutic models and advocacy to empower people suffering with disabilities both…
Hello, my name is Gethin Walters and I am currently doing the D2 Cartooning Diploma Course, which John Byrne tutors. I am a teacher by trade but I find it therapeutic when I’m drawing. I have always ‘doodled’ and enjoyed…
My name is Udayana Lugo, and I have just completed my Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma. I am a designer by profession, and I was taught to think through my pencil. I also learnt to try and understand a shape as…
Here is a fabulous poster design by student Joy Deane who is studying on the Graphic Design Diploma Course with Vanessa Weaver. We love the immediacy of the design and love that its in a Christmas tree shape too!
Most artists have faced the dreaded blank page, canvas or screen at some point and experienced that moment of right brain freeze. You want to create something, but you are stuck for ideas. As a conventional artist you can resort…
Linda Clutterbuck studied on the Portrait Painting Course and created this wonderful drawing in Pastel. We love the natural colours used as the background works very well and doesn’t overpower the scene. Superb portrait and excellent work Linda!
My name is Jenny Drew and I completed the Cartooning Diploma Course with John Byrne. I developed enough confidence to begin cartooning stories of the young people I work with, in my job as a Youth Offending Preventions Keyworker. At first…
My name is Jane Sunbeam and I have just finished my MA in Children’s Book Illustration and I wanted to write how the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma with Maggy Roberts was a really important part of this journey. When I was nervously…
We have just received some exciting news from one of our students Sarah Lister…. “I just wanted to share my exciting news today that I’m illustrator of the week on childrensillustrators.com. 🙂 I’ve forwarded the email to you! Exciting!!!!!” “Childrensillustrators.com (the…
The aim of our Digital Illustration diploma is to provide students with the skills they need to begin creating digital art. Across six projects students gradually increase their digital skills, and to demonstrate these skills we have created an exhibition…
A beautiful painting for today’s post by Marcela Zambrano who is studying with tutor Alan Dedman on the Oil painting course. We love the feel of this piece, its warmth is beautiful the colours work very well. Congratulations Marcela on a superb…
Sean Cocker has just passed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with flying colours. Tutor Paul Weaver Tutor said that “Sean had worked really hard and his final unit was awesome!” We have added some of Sean’s paintings, drawings and…
Another student has successfully completed the new Illustration Diploma. The high standards continue as Julia Feliz has achieved the highest accreditation of Distinction. Julia has delivered a strong portfolio of illustrations in response to the challenging assignments. Examples of her…
My name is Paul Ward and I am studying the Drawing and Painting Diploma. For the final assignment of a painting of a time of day I have gone for one of my favourite places, Hunstanton beach in winter and…
A beautiful painting by student Dr. Suneeta Kulkarni who is studying on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Isn’t this a superb piece!
We would like to wish all of our students and followers a very Happy New Year and all the best with their studies and artwork in 2016! Today’s festive coloured pencil drawing is by Julie Ann Maguire.
Todays Festive artwork is by Student Drew Sth who has created watercolour pieces depicting scenes around Singapore. Draw Said “Singapore is a tropical country all year round, hence it was fun imagining what it would be like if winter comes…
A beautiful illustration of a Robin for today’s festive piece by student Beatrice Giacomini.
Merry Christmas from us all at the London Art College!
The big day is nearly here and Santa is on his way…! Today’s Christmas Countdown image is by student Sruthi Nair who created this piece digitally. We hope it helps to get everyone in the Christmas spirit!
Today’s Christmas countdown is by completed student Inari Johnson. Her Santa in Charcoal is absolutely superb! You can see more of Inari’s artwork on her blog https://ambiguousbrush.wordpress.com and on her website too ambiguousbrush.com.
Isn’t this just a beautiful scene! Its by student Sarah Lister and we absolutely love it!
Today’s Christmas countdown artwork is by student Keziah Herbert. We love the characters Keziah creates and you can visit Kezhiah’s website and Facebook page at the links below below. https://fuzzbumdesigns.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/KeziahHerbertIllustration/
This is a most wonderful illustration by student Yvonne Overheul who is currently studying on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma. Yvonne created this illustration along with a help from her little daughter Arianna Pompeo, who is 11 years old. We would like…
We are getting very close to Christmas now and I’m sure student Jodi Wood’s fantastic scene below will be a very familiar one in many households! We would like to wish a very happy christmas to Jodi and her family.
Todays Festive artwork is by Student Drew Sth who has created watercolour pieces depicting scenes around Singapore. Draw Said “Singapore is a tropical country all year round, hence it was fun imagining what it would be like if winter comes…
Today’s Christmas countdown artwork is by student Keziah Herbert. The ferret owners amongst our readers will love this one! You can visit Kezhiah’s website and Facebook page at the links below below. https://fuzzbumdesigns.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/KeziahHerbertIllustration/
Today’s Christmas countdown piece is by Children’s Illustrator Sarah Lister. Her Hogwarts inspired illustration is simply superb and the more you study it…the more you will see! We will be having more illustrations from Sarah in our Christmas countdown, so stay…
Today’s Christmas Countdown painting is by Leila Nabih and it is an absolutely wonderful illustration, beautifully designed and executed. We absolutely love it!
Beatrice Giacomini had provided us with a superb watercolour and coloured pencil study of an owl for todays Christmas countdown. We absolutely love this little character and hope you all do too!
Todays artwork for our Christmas countdown is by Alison Huges, a beautiful close up painting of a Deer. Simply Stunning!
Today’s Christmas Countdown is by Alankrita Jain and such a fun and happy illustration to get us into the festive spirit!!
This is one of my personal favourite paintings in the Colleges Christmas Countdown 2015. I have my own brood of chickens and its lovely to see a wintery scene with chickens having fun! The painting is by Eleanor Patrick and we…
Christmas Countdown – Todays artwork is by Alison Huges and we love the victorian feel Alison has created within the scene. Superb!
Keziah Herbert is studying with Maggy Roberts on the follow on course for Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course and has created an array of christmas cards of her ferrets. Here is the first and we absolutely love it! You can…
We come to our second day of our Christmas Countdown. We absolutely love this Cartoon Illustration from student Mary Costello who is currently studying with us on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. We think our Cartooning Tutor John Byrne will be…
Welcome to the opening day of our Christmas Countdown! We asked our students in ‘The Common Room‘ if they had any festive paintings and drawings that they had created this year that they wouldn’t mind sharing with us and we have received…
My name is Heather Roberton and I am studying on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. Earlier this year I visited a local art exhibition and got talking to one of the artists about the studies we were both doing….
My name is Heather Robertson and I am studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. My illustration below is from the ‘Scary Poem’ Assignment and I found this to be the most difficult of all the…
Hello! I’m Keziah, and I am currently on the Children’s Book Illustration follow on course with Maggy Roberts. I finished the first part of the course with a distinction earlier this year, and it has made me much more confident…
Nicola Drake painted this amazing study while working on the Still Life course with tutor Alan Dedman. We absolutely love it! The depth of colour, richness of the paint, the well observed shadows and highlights and the techniques used in the…
Phoebe Sayer on the Drawing for Children’s course has invented a fabulous new creature for one of her exercises. Isn’t it fantastic! Can you work out what animals went into creating the new character?
Eleanor Patrick has completed the Illustration Diploma with flying colours and earned herself the highest award of Distinction. The key to this course is the interpretation of a variety of writings and concepts, and students must work creatively and methodically…
Marc Davis has created some superb cartoons for one of his assignments on the Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne. We absolutely love the portrait of Dave Myers and we really look forward to seeing more artwork from Marc in…
Elisabeth Planella’s painting for the oil course is superb. We love the solidity and realness Elisabeth has created here, it really feels as though you could walk into the scene and pick up or touch the objects around you. A…
We are looking for a new tutor for our Watercolour Diploma Course. Send your CV with examples of your work to admin@londonartcollege.co.uk. Applicants must have teaching experience and be proficient using watercolour. Basic computer skills are essential. Applicants must be a UK resident.
We have received this wonderful pen and ink wash drawing from Jess Mathiasen on the Science Fiction and Fantasy course tutored by John Byrne. We love the movement Jess has created in the drawing, the characters are superb too!
Jane Harrington who studied with Jan Nesbitt on the Watercolour Diploma Course has created the most beautiful painting in watercolour. We love the vivid colours and the wonderful design to the painting – congratulations on a superb piece!
This is Vallabhi Shegaonkar from D6 Illustrating Children’s Books Dip course. I have used a kind of decorative style for this illustration as I never wanted it to appear monotonous. The core theme is that children are fond of sweets of…
Celeste Abrahams who is studying with Rona Cox on our Photography Diploma Course took this very well timed photo of a stormy sky and lightening. Absolutely superb!
Ruth Bain studied with tutor Vanessa Weaver on the Graphic Design Diploma and passed with flying colours. This is one of her wonderful paintings from the course.
Shauna Read creating this painting while studying on the Beginners Painting course. We absolutely love this, the wet in wet washes, the bright vibrant autumnal colours of the trees and the hint of a building nestled in the scene. Most wonderful!
Senur Bicer created this wonderful painting while studying with tutor Monica Cilmi on the Chinese Brush painting course. Isn’t it beautiful!
A superb painting by Roger Rowley who is studying on the life drawing course with Alan Dedman.
Happy Halloween Everyone!!! Illustration by Jamie Hardy Digital Illustration Diploma Instagram: @majiklecreations Facebook: facebook.com/majiklecreations Website – www.majiklecreations.com
Jamie Hardy is very kindly providing us with our Halloween illustrations for our social media this year. Today is a pre halloween piece….keep your eyes peeled tomorrow for the next one….. Jamie Hardy Digital Illustration Instagram: @majiklecreations Facebook: facebook.com/majiklecreations Website – www.majiklecreations.com Halloweeen
Sophie Delesque created this beautiful drawing while working on the Botanical Coloured pencil course. We love the way Sophie has layered a variety of greens and yellows to create her transitions between the tones and hues. Excellent work!
Here are just a handful of photos of the tutors at this years annual general meeting in Bristol. Rona Cox, our photography tutor set up a group photo for those who attended which you can see below. It was a very useful…
Digital Illustration student Bhagawati Chettri has earned herself a Distinction following her studies with the college. She demonstrated a solid grasp of all the technical concepts covered in the course and produced a digital portfolio of paintings, cartoons and vector…
By Eleanor Patrick – Illustration Diploma I was happy doing assignments 1 to 4 in the Illustration Diploma – it was even fun and exciting to try out new things. And then came sequential illustration tasks in assignment 5. I…
Josephine MacLeod was a student with the London Art College; she studied painting and drawing on the general diploma course, where she was tutored by Alan Dedman. At the time she resided in Lagos, Nigeria. Her husband Norman MacLeod, used…
My name is Nina and I’m a freelance illustrator, artist and designer. I’m studying the illustration for children’s books diploma with Maggy. This is the fifth assignment, illustrating for a poem ‘When all is dark’. I’ve worked with ink and pen,…
We have been asked by a number of students if Monique Bailey, the runner up in this years London Art College competition, could explain a little about how she created her painting ‘Girl and Swan’ pictured below. Monqiue has very kindly…
Stella Faliagka is studying with Alan Dedman on the Colour Awareness course and this is a piece of artwork that Stella created for one of the exercises in the course. this not only has helped Stella in working out colours, tones…
All of the tutors at this years annual general meeting had a very difficult task choosing the winner and runner up from this years competition finalists. We had a record breaking number of entries this year at 156. We are extremely pleased to announce…
Hi Everyone, My name is Sruthi Nair (D11 Digital Illustration Course) and I have reached the five finalists for my work ‘Tree of life’ on the ArtStyle magazine competition. The winner will be chosen based on the number of ‘likes’ against…
Hello, I have just been told that I can share my great news. I have been selected as one of thirty artists, that will have their pet portrait picture showcased in an Ann Kullberg book. It will be one of…
I am currently working on the digital art course, after completing illustrating for children’s books in 2014 and I am loving it! I actually recently reworked my very first assignment ever set by Maggie on the previous course ‘row, row,…
CHRISTMAS 2015 – Artwork wanted for blog countdown! Yes, we know its only October and none of you are thinking about Christmas yet, however we have to be organised and work ahead for the blog 🙂 We are looking to do a Christmas…