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Sabine Krappmann is one of our favourite students who studied on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course and this drawing of a leaf is no exception. Its absolutely stunning. There are some really advanced drawing techniques here, the play of light and…
Jennifer Cowen has been studying with Spencer Hill, on the D11 Digital Illustration Diploma Course. Spencer said…”Jennifer started off producing superb digital art and then just kept delivering with enthusiasm and technical aptitude. I have no hesitation recommending her for a distinction….
Janet Trotta completed this for a study unit on the Beginners Painting Course. We absolutely love it and find it a very happy painting, the colours and flowers are utterly delightful!!
For Spencer Hill, tutor for the D11 Digital Illustration Diploma Course, students who tick all the technical boxes but also demonstrate enthusiasm, commitment, progression beyond the material and engage with both Spencer and the course, earns a Distinction. Julia Feliz is one…
Amelia Whiffin has not only completed one drawing of this bird but two. one in pencil and one in coloured pencil for her Coloured Pencil Course. We often advise students to do preliminary drawings in graphite pencil before starting one…
Alka Sikka has completed this wonderful drawing for the Beginners Drawing Course. This is a very tricky subject, as it deals with the refraction between the water and pencils in the glass. Alka has handled it superbly and we are looking…
Denise Wood has completed her final assignment for D11 Digital Illustration Diploma Course, and tutor Spencer Hill, believe that her progress, enthusiasm and demonstration of the digital techniques has earned her a Distinction. We are including some of Denise’s artwork…
The college have teamed up again with author Jim Pinnock who is looking for students to create a poster for his one off plays. Jim has written a brief below. Read more about the plays and the competition, post questions and…
Tracy Marshall has just submitted this great image which we felt was completely blog worthy! She also added this to her evaluation page we I though it might be useful for other illustration students. “….I think what has developed for…
Janet Knight exceeded at the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and we just loved her work form start to finish. Here is one of her wonderful paintings from the course – doesn’t it make you smile 🙂
Julie Ann Maguire studied with the London Art college last year. She has now developed her own website and its online for fellow students to view. We hope that this helps to inspire our students to create a website of their…
Colleen Christopher is studying on our Coloured Pencil Course and has created a fantastic still life with a glass and crushed can. both items are tricky to draw and Colleen has done a wonderful job here.
Anna Pavlova has completed this amazing portrait of a child and a toy monkey for a study unit exercise on the Coloured Pencil Course. Anna’s use of line here to describe the contours of the face and hair are superb, the…
Anita De La Hunty has created a beautiful drawing of a flower in a glass of water for the Beginners Drawing Course. This is a superb still life subject for anyone learning to draw as it not only deals with…
Alison Hughes is studying on our Coloured Pencil Drawing Course and has created this wonderful drawing of a boat and landscape scene using coloured pencils. We love Alison’s use of line, particularly in the shape and form of the boat…
Panya is one of our youngest students on the Graphic Design Art course. Her tutor Vanessa Weaver says ‘She has completed the course with a distinction as her passion for art and design is very evident.’ She has been battling…
Another cartoon by Alessandra Patania who is studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course. We love this one!!
This is a very interesting blog post today as we not only can post the artwork but also the photo of the still life Alan McMahon used for one of his drawings on the Coloured Pencil Course. It is superb…
Alex Hughes has been working hard through the Chinese Brush Painting Course and has produced some wonderful paintings. Here are a few of Alex’s studies of flowers, we hope you like them!
We love this sheet of faces by Alessandra Patania who is studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course. They really make us smile!
Al Johara Beydoun is completing the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and this is one of his preliminary drawings in readiness for a painting. We thought it would be interesting for our students to see a piece that was in progress…
Anna Pavlova studied with tutor Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Course and this is one of her drawings from the course. We really love the textured lines Anna creates in her work, she has a superb study of drawing…
Ulrike Miesen Schuermann completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course recently and we love Ulrike’s artwork. This study is exquisite, the colour pallet is excellent and we hope that our students and readers find it as inspiring as we do!
Joanne Taylor completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with distinctions and this is one of our favourite paintings of Joanne. Truly worthy of being here on our college news blog. We know that Joanne will enjoy a very happy…
Evelyn Sichrovsky studied on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and created some wonderful studies while working through the exercises with her tutor. This is one of our favourites, the softness of the pencil work is stunning! We are sure that Evelyn…
Maria Kemp has been working with Alan Dedman on the Colour Awareness Course and has not only come up with a superb montage but created in using a limited pallet. Lovely design and excellent colours!
Tanya Bowles has completed this for the Colour Awareness Course, its part of a painting completed in monochrome and a limited pallet. If anyone is wondering is the back of a horse and rider! Its a superb painting and we…
Christopher Young has created the most fabulous drawing of sugar, salt and mustard for a study unit from his Beginners Drawing Course. The most simple of objects can be turned into a very interesting and three dimensional drawing – why not…
Jan Rossington has completed this wonderful painting on canvas for the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course while studying with tutor Paul Weaver. We love the colour pallet, and the play of light on this child’s face – superb!
I think we can all recognise Heath Ledgers character The Joker from the Dark Knight here, beautifully rendered by Sean Cocker for a study exercise in the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Superb colours and excellent likeness achieved!
We love this very delicate painting by Senur Bicer who completed this for the Chinese Brush Painting Course. We also love the colour of the paper and ink – beautiful!
This amazing painting has been completed by Shelby Bledsoe on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. We absolutely love this, the depth of colours, detail in the vase and fruit, it all looks very three dimensional and solid. Even to…
Barbara Murray completed this as one of her exercise pieces for tutor John Byrne while studying on the Cartooning Diploma Course. We love this cartoon and look forward to seeing more from Barbara in the near future.
Steven Durant Burgin is currently studying with tutor Paul Weaver on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. We love this tree study and think the textures Steven has created are amazing. It looks very autumnal too with the sienna colours….
Yolande Anderson is currently completing the Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne and this is one of the studies Yolande has created for part of her assignments. We think is it fantastic and a great cartoon for Children.
Stella Faliagka created this collage of colours as an example of a colour palette for the Colour Awareness Course. The photograph Stella has taken of the cut out pieces of paper and the way that they have been arranged is superb….
To demonstrate that she is not a one-trick pony, Julie Ann Maguire is producing a series of graphite images entitled “Postcards from Eire”. These pieces, in size 20cm x 15cm (8″ x 6″), originate from photographs taken by the artist on a…
My name is Rory Donald & today I’ve just submitted some pieces for the final run of exercises of the superb Sci-Fi & Fantasy course to my tutor John Byrne at London Art Collage. Although it’s taken me a while…
Matthew Jones is currently studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma and has emailed us a few of his cartoons for us to see and post on our social media pages. We hope that you can help Mathew by…
We have just received this wonderful email from Chris McDonald who has just passed the Cartooning Diploma with John Byrne. Chris’s career has got off to a flying start….keep reading to find out more! Congratulations Chris! ——————————————— I’ve just read the…
Welcome to this years official London Art College Photography Competition. All of our students can enter, whichever course you are taking, please feel free to submit your favourite photo that encapsulates the topic ‘Landscapes & Seascapes’ . 1st prize is £50 Amazon voucher!…
Clare Andrews has completed the house assignment on the Digital Illustration course with tutor Spencer Hill. We love Clare’s superb use of colour and texture here, particularly the shine in the windows!
Did you know we are on Pintrest? We have quite a selection of pins on our page from collections of inspiration for your sketchbook, colour and art studio ideas to watercolour tips and graphic design fonts and layouts. Not forgetting…
Alankrita Jain has created the most fabulous underwater scene for her Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma exercise. We love the concept and Alankrita’s use of watercolour, the watery wet in wet effect for the sea is superb! Keep up the great…
Claire Ninham has created two beautiful pieces for one of her Botanical Painting assignments. We absolutely love the attention to detail created here and hope that this is an inspiration for our other students.
What an apt Cartoon which we have just posted on our Twitter page, created by Chris McDonald who has passed the Cartooning course with Distinctions!! Congratulations Chris!
Diana Leighton has created a beautiful pen and ink illustration for one of her assignments on the Illustrating Children’s book Diploma Course. Diana has a very illustrative style, clean lines and very effective!
Elizabeth Coetzee has just completed the D1 Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with Paul Weaver and has passed with distinctions. This is one of Elizabeths paintings below and we hope that it makes you smile! We wish Elizabeth the best…
Jane Hoggard has completed the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma course and has very kindly emailed a few of her pieces of share on our blog. Jane said …”The first assignment based on the infamous text of ” row row row”……
Congratulations to Ryan Ball who is this years winner of London Art College 1st Annual cartooning competition. All of the entries were absolutely fantastic, each student produced very clever and funny cartoons, however Ryan was a clear winner with high marks from…
Thank you to all of our students who entered our Cartooning Competition this year. The competition is now closed and we have displayed all of the entries on our website at the link below. We received a superb number of…
Kate Grinsell has created the most stunning illustration for the Sci Fi Fantasy course. We are thrilled that Kate has been enjoying the course with our lovely Tutor John Byrne and we are looking forward to seeing more form her…
My name is Catriona Jennings and I’m a student on the photography course, my second course with London Art College. I did the children’s illustration a few years ago. I signed up for the photography course just before Christmas. One of…
Ann Edward is studying on our Pastels course and this is a superb preliminary study in monochrome using only black, grey and white pastels. Creating preliminary studies like this in greyscale can really help students understand the depth of tones within…
A very colourful collage today from student Karen Logan who is studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. If any of our students would like to see their own artwork posted here on our blog, drop us…
Did you know we have a student forum? All students can join and participate for free! Its called The Common Room and we would love to see you there. You can even login with your Facebook and twitter account of…
I recently helped Geraldine Suggett with a few problems she was having with uploading her artwork to The Art Room. Geraldine emailed me her work and I was so impressed I asked if she would be able to write something about…
Our Botanical tutor Gaynor Dickeson is organising a Norway painting holiday. All of the details are below and don’t hesitate to contact Gaynor for details. Visit Gaynors Blog here Botanical Painting Holiday This botanical art workshop holiday is intended for people…
When former LAC student, Julie Ann Maguire graduated on the Coloured Pencil certificate course last year, she had a string of CP drawings appear as exhibits in Birmingham, Nottingham and Somerset. Continuing to flourish this year, she has a portrait of “Girl with…
Initially I completed the Illustrating Children’s Books diploma course with Maggy Roberts and achieved a distinction which was great and it gave me the confidence to enrol on the follow on course, which I have now just completed. The aim…
I think this has to be the most illustrative house assignments we have received in a long time. We are loving the colours and attention to detail here, there is a lot to see and find within Pamela Zwickert’s house assignments…
Another superb collage piece, this time from Diana Leighton, who is studying on the Illustrating Children’s books diploma course with Maggy Roberts. We love the adorable ducks and feel this would be a complete hit in a children’s book. Diana…
Maureen Davenport is studying the Watercolour Diploma Course with Jan Nesbitt and created this beautiful windswept watercolour below. We are loving the bold colours, the watercolour techniques used and vibrancy and movement created within the piece. Congratulations Maureen on a…
Xenia Tran has created a wonderful collage for an assignment for the Illustrating Children’s books Diploma Course. We are looking forward to seeing more form Xenia soon!
College tutor Spencer Hill and his partner Vicky Oakey have produced a cartoon collection centred around horses. The book is entitled ‘Cartoons from the horses mouth’ and will be published next month by Quiller Publishing under their equine imprint Kenilworth…
Giana Cochrane completed our Illustration Children’s books Diploma course with Maggy Roberts and is now doing the 52 week challenge on Facebook, along with lots of out other students. Why not find out about it yourself here – and read about Giana’s…
Hello! I am a student doing the Diploma of Children’s illustration. I’m also participating in the 52-week illustration challenge, and have found it a great way to experiment and view fantastic levels and styles of artwork. 53-week Challenge has been…
Keziah Herbert is currently studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s book diploma course and has written about her experiences and work below. We are thrilled Keziah is doing so well and wish her all the best for her…
Eszter Tucker has just received a distinction for passing the Graphic Design in Art Diploma course and the poster that Eszter has created below is just simply exquisite. We are sure that Eszter will go a long way and has a…
Jelena Udre has just completed the photography diploma course with Rona Cox and has received a distinction for her very creative and wonderful photography. Congratulations Jelena, we wish you all the best in your photography career.
A wonderful recent illustration by student Gabriella Streat who is studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s book Diploma.
A wonderful coloured pencil drawing by student Sue Sharrock, we love the use of a limited pallet here here combined with the different textures in the object – superb!
A wonderful post from Eleanor Patrick who is on her third course with the London Art College. Read on and View Eleanor’s work to find out more…….. ————————— I enrolled on the Digital Illustration course when I was still working through the…