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London Art College News
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…
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.
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Botanical Art in Coloured Pencil – New course. At last, what many people have been waiting for, an easily accessible Botanical Art course using coloured pencil, online or by postal correspondence, with the London Art College. This new course written…
Our tutor Alan Dedman has sent us this exciting news through, if any of our students ware in London and want to take part, please read the details below. We hope that if any of our students attend they have…
Please note our old student area is closing We have been using our ‘new’ student area for over two years very successfully. We are therefore going to close the old area at the end of February. This should not be…
We would like to wish our students a very Merry Christmas and a very creative 2014! Also a very special thank you to Judy Elizabeth Wilson for letting us use her superb Christmas illustration for our festive blog post this…
Our Chinese Brush Painting Course tutor, Monika Cilmi, is going to be having a stand at this years Lavenham Christmas Craft Market in Suffolk UK. If any of our readers, or Monikas students are in the area, they are more…
We have recently updated all of our galleries on our website so pop over and take a look at the new student artwork coming through. London Art College Student Art Gallery >> Here is a brand new image from a…
We are pleased to announce the new Pet Portraits Diploma course tutor Gayle Mason! We would all like to give a big hearty welcome to the London Art College! Gayle is a professional artists who not only accepts commissions but…
Maintenance – Tuesday 13th August On Tuesday, 13th August we intend to move this site to a new server starting at 09:30 BST (08:30 GMT). We anticipate this will take around an hour. During the migration, the site will be…
We are pleased to announce that we are rolling out a brand new course for studnets to enroll on from today! – Digital Illustration Diploma Course tutored by Spencer Hill. The course will show students how to make the move…
We would like to officially welcome Gaynor Dickeson to our team of London Art College tutors. Gaynor will be teaching all new students who enrol for the Botanical Diploma Course from today. Gaynor is an extremely experienced artist and teacher…
Monday’s interactive google doodle shows characters from Where the Wild Things Are, which is a 1963 children’s picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who would have turned 85 on Monday 10th of June. The book tells the…
Botanical Painting Diploma Tutor Required UK applicants only – Closing date for application 24th May We have an opening for a tutor to take over the running of our long established and very popular Botanical Painting Diploma distance learning art course. The post…
We are pleased to announce we have a new tutor on the D1 Drawing and Painting Diploma course – Paul Weaver. He will be sharing students with Alan Dedman who also tutors for this course. Paul Weaver is a superb…
Lets Paint Magazine have teamed up with the London Art College as you can see from the screen captures of this months Lets Paint magazine below. If you would like to download your very own free copy, just click the link below and enjoy!!…
As many of you may know the Photography Diploma Course is a relatively new course that the London Art College has recently introduced and it is becoming extremely popular with students signing up every day. Rona Cox, who has written the course showing many examples of…
We would like to wish all of our students a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here’s to a very successful and creative 2013! Also thank you to Angela, one of our students on the Pet Portraits Diploma course for allowing us to use her Robin drawing which…
The London Art College Admin staff and Tutors have just returned from the annual tutors conference. Unfortunately not all tutors and admin staff were able to attend, however we still had a good turn out, as you can see from the group photo below….
Students only have three weeks left to enter the London Art Colleges 2012 competition. Submit your favourite piece of art work today. If you have any queries regarding how to submit your artwork please email techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk Submit your entries for…
We have recieved a lovely email from one of of students, Lee Webb, who is currently studying with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Certificate course. He is so thrilled about his course that he has written a blog post…
Calling all students – submit one of your own favourite pieces of artwork to our London Art College 2012 art competition. Submit your entries today!. If you have any queries regarding how to submit your artwork please email techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk Competition open…
The new Photography Diploma Course is now open for enrollment! Working with a college that is dedicated to and understands what being creative means, can only widen your horizons! The Photography Diploma course offers support as you learn the basics of photography…
We have received an email from the Association of Illustrators, our children’s illustrators might be interested. ——————————————————– Illustration and the Children’s Book Industry: Secrets to Success Saturday 23 June, 10.00-17.30 Toynbee Studios Theatre, Arts Admin Lecture Theatre, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6AB This one-day event aims…
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 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…
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…
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…
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….
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 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…
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…
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 alerted to an interesting article, very informative and inspirational for serious illustration students. If any of our students who are taking the Children’s Illustration Diploma course and are thinking of taking the step towards publishing, please read…
Special Offer for a limited period only: Selected Diploma courses are offered with £45 discount (paying in full). UK Students normally £320 – today £275.00 Overseas students £290 D1 Drawing & Painting Diploma This is our Foundation course covering a wide…
This is a superb study of a tree in coloured pencil, one of our students completed this for their course and Julie Douglas, the coloured pencil tutor, was thrilled with the rendering, the colours and the use of the pencil…
I’m Jan (Jan Nesbitt) and I’m tutoring the Watercolour Course again and making some hopefully exciting additions and changes in the form of new thinking, new writing with useful information, and exchanging existing examples of my work in the course…
The London Art college have been presented an award by Reflect Magazine. Highlighting the College’s services to education, Reflect have awarded us a Certificate of Recognition for Creative Development and the article can be seen below. If you click on it, it will open in a new…
The college held its annual tutor’s conference in Bristol this year. Most of our tutors were able to attend and there were lively discussions on a variety of topics. The continued development of the website and the increasing popularity of…
Calling All London Art College Students! Student of the Year is closing August 31st 2010. Please Send us your piece for the competition! You can read more about it on our Student of the Year 2010 webpage and you can…
The London Art College website now has a section within the Student Area for students to write and illustrate their own tutorials to help other students. Our first contributor is a Graphic Design student, Hana Tesar, who has shown how…
As you may have noticed the college website has undergone some changes and updates this week. We hope that you enjoy looking around our site, finding the new things we have added and tweaked! We feel it is much easier…
This is a wonderful piece from an 8 year old young artist who is currently on the young Artists Course 1. I was delighted when I saw this, the experimentation of colour, texture and line is fantastic. I’m looking forward…
Picturing Science 4th December – February 2011 Deadline for submissions 23rd October 2010 Through its annual open exhibition opportunities, Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham helps artists both locally and nationally to showcase their work in group exhibitions. Each year, over…
We are pleased to announce that Sandrine Maugy has joined out team of course tutors and is taking immediate responsibility for new students joining our Botanical Illustration 2 course. Existing students on that programme will continue in the care of…
John Byrne, tutor of the Cartooning course will be doing a question and answer session with a celebrity cartoonist: Kal whose work appears in The Economist and many other top magazines. You can check out Kal’s excellent work at his…
Price Rise 1st February The London Art College course prices are due to rise on Feb 1st 2010 so if you are thinking about ordering a course try to do so before Feb 1st to take advantage of our current…
We would like to wish all of our students a very Happy New Year and all the best for their studies in 2010! The London Art College
This drawing has been created by a Pet Portrait Diploma student who has completed a still life exercise for the course. We felt this piece of work was very blogworthy and we hope it inspires students from all courses. It…
The London Art College Partners recently attended a fund raising dinner at the John Moores University in Liverpool. The dinner was held in conjunction with the Royal Academy of Arts and the money raised went to the Royal Academy Schools….
While there is any likelihood of industrial action in the UK postal service, all courses will be despatched via an independent courier service to ensure you receive your course quickly. Existing students submitting assignments can either scan and send their…
These are two wonderful pieces of work by one of our current pastel students taking Alan Dedmans Pastels Certificate course. If you are taking the pastel certificate course and you would like to be part of our student community online,…
Hi All, The two photos below are promotional photos for Mary Lewis, a current student taking the Pet Portrait Diploma to promote her paintings for her website and also as a record of her exhibition. If you are involved in…
We have a new tutor for the London Art College Landscape and the Travel Sketchbook courses. Alan Dedman who tutors are few of our other courses had taken over from Linda who is retiring.
The London Art College forum is doing well, considering we have only been running a week, we have a few new members and some have even posted their work. If you are a London Art college student come and introduce…
We would like to officially welcome our newest tutor Maggie Roberts who is taking over the Children’s Illustration Diploma Course and the Watercolour Gouache Certificate Course. Maggie is a professional children’s illustrator and works mainly in Watercolour. Maggie has taught…
New design for 2009 We have a new look website for 2009. We hope that you will find the changes we have made helpful to students and users alike. We have added a selection of new student work to some…
Happy New Year! We would like to wish all of our students a very Happy New Year. We hope that 2009 brings you much success in your artwork and ventures. From the London Art College Team.
The London Art College were lucky to have a wonderful review in the Art For England Magazine. A copy of which is below.
Welcome to the London Art College News and Media Blog. My name is Melanie Phillips and I am a tutor and webmaster for the London Art College. Along with Alison, the course administrator, we will hopefully blog news, competitions, new…