Author: London Art College
I recently asked one of my students if it would be ok to post her colour wheel drawing on our college blog. I felt that it was not only fantastically drawn but it fits the colour wheel concept so well. Carols rendering of the…
We have recived an email with the following information about the Oldie british Artist Award…if any of you enter and win, let us know! ———————————————————- The Oldie British Artists Award – to recognise the achievements of British Artists over the age of…
I asked Olga, one of our students who has just completed the Children’s Illustration course if she would write something about her ‘Singer of Starlight’ artwork for our college news blog and she agreed! I hope you enjoy reading Olga’s experiences and enjoy viewing…
The Association of British Correspondence Courses (ABCC) have a course of the week and this week its our Botanical Painting Diploma Course (D9) Tutored by Sandrine Maugy (pictured below). The London Art College is a long standing member of the Association of…
We have received an email from Marilyn Comparetto letting us know about this years art competition she is running. Please find all of the details below. =============================================== UK National Open Art Competition 2012 Deadline 30 June 2012 PRIZES 1st Prize £200 worth of…
Article by Julie Douglas – Coloured Pencil Drawing Certificate Course (C12) Recently I was asked to contribute an image to a new book highlighting what is happening in the world of Colour Pencil, globally, today. I was honoured to be invited….
Our Coloured Pencil Certificate course tutor Julie Douglas emailed me two wonderful images for the website completed by one of her students. Julie has also written about them below so we hope you enjoy reading and viewing her students work. ========================================================== These wonderful drawings are…
I saw this Illustration on our student forum and just had to ask Emma, who is currently studying on the Illustrating Children’s Book course, if she would write about it for our college news blog. Happily she said yes and I hope…
We have received a wonderful story / artwork from one of our current students Astrid Nielsch who is currently taking the Science Fiction & Fantasy Certificate Course (C13) We hope you enjoy reading and viewing Astrid’s wonderful sketches and artwork. ========================================================= My name is Astrid…
We have been in contact with a passed student, Martha, who successfully completed our Drawing and Painting Diploma (D1). Martha is about to exhibit in a local exhibition and has prepared some paintings of her surrounding area to exhibit. We asked Martha if she would write a…
Our Graphic Design tutor Vanessa emailed me some pieces of work for the website from one of her students Kate. We also asked if Kate would like to write about them for our college news blog. We hope you enjoy reading about Kate’s artwork. ============================================= I…
We have received an email below from Città del sole and thought we would post about it on our news page. If any of our students are interested in entering their competition, the link to their website is below. It is in Italian,…
One of my students on the Young Artists 1 course has created a wonderful illustration to a poem written by T.S.Elliot. It was definitely worth showcasing on our college news blog and I think the young student has given the overall composition and illustrations a lot…
We have received an email with the following competition. We wish all of our students the best of luck if they enter. ========================================== 2012 London International Creative Competition Accepting entries now. Visit http://licc.us/ LICC invites all visual artists to submit their creative work for…
We asked if Swantje, who is currently studying with Maggy on our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma (D6), if she would be able to write something about her wonderful Illustration of the Pelican taking flight. I hope you enjoy reading Swantje’s text and…
Our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma tutor Maggy Roberts sent me an email from Rachel Quarry, one of her students, letting us know about an illustration competition she and 6 other illustrators had entered and won. I asked Rachel if she would write about…
Our Children’s Illustration Tutor would like to recommend the book below to all of our students…. Children’s Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles £22.50 In seven chapters, this book covers the key stages of conceiving a narrative, creating a visual language and…
Nick asked Mani if he would be able to write about his artwork and a little about himself for our college news blog. Below are two memorial paintings of Mani’s fellow soldiers, we thank Mani for sharing this with us….
We have just received this email about the newly announced “Prince of Wales Award for Outstanding Miniature Painting”. We hope that you enjoy entering. If you win – let us know! ================================================= NEW ROYAL ART AWARD In 2001 His Royal Highness The Prince of…
I asked Terry if he would write something for us about his wonderful artwork. He is currently studying the Coloured pencil course with Julie Douglas and I think you will find his text very interesting. If you are a coloured pencil artist, make sure you check…
We have received an email with information about the London 2012 International Creative Competition and we thought our students might be interested. Remember – if you win let us know! =================================================== The 2012 London International Creative Competition is accepting entries now. LICC invites all visual…
The following has been written by one of my Pet Portrait Diploma students. I asked if Joan to write about her piece of artwork she sent in to me for critique called ‘Spring Chickens’. I hope that you enjoy reading it…
My name is Nicola and I am new to the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma. I must admit, I was tentative about starting. I hadn’t drawn or put pen to paper in years and I was unsure as to what I maybe able to deliver….
We asked Julie Mulholland if she would like to write a little about herself and her artwork and this is a very inspirational piece and a ‘must read’! Thank you Julie, for sharing it with us. ABOUT ME – by Julie…
By Jan Wearmouth I’m a student on the children’s illustration course, and I’m loving it. I started because I hope to write and illustrate my own children’s book, even though my baby grandson may be the only one to read…
Nick Beall who runs the portraiture course showed me this wonderful piece of work a student created and we felt it should be posted on the blog for all of our students to see. The student has created some subtle…
This is a piece of work that Maggy, our childrens illustration tutor, alerted me to. She was particuarly thrilled with this piece and so I thought it was definitely blogworthy! I love the wet in wet watercolour washes behind and…
Here is a wonderful piece of work from one of my own students, a tiger in pastels. I have to give top marks to this student for creating wonderful soft fur and rich tones and colours. I hope that you find this inspiring, give pastels a try…
Message from WILDLIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2012……….. Following the fabulous success of the 2011 Wildlife Artist of the Year we are now inviting entries for the 2012 competition. All short-listed work will be exhibited at the prestigious Mall Galleries in…
I asked Louise, one of my own Pet Portraits Students, if she would like to have her work displayed on the college website and blog and she has very kindly written about them below. I think Louise has done a…
One of my students completed the ‘modern portraits’ exercise and I though that it was so wonderful it had to be included on our blog. It has such scope for a story, almost an illustration for a children’s book. I…
We asked if Cathy would write about her Polar Bear painting for our college news blog and we were thrilled to receive Cathys text below. I hope that you find it inspiring and also enjoy the Polar Bear painting too, see if…
Sara Wendy Olivia, who is currently studying the portraiture course, came second in our Annual London Art Competition. Sara Wendy has very kindly sent us some wonderful photos, text and a link to a You Tube video of her exhibition to explain a little…
Drawing and Painting Diploma Student Evelyn, chats about two pieces of her work below. We hope that you enjoy reading and viewing Evelyn’s artwork! The Tile One of my course assignments was to make a small painting in acrylic, gouache…
Congratulations to the winner and runner up of the 2011 London Art College Competition. We will be adding more information about the winners over the coming weeks so please check back to our news blog to read about how the…
How I got some free publicity Written / Artwork by Louise Charles Saarikoski http://louisecharles-saarikoski.com/ Melanie asked if I would write about how I managed to get a paragraph and links to my website and paintings in Helsinki Zoo’s monthly e-newsletter….
We recently posted details of a competition to find an illustrator for a forthcoming children’s book, ‘Momo and the Totobrats’. The runner up to this competition is one of our London Art College students Mrs Celia Carlile and we have…
We have a vacancy for a Painting and Drawing Distance Learning Course tutor for the Beginners’ Drawing (B1), Beginners’ Painting (B2) and Drawing and Painting Diploma (D1) courses. If you are interested please read the information below. ================================================= We have…
Blog post by Julie Mulholland who is currently studying Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with Maggy Roberts I was thrilled with the comments Maggy made about my work and also for asking for it to be used on the website. I…
We have received this email and thought it would be of interest to our students. My name is Sarah and I’m a committee member of the Children’s Book Circle. The CBC www.childrensbookcircle.org.uk are a voluntary group who put on events based on raising awareness of the…
We have recieved a wonderful email from a studnet who recently received her Diploma for sucessfully compleating the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course. Gay entered into an Australian competition and has won a prize for her illustrations and she has…
Diploma Special Offer for a limited time only. All diplomas are now £295 for UK students and £320 for all overseas students. The special offer is for web orders only and will only be available for a limited time. Order your course…
Enter the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundations Anual Art Competition and help save wildlife too. Please visit their website for more details – David Shepherd wildlife competition
The London Art College competition entries can now be viewed online at the link below. We were thrilled with the amount of entreis, over 70 students entered this year and it will be a tough decision for tutors to choose…
Experience the next best thing to drawing from life, online!! With a website that provides a 360°visual reference for figurative drawing. Giving artists an alternative solution to uninstructed life drawing sessions. Why not give them a visit here and experiance…
This is a wonderful article written by two of our London Art College overseas students who met up in Sri Lanka. Read the article and view the wonderful photos below. Inspiring! If you have met up with another student from the college, please…
London Art College Art Competition 2011 ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT! Enter Today! The London Art College are holding a general art competition for all of their current students for 2011. Students can submit any drawing or painting they have completed….
‘Time After Time’ – A Book Cover Design For A Science Fiction Novel Written by Deepthi – Graphic Design Student. This assignment was what is known as an ‘open brief’. Apart from the book’s title and the author’s name, the…
This is an email we have been sent and have posted here just in case any of our students are interested in entering. Good luck and let us know how you get on! =========================================================== Children’s Book Rally with fantastic prize We are…
We have received a lovely write up from one of our students who has painted in oils for the first time, while working on the Drawing and Painting Diploma (D1). We hope that you find it inspiring and we would like to…
A writer’s experience of being illustrated by Janet Foxley Janet’s Website >> Facebook >> I had written stories for older children (unsuccessfully) for many years, and I also drew and painted a bit, so when I started to have ideas…
We have received a wonderful piece of artwork from a Children’s illustration student that was blogworthy. Laura has written us a piece to go along with the artwork for our students to read. I hope that you find it inspiring! ================================================== For this piece I decided to use simple, loose…
We have recently received this wonderful testimonial from a pet portraits diploma student who passed their course with distinction and thought we would add it to the blog. We have also added it to our website too. Please visit Gabrielles website to see more of her wonderful…
Sharron Blackmore collected her June Atherton award for Best Beginner in Show 2011 at the SAA exhibition yesterday and we are thrilled to be able to post a photo of Sharron here collecting her award. There were over 6000 entries…
A students Story by Nancy Post Hunter……. Artists for many various reasons can be inflicted by self doubt and I am no exception. I think because we use for a large part the non-verbal side of our brain when we…
We have received an email from Birkbeck Hauxwell Publishing to ask if we would help publizise the Annual ‘Agnes Sloan Memorial Prize’ Competition. Good luck to any of our students who enter. ============================================================ ‘Agnes Sloan Memorial Prize’ Competition Below you will find the details of our…
We have recieved this email from www.lessedra.com – any students who enter, email us your artwork and we will display it here also and wish you the best of luck. ===================================================== It is my pleasure to announce our 2nd International Competition…
These lovely pastel drawings show a beautiful understanding of light and the importance of tonal values in every artwork. I am so pleased that this student observed her subject so well, her control of the medium is evident and the…
London International Creative Competition 2011 is accepting entries. We celebrate your creativity however you like to express it. LICC invites all visual artists to submit their creative work for inclusion in the LONDON CREATIVE AWARDS. The artwork is juried by a board…
We have received this email and felt it was appropriate to post on our blog. If any of our students submit please let us know and we will display your artwork here too. ———————————————————– An art exhibition with a difference Capture Cure 2011 is…
New LAC Course – Understanding 20th and 21st Century Art I just completed writing a new LAC course for art history (and other students?) looking at modern and contemporary art – art from the 20th and 21st. century. Compared to…
Bill Muldowney contacted me a few days ago to let me know that he had been short-listed in the Wildlife Artist Of The Year competition and so I asked Bill if he would write a piece of our student news blog. I am thrilled to have had Bill as a…
We have had a lovely email from one of our students letting us know that they won the recent competition we profiled here on the London Art College news blog recently. Louise Broome, who studied the Children’s illustration course, won the Meisha EP Competition. If you would like to visit the…
An opportunity for one of our Children’s Illustration Students…. —————————————————– In summary, my eldest daughter – herself only 12 – has written a series of short rhyming stories ostensibly to entertain her younger sister and cousins. These stories are genuinely entertaining –…
Maggy Roberts contacted me today with this lovely piece of illustration work form one of her students to be added to the blog and gallery. There are so many vibrant colours and strong tones here, this is a superb illustration for children. I hope you…
This study of the chest and halter on a dog is from one of my top performing students currently working on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. This students skills are superb and the painting below in Acrylics really shows the students skills off well….
These are two wonderful and very advanced drawings from a student who is currently studying with our tutor Nick Beall on the portraiture course. This student really enjoyed working with the hand drawing exercises and did many sketches from life and also took photos…
These sketches are form one of my Pet Portrait Diploma Students and I was so pleased when they came through for me to assess. This is a perfect way to study animals in your sketchbook, looking at the light, shadowing, detail in the eyes,…
Special Offers On Courses… Don’t forget you only have 7 more days to purchase our courses that are currently on offer. Selected Diploma Courses Normally £320 – NOW £275.00 (Overseas Students £290) D1 Drawing & Painting Diploma >> This is our Foundation…
We have been contacted by Scott Free Films Limited to ask if we will help publicise a competition to design a poster for their ‘Life In A Day’ film. It looks quite exciting, have a look at the trailer of…
We have just heard the news below from one of our students. We wish them the best of luck with the SAA Competition! Dana……”I’m chuffed that below painting made it into the SAA 2011 Artist of the Year competition and is…
We have received an email from a lady who is looking for a cartoonist to help her with her new project. Caits details and information is below. If you are the successful applicant please let us know! =============================================================== Hi. I am looking for…
This student has completed the Botanical Illustration course and this is just one of the wonderful pieces they have submitted during the course of their time with us. This is a lovely piece and we wish them the best of luck with…
Here are two versions of a poster created by a student who has just completed the Graphic Design course with Vanessa Weaver. Both posters have a great feel to them, the top one particularly catches the eye with the swirling light. I’m sure that this student will…
This is a very contemporary piece by a student who has been studying the coloured pencil certificate course. This image is very strong, and the colours the student has used to create the dark background are excellent. Its often better to use a variety of dark…