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A lovely watercolour from student Koay Sim Bee who is studying on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course.

Jenny Gideonsson, who is studying the illustrating Children’s books Diploma Course, has submitted the  most wonderful illustration for one of her assignments. I asked if Jenny would write about her illustration and she has very kindly done so below. Thank you so…

Deepthi Horagoda has very kindly written about her brand new website and facebook page she has recently set up, along with screen captures of both sites below.  We hope that Deepthi’s experiences will help other students understand a little about the process of…

Linda Bowles has just completed the Pet Portrait Diploma Course with Distinctions and we wish her the best of luck in her future business as a pet portrait artist. Congratulations Linda!

Welcome to our Brand New Cartooning Competition – First prices is £50 Amazon Voucher Lac Cartooning tutor John Byrne says ”One of my favourite things about reviewing students’ work on the cartoon course is marvelling at the endlessly clever variations students…

Dawn Treacher has very kindly shared her challenges from the Illustration Challenge Facebook group. Let us know if you are contributing to the challenges, we would love to blog them here! ————————————— I completed the Diploma in Children’s Book illustration…

Have any of our students experimented with pen and ink for illustrations? Gina Lorena Maldonado, who is studying on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma course has created a wonderful pen and ink study here. The textures she has created are superb and…

Linda Carter is just in the process of completing her Cartooning Diploma With John Byrne. Linda has recently set up some Facebook pages and a website for her work and we asked if it would be possible for Linda to…

London Art College are delighted to announce the availability of a new course; Illustration Diploma Course. Taught by college tutor Spencer Hill, this new diploma will teach students how to create art to accompany words and concepts otherwise known as illustrations….

We have received this wonderful write up and artwork from student Hazel Morley’s final set of work on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with Maggy. We hope our students enjoy the read and find it inspiring! ————————————- I am…

Ryan Ball is studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma and has got letting us know about his latest project….. ———————————————— I am currently studying the Children’s illustration course with Maggy Roberts and am close to completing…

Anthony Zaza is studying with Vanessa Weaver on the Graphic Design in Art Diploma Course and created a series of pen and ink drawings as part of his studies. Excellent use of line to convey movement!

This wonderful illustration was created by student Alison Smallwood. You might remember this illustration as we used it on the 2014 London Art College competition poster! We just love the look on the cows face, swinging on the vine with his…

Alena Poracova has created the most beautiful drawings of hands as part of one of her study units for the Drawing and Painting Diploma. We absolutely love the delicate lines and tones she has created within her studies – superb…

This is one of our favourite coloured pencil drawings in the recent weeks and its by student Amelia Whiffin  which is studying on the coloured pencil certificate course.  We love the colours and textures Amelia has created in the stonework and we…

Colour Awareness course student Alison Robson created this beautiful piece below. The colours used are wonderful allowing the light to emanate from the figures within the painting. Alison has used layering techniques within her piece which not only adds interest and…

Alex Hughes has created a very bold study piece here for his Chinese brush painting course. We love the natural colour pallet used and the textures created.

Student John Kelly has create three wonderful contemporary cartoons…which we will leave you to read. Superb!!

Julia Gardiner has been experimenting here with peppers and chillies for her botanical course. One tip we do have for students when photographing their artwork and thats to stand directly above it with their camera. Often you can plant your feet either…

This is a fabulous photo of student Huda Pern’s sketchbook. Huda is currently studying the painting course and has created some wonderful studies and is experimenting with colours here. We hope that you are all enjoying working in your own…

Alka Sikka is studying on the beginners drawing course. We loved the vibrancy of Alka’s pencil lines and shading in this piece and their collection of fruit and veg are extremely dynamic!

We would like to wish all of our students a very Happy New Year and all the best for their artwork for 2015! This wonderful painting is by student Dana Mallon who recently received a distinction for completing the Pet Portraits…

Tameeka Johnstone is currently studying with Paul weaver on the Painting and Drawing Diploma. Tameeka has created a fantastic pice of artwork and she has very kindly written about it below…over to Tameeka! ——————————————————– This drawing is a “media” drawing,…

      We have had so many wonderful Christmas themed images, we are adding a few more over the festive season. This fantastic piece is by Gisela Robinson and we love the colours and the watercolour techniques Gisela has used. 

Happy Christmas! The big day is here and we would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas. Where ever you are and what ever you are doing, we hope you all enjoy the festivities and you received the art…

Happy Christmas Eve! Today’s artwork is by student Hazel Morley and we just love her family of snowmen and snowladies and all the sparkles too!

Only two days left of our Christmas countdown. Todays image is called Let it Snow by student Gina Maldonado. We love the very professional feel of Ginas christmas card and are thrilled to be able to share it with everyone…

Christmas Countdown – only three days remaining! If you didn’t write all of those wanted art materials on your christmas wish list for santa….theres always the January sales! This is a fabulous piece of artwork for todays countdown post, by…

Student Suzanne Dore created this fabulous drawing which is a continuation of the same characters in Suzanne’s other christmas images.  Only four days and counting!

Today’s countdown to Christmas image is a beautifully cute one by student Marily Valkijainen.

Things are getting Christmassy…six days and counting. We are celebrating today with a gorgeous image by student Suzanne Dore.

Seven days and counting – Christmas is on its way and we are celebrating today with a beautiful piece by Dawn Treacher.

Number 8 in our Christmas countdown today is a fantastic painting by Marily Valkijainen.

Today is our 9 day Christmas countdown and this adorable mouse has been created by Dawn Treacher. Lots of flowing movement with the scarf flowing and the leaves blowing!

Student Suzanne Dore created this wonderful Christmas painting and has very kindly allowed us to use it as day 10 on our Christmas countdown! Suzanne has created a fabulous Christmas character below and one that is very sell-able for the…

We are starting our Christmas Countdown today! If you are a member of ‘The Common Room‘ (our student forum ) you may have recently seen our request for Christmas related artwork to add to our blog this festive season.  This year…

London Art College Drawing and Painting Diploma tutor Paul Weaver has won 1st prize in the ‘Steak of the Art Harbourside Art Prize 2014’. The competition was run by the Harbourside Art Centre in Bristol and was designed to offer artists…

A great way to experiment with colour is to create a colour wheel, noting the colours you have used. Jo Baker has done this while studying on the Oil Certificate course. Have you created a colour wheel yet? Why not…

Alankrita Jain has created this wonderful illustration while working with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s books diploma. Isn’t it fantastic!

Students who study with Alan Dedman on the Landscape Diploma have a chance to observe and practice painting and drawing clouds and sky. This is a superb subject to experiment with, it is a forever changing scene and its always accessible for students…

A wonderful study today from student Alex Hughes who is currently studying the Chinese brush painting course. We love Alex’s watercolour techniques and the paper texture works beautifully with the brush strokes – superb piece Alex.

An amazing and very intense piece by student Anne Boland who is studying on the portraiture painting course. Anne has painted this portrait in such a way that we immediately engage with the subjects eyes, its beautifully painted with wonderful skin tones….

Amelia Whiffin who studied on the Coloured Pencil course completed this superb drawing of her cat Amber. The colours and depth of tones here are superb, congratulations Amelia on a beautiful piece. In general it can be tricky to create deep…

Natalia Romankova has just received a Distinction for passing the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course with flying colours. Here is one of Natalia’s illustrations which we think is wonderful! We hope you enjoy viewing it too! 

We have received a wonderful email from student Judy Elizabeth Wilson about her beautiful illustrations in a new book that’s being sold for Cancer Research. Contact details are below if anyone would like to order. —————————————- A Christmas Journey is…

Linda Brughera  from Madrid, studied with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Course. Linda has very kindly emailed us her two favourite pieces from the course and written a little about them below. We think that Linda’s artwork is absolutely fabulous…

Designing one of the official Private Eye Christmas Cards has for many years been one of the most coveted jobs for Britain’s Top Cartoonists, and this year one of the artists chosen is our very own John Byrne, tutor of…

We have just received this wonderful email and artwork from Joanne Taylor who completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma. It has been lovely hearing from Joanne again and we are thrilled that she is doing so well. We hope our…

Astrid Nielsch, who completed the Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Course has written us a truly inspiring piece for our college news blog, along with three beautiful pieces of her artwork below. We are thrilled that Astrid is doing so well with both her…

Dylan Strugar is studying on the Digital Illustration Diploma Course (D11) with Spencer Hill and has created this very impressive digital painting.  Dylan has written about his piece below, we hope that you find it inspiring! ——————————— With this piece, I…

Anna Rencz from Windsor Ontario, Canada  is currently studying with Alan Dedman on the Beginners Drawing Course. Anna has recently had an Exhibition ” The World of Butterflies ” in May 2014 at the Common Ground Art Gallery in Windsor. The…

Monika Cilmi, our Chinese Brush Painting tutor is having an exhibition at the Aldeburgh Gallery. Students are welcome to attend if they are in the area.

The London Art College Competition 2014 is now complete. The winner is Irina Viatkina and the runner up is Jonathon Cooper and you can see their artwork and read more about them below. We would officially like to congratulate not…

We have a wonderful blog post today with artwork by Alan McMahon who is studying with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Certificate course. One of Alan’s exercises within the course, asked for a still up along with submitting a photo of…

The London Art College 2014 competition is now closed. We have beaten our yearly record again this year with whopping 125 entries! I have collated everything at the link below. http://www.londonartcollege.co.uk/art-competition/art-competition-2014/entries.htm Due to the many thumbnails on the page, its best leave it a minute to load before clicking the first thumbnail (depending on how fast…

LAST DAY FOR ENTRY!!! Enter the London Art College Competition today – open to all of our students. Email us your favourite piece of work you have created to date along with your name, student number, address, contact details, title…

We always love to hear from students who have completed their course to hear what they are getting up to in the next phase of their studies. Ruth Arnold is doing exceptionally well on her Graphic Design/Illustration degree and has very…

This wonderful watercolour painting was created by Astrid Hill who studied with Jan Nesbitt on the Watercolour Diploma Course. There are lots of lovely techniques used here from wet in wet washes, flicking paint for foliage and blowing the paint…

Paul Harris is currently studying the Painting and Drawing Diploma with Paul Weaver and has produced this wonderful oil painting of a sunrise in Canada. Paul has very kindly written about the painting and his course below. ——————————————————— This painting…

Rory Donald has created this wonderful illustration for the Sci-fi Course in pen and ink. The concept and composition are excellent.

This wonderful painting is by Cheryl Day, a student who studied on the Oil Painting course with tutor and professional oil painter, Alan Dedman. Cheryl has painted what essentially is a very simple subject and turned it into the most beautiful oil…

Here we have a beautifully delicate piece of artwork drawn in coloured pencil by Keith Galliford. Keith is studying with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Certificate Course. Coloured pencil is a wonderful medium to experiment with, the outlay is…

Zeina entered this piece in a recent competition that we posted for the Bear Cub Gallery. Her artwork is absolutely wonderful and we are really pleased to share it here along with some words from Zeina. ——————————————– When first I thought about drawing…

Student Heather Robertson has created a wonderfully simple, yet hugely effective collage for a recent submission on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma. The wet in wet washes Heather has created are superb and the overall composition and colour scheme works beautifully….

Don’t forget to enter our competition! Send us your favourite piece of artwork you have ever created…..

Deepthi Horagoda has just completed and passed with distinctions on our Graphic Design in Art Diploma. Deepthi has set a new standard for the final assignment and she has very kindly written about her work below. We hope that you…

I thought this might make many of our students smile as im sure this has happened to a few of us over the years! Congratulations to Elizabeth Hall who is currently studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course for coming…

This piece of artwork has been created by Ian Emerson who studied on the Graphic Design in Art Diploma with Vanessa Weaver. A very bold cover design for this book jacket from one of Ian’s submitted assignments. 

This is a wonderful piece created by Daniel Brown who studied on the Cartooning Diploma with John Byrne. The illustration has great impact, very colourful and professional.

We will now be posting all of the student opportunities over in The Common Room. Please visit ‘College News, Announcements, Competitions and Work Opportunities‘ for posts from external sources regarding job opportunities for students. Students don’t have to be a registered member…

As some of our students are already aware, we now have a brand new forum called ‘The Common Room’. It’s bursting with life already, even though its only been up and running for a couple of weeks! We have more…

This piece of artwork was completed by Sue Sharrock  who is studying with Julie Douglas on the coloured pencil certificate course. Superb textures and colours!

We have received an email from BubblyBox.  If any of our students enter, please do let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated with this offer and students offer their services at their own risk. ——————————– Freelance Packaging…

About a month ago we put out a request on our Facebook page for students, past and present, to email us with their favourite piece of work that they had done recently and we received some wonderful emails which we have featured…