Author: London Art College
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…
2014 London Art College competition is now OPEN! The London Art competition is open to all students currently studying with the London Art College, or those who have completed since September 2013. Requirements Students can submit ONE piece of artwork…
We have received a wonderful piece of artwork by a student who is currently studying with Spencer Hill on the iPad illustration course. She is doing extremely well and the artwork shows that this student is enjoying working in digital…
We have received an email from The Bear Cub Gallery . 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….
Derwent Art Prize 2014 Approximately 80 works will appear in the exhibition to be held at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5BD from 15 – 20 September 2014. Following the London exhibition a selection of exhibits will be…
We asked on our Facebook page if students would write to us with their favourite piece created while working on their course to date. Leila has emailed us her story along with one of her fabulous illustrations of two friends travelling together…
We recently promoted #feelingnuts by Check One Two and one of our cartooning students, Jenny Drew, has had some of her cartoons published on their website. Visit the website Check One Two to see more and learn about how you…
We have received an email from Griffin Art Prize. 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. ——————————–…
Our summer sale ends 17th of July…order your course before its too late! Summer Sale 10% off all Diploma Courses! Have fun this summer while learning a new skill! Treat yourself to an art course that you can do while leisurely sitting…
We have received a lovely email from Heather Urquhart, a student who is currently studying on our Pet Portraits Diploma course. Heather has emailed us a wonderful portrait she has just created in Pastels and you can read all about…
We have a request from Kerry Gate who is looking for a student to help to illustrate a short poem / book for raising money for Cancer Awareness. If any of our students help out, please do let us know! As always the…
Vanessa Weaver, the tutor for the Graphic Design in Art diploma has email a wonderful piece of pen and ink artwork for the blog and student gallery. Vanessa says..”This piece of students work demonstrates light and shade well, as well as being…
Jose Gomez is currently studying the Watercolour Diploma course with Jan Nesbitt and has been producing some beautiful pieces of artwork for his course assignments. The painting below is of a half peeled orange and the depth of colour Jose has…
We have received a wonderful testimonial from a recently completed Pet Portrait Diploma student. Alison is doing really well and you can read about her achievements and experiences below, plus visit her website and facebook page! We love to hear…
We asked on our Facebook page if students would write to us with their favourite piece created while working on their course to date. Dawn has emailed us with a beautiful illustration of a Fox and a Bird. I hope it…
My name is Brendan and I am part of a massive humour-led digital movement launching soon called Check One Two. Check One Two is the first ever ‘Socialthon’ that empowers you to feel nuts and spread awareness of our message…
We have a request from Metropolis Studios who are looking for artists and designers to work with them on their next project. If any of our students are the successful applicant let us know! As always the London Art College is not…
Sandra Eve emailed when she saw our post on Facebook for students past and present to get in contact with their favourite piece of artwork that they had created during their course. Sandra’s post and artwork is below, isn’t the…
Jenny Drew recently completed our Cartooning Diploma course with John Byrne and is now studying the Digital Illustration course with Spencer Hill. Jenny recently ran a workshop with a group of young carers – young people who live with or…
Karen Robinson responded to our Facebook post request for students, past and present, to get in touch to send us a favourite painting they have done. Since completing her Diploma course Karen has created a very successful business and I…
We asked students on our Facebook page if anyone would like to be featured on our blog with a favourite piece of work they had completed during their course. We have received some lovely feedback from the Facebook post and this…
Julie Ann has emailed to let us know about the UKCPS exhibition – read more below! ———————————————————————– If you’re on holiday this month in Cornwall, Devon or Somerset between 16-28 June, why not pay a visit to the Ilminster Art Centre…
We have received a wonderful email from Ted Weinel, a previous student who studied with the London Art College many, many years ago when Mr Browne was principle. You can read about the colleges early years here >> and you can…
We have a request from Blake Hall Publishing who are looking for an illustrator to create artwork for a children’s book. If any of our students are the successful applicant let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated…
Patchings Art Festival is celebrating its 21st year between June 5-8 in Nottingham. Julie Anne Maguire hs contacted us to ask if we would display her most recent piece which will be displayed at Patchings! Julie said….”As a recent CP student…
We would like to announce the winner of the recent competition we ran in conjunction with author Jim Pinnock and his novel ‘Sparrows with Vertigo’. Congratulations to Dale French with his winning design below! Students were asked to create both…
Linda Clutterbuck contacted us recently as she entered one of her final paintings she produced on the Portraiture course with tutor Nicholas Beall, into a competition. We asked if it would be ok to post her news on the college…
Nina Bromley is currently studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma. Nina has sent us her first illustration for the course along with some text about the illustration and we are thrilled to add it here on…
My name is Zeina Shehade and I am studying the Illustrating Children’s book diploma with Maggy Roberts. For this challenging last assignment I had a vision of a tranquil place where you could be totally relaxed, doing the all the…
Shea Beck, a student who is currently studying on our Graphic Design Art Diploma Course with Vanessa Weaver, recently submitted a superb piece for one of his course assignments. Vanessa asked Shea if it would be ok to add it to…
We have a request from London Model management who are looking for a cartooning illustrator to create artwork for a manual. If any of our students are the successful applicant let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated…
We have a request from Daniel Blau who are running a photography competition. If any of our students are the successful applicant, let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated with this offer and students enter at their own…
We have received a wonderful testimonial from Jim Hamilton, who has recently completed both History of Art Diploma and its follow on course Understanding 20th and 21st Century Art with tutor Stu Roberts. thank you Jim for taking the time to write this and…
We have a request from Transport for London who are looking for a student to take photos for a competition they are running. If any of our students are the successful applicant, let us know! As always the London Art College is not…
Heather Robertson, who is currently studying our Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma with Maggy Roberts, contacted us recently as she has been commissioned by her local church to complete a series of paintings for them. Heather has so completed two paintings to date…
We have an ever growing and very busy facebook page and we would love our students to come and ‘like’ us if they are a member of Facebook. We post student artwork daily and students also post their own artwork to…
We have a request from Niki who is looking for a student to commission some works in a style similar to Beryl Cook (example image below). If any of our students are the successful applicant, let us know! As always the London…
Jenny Drew, who recently completed the Cartooning Diploma and is now studying with Spencer Hill on the Digital Illustration course, has kindly written about her experiences and her work. We are thrilled to hear Jenny is doing so well and…
Mel Giedroyc hosts a new TV show where two celebrities pair up with a different daily contestant in order to help them win a cash prize. Our very own Spencer Hill, tutor for our digital illustration course and Illustration for iPads, is…
We asked Dawn Treacher, currently studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course, if she would write a little about her latest piece ‘Fiery Fred’. Dawn has written a wonderful piece below, we hope you enjoy reading it and viewing Dawns…
If any of our students are in the Suffolk area in May, Monika Cilmi, our Chinese Brush Painting tutor, is having a solo exhibition. Snape Maltings is an arts complex on the banks of the River Alde at Snape, Suffolk, U.K…
We have a request from Maud Madlyn who is looking for a student to help design a logo, poster etc for Defiant Reality Theatre. If any of our students are the successful applicant, let us know! As always the London Art College is…
Gina Maldonado is currently studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Gina posted her illustration on our student forum for her fellow students to view and comment on. As soon as I saw it I knew it just…
We have received an email in from Shristi who is looking for a watercolourist to create a number of illustrations for a one-off book she is putting together as a gift for her husband. Shristi would like students to get…
My name is Julie Douglas and I am a professional artist and tutor and I teach for the London Art College running their Coloured Pencil Course. Last summer, I attended a workshop at the grand Central Academy, New York. As…
We asked Jan if she would email us some of her pieces of artwork for the college website and blog and she very kindly send us three lovely pieces of work below. We are so pleased that Jan has developed…
We have n unusual request for Cam Cole who is looking for a student to help create an animation or cartoon for his new music video below. If any of our students create anything, let us know! As always the…
Here is a recent piece of artwork from a student studying on our Pastels Certificate Course. The colours, textures and light here is absolutely superb, its a wonderful piece of observational drawing and we are thrilled to be able to…