Category: Student Artwork

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge, where we set our students the task of creating artwork on the theme of Koala Bears! We have received some incredible drawings and paintings this week. Some realistic paintings, some beautiful illustrations and…

Our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma is perfect for aspiring illustrators looking to bring stories to life with their artwork. Our course covers a wide range of essential skills, including character design, storytelling through images, composition, and working with various mediums…

This weekend, our students rose to the occasion with some beautiful artwork for our Weekend Art Challenge. It was inspired by the theme of Remembrance Sunday. We have received some very moving pieces which you can view below. Our students…

We recently shared some of London Art College student Ni Ni’s previous artwork on our blog. It was very well received and we are delighted to be able to showcase a few more of her pieces. This time showcasing paintings…

We are delighted to feature the work of Vince Doherty, who recently completed the Oil Painting Diploma. Our course is designed for students who would like to try to master the art of oil painting. The course covers a wide…

I have just received the London Art College Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma which I passed with Distinction, amazingly, and want to thank Maggy Roberts for all her patience, instruction, feedback and for keeping me on the straight and narrow. My…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task on creating artwork around the letter L. From “Lighthouses” to “Lamas,” we received a whole variety of subjects and topics beginning with the letter L. Each…

Our second to last calendar illustration today from student Mirela Druta, who illustrated and created her own calendar for 2023. We have been featuring an illustration each month and today is November’s turn. We hope you like it and it…

Our Landscape Diploma course offers students the opportunity to dive deep into the world of landscape painting, honing their skills in capturing the beauty of nature. Our course focuses on composition, perspective, colour theory among many other techniques, allowing students…

Here at the London art college, we offer a comprehensive Drawing and Painting Diploma, designed to teach both technical skills and artistic expression to our students. Our course provides a good foundation in various mediums, techniques, and creative approaches, ensuring…

We would like to heartily congratulate student Kathryn Olley in winning Lancashire Artist of the Year 2024. Her stunning artwork ‘Beautiful Blackpool’ secured the most votes from the public in this years competition. You can read some articles about Kathryn…

We recently set a weekend art challenge for our students, where they were asked to create a piece of art, any size, shape, or medium, with the subject being the letter “T.” Simple as it may sound, our students have…

We are thrilled to showcase today the beautiful paintings created by our student Ni Ni during her time living in Ireland in 2016. These pieces were completed outside of her coursework, and we love featuring student artwork on our blog…

We are thrilled to feature some beautiful artwork by one of our talented students, Nurgül Özkeser, on the blog today. Completed outside of her formal studies, Nurgül’s paintings of fruit and still life subjects showcase her amazing skills as a…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge, where we set our London art college students a challenge focused on capturing a town or cityscape. We have received some truly stunning pieces of artwork, some with amazing perspectives likeAngelas roof top…

Welcome to the winners of this years 2024 London Art College Art Competition! The winner is student Clare Roberts and the runner up is Gergana Stoyanova. Congratulations to both students, a very well deserved win! We have added both pieces of artwork…

Welcome to our latest blog post showcasing some of London Art College student Zhilin Fan’s beautiful pencil drawings. Zhilin is currently working on the Beginners Drawing Course with tutor Monika Cilmi and we are thrilled to show Zhilin’s artwork here…

London Art College student Kirsty Griffin is studying our Pet Portraits Diploma Course and has reached set two assignments. Tutor Heather Jolliffe has been thrilled with Kirsty’s progress so far. Here are two images from the second set of assignments….

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students a task to paint flowers in Watercolour. It was really simple, they had free reign to create their paintings in any style, any size, any flower. We have…

London Art College student Zsuzsanna Varadi is working under the tutelage of Heather Jolliffe on our Pet Portraits Diploma Course. Zsuzsanna’s most recent assignment has produced some stunning pieces and we wanted t showcase them here on our blog. We…

London Art College student Barbara Simon recently completed our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and has now embarked on the Watercolour Diploma. Tutor Steven Hersey was greatly impressed at Barbara’s first set of work and we have added a few…

This past weekend, we asked our students to take on the theme of birds in our latest Weekend Art Challenge, and the results have been nothing short of exceptional! Students have used a wide range of mediums, watercolour being a…

Welcome to another instalment of London Art College student Mirela Druta’s yearly calendar. Mirela illustrated her own personal calendar to give to friends and family, while studying with John Byrne on our Cartooning Course. We have been adding them to…

We would like to thank all of our students who submitted artwork to this years London Art College Competition 2024! The competition is now closed and we will collate all of the entries in the next few days and present…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge, where we encouraged our students – in this very zesty theme – to draw or paint lemons this week! The task was simple, but left plenty of room for creativity. Our students have…

Have any of our readers wanted to paint landscapes? Perhaps you are a pet portrait artist and want to learn how to paint scenic backgrounds to accompany your dog portraits. You might also be a portrait artist and want to…

Our yearly art competition is nearly coming to a close. If you haven’t entered please emails us your artwork today! Send us your favourite piece you have completed to date for a chance to win!! Email it to entries@londonartcollege.co.uk We…

Welcome to this weekend’s art challenge! In this challenge, we would like you to study the Lemon as a subject. It is very much an overlooked and unassuming fruit to paint or draw, however it is perfect in many ways….

Welcome to the results of our latest Autumn Art Challenge! This week, our students have once again impressed us with their creativity, submitting a range of beautiful pieces. Our students have successfully captured the essence of autumn, all in their…

This year the ‘French Lavender’ plants in my garden have grown so well and they have been completely covered with bumblebees and honey bees! I wanted to capture this image, and decided to put my own ‘slant’ on it. I…

Have you entered yet? Deadline is looming. Send us your favourite piece of artwork that you have completed to date for a chance to win!! Email it to entries@londonartcollege.co.uk We look forward to welcoming you to our competition!

We are loving this weeks challenge, what a wide range of subject students have drawn and painted! We asked our students to create a piece of artwork as long as the subject or object began with the letter K. We…

Have you entered yet? Deadline is looming. Send us your favourite piece of artwork that you have completed to date for a chance to win!! Email it to entries@londonartcollege.co.uk We look forward to welcoming you to our competition!

My name is Lynda Stewart, and I am completing my Diploma for Drawing and Painting through London Art College, with my tutor Heather Jolliffe. I have taken a couple of months out from the course, to finish illustrating and to…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This week we set our students the task to paint anything they would like as long as it was only using three colours. Sounds easy but it is actually quite tricky. Of course…

London Art College student Tracey McClung has been working through the Chinese Brush Painting Course with tutor Monika Cilmi. Tracey has completed some beautiful artwork which you can see below. She also said this…. I have found Chinese brush painting…

Have you entered yet? Deadline is looming. Send us your favourite piece of artwork that you have completed to date for a chance to win!! Email it to entries@londonartcollege.co.uk We look forward to welcoming you to our competition!

Welcome to our September edition of Mirela Druta’s yearly calendar. We have been posting her calendar each month and we hope you have been inspired. Each illustration that Mirela has added to her calendar have been completely unique and meaningful….

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task in painting or drawing still life. Our aim for our students this week was for them to try to keep things as simple as possible. The…

Here is the month of August for our student Mirela Druta’s art calendar. We love this scene and Mirela’s illustration is superb and very creative. We have posted many of Mirela’s pages from her calendar this year, check back on…

London Art College student Ozlem Ertaylan, has brought to life an exquisite Dahlia Pinnata for her final assignment on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course. Using watercolour on Hot Pressed Ultra Smooth paper, Ozlem has captured the delicate essence of this…

A Creative Spotlight: Maria Ei Zar’s Watercolor Masterpiece We are thrilled to showcase a recent painting by one of our very talented students, Maria Ei Zar. Her latest work, a watercolour step-by-step painting of fruit in a glass bowl, is…

Have you entered yet? Deadline is looming. Send us your favourite piece of artwork that you have completed to date for a chance to win!! Email it to entries@londonartcollege.co.uk We look forward to welcoming you to our competition!

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. And what an amazing challenge this way. Such a wonderful response and so many varied pieces of artwork. Well done to everyone who took part this week. We hope you enjoy viewing all…

London Art College student Rosemary Allan, has recently completed the Landscape Painting Diploma course with distinction. Throughout the course, Rosemary demonstrated exceptional skill and dedication, creating a series of beautiful landscape paintings and drawings which we have added a selection…

London Art College student Cecilie Sandberg, has recently completed our Coloured Pencil Course earning a distinction. Her tutor, Paul Weaver, was thrilled with her progress throughout the course. We are proud to present a selection of Cecilie’s artwork created during…

Welcome to the reveal of our latest weekend art challenge focused on the theme of “Reflections”. We have received so many lovely and varying ideas on this theme. We found it interesting how students have come up with completely different…

London Art College student Rhia Janta-Cooper, has recently completed the Landscape Painting Diploma course earning a distinction. Throughout the course, Rhia consistently impressed her tutor Paul Weaver with her skills, creativity and concepts. Paul Said… Rhia has been an excellent…

London Art College student Heidi Stangeland has progressed through the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and completed with flying colours. Her tutor Paul Weaver awarded her a distinction and was thrilled with her progress as she was fairly news to…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task of creating paintings and drawings of waterfalls. Waterfalls are a fantastic subject to tackle as you have the opportunity of capturing the dynamic interplay between water,…

London Art College student Trudy Yardy has just completed the Coloured Pencil Course with a well deserved distinction. We have added a selection of Trudy’s outstanding artwork, which she created on the coloured pencil course. Tutor Paul Weaver said that…

London Art student Tina Carroll has recently enrolled on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course and has produced some superb pieces of artwork for one of her sets of work. Tutor Heather Jolliffe was delighted with Tina’s artwork and said the…

The London Art College 2024 Art Competition is now open. Enter any piece of artwork that you have created either from coursework or your own work. You might want to create a piece especially for this competition. Alternatively why not…

Welcome to our most recent weekend art challenge results. This challenge was an interesting one as it allowed our students to explore colour, composition and choose different media specifically suited to this theme. We gave them plenty of scope to…

Our London Art College Children’s Illustration Diploma Course is one of our most popular art courses. We have lots of wonderfully talented students studying. One exercises that really stands out for us is the Fiery Fred assignment. Just a small…

Welcome to this weeks pen and ink art challenge and what a popular challenge it was! So many amazing pen and ink drawings. The subjects our students have chosen to portray are so diverse, we hope that they inspire our…

We have three amazing paintings today from London Art College student Craig Soutar’s recent drawing and painting course submission. We absolutely love them and hope that our readers are as impressed as we are. Heather Joliffe, tutor for the Drawing…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task of creating artwork of a tropical beach scene with palm trees. The majority of students who submitted work, wished they were on the beach they had…

I started the Cartooning course as I wanted to improve my drawing. With John’s guidance (the tutor) I see I’ve made progress and see how to further develop in the future. It’s fair to say I take cartooning more seriously…

Welcome to the results of our latest weekend art challenge. We set our students the task this week to creating paintings or drawings of ‘animals eyes’. Students could choose whichever medium they preferred to create them in. We have received…

Todays artwork is by Mirela Druta. If you haven’t been following our monthly calendar please do check back on previous months. Mirela has illustrated an entire calendar for her friends and family and we are thrilled to be able to…

Mediums I used are aquarelle paints. These two are my last submissions for course in Botanical Illustration tutored by Polly O’Leary. I take onions from my garden with idea to cook them and then I thought they look so nice…

Welcome to the results of our latest weekend art challenge. This week we set our students the challenge of creating artwork on the subject of Ballet Dancers. This challenge was quite an open topic with plenty of choice for creating…

We are thrilled to introduce London Art College student Tracey Tansell, who has just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma course with a well-deserved Distinction. Tracey has work very hard and it shows in her artwork. She has excelled in…

We are excited to announce the London Art College 2024 Art Competition is now open. Enter any piece of artwork that you have created either from coursework or your own work. You might want to create a piece especially for…

Welcome to the results of our latest weekend art challenge all about Pigs and Piglets. Our students have created some beautiful artwork this week, truly superb. Our students have also used a variety of mediums from pen and ink, pastel,…

We have a superb selection of artwork from London Art College student Kat Spencer today who has completed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We absolutely love Kats artwork, very creative, colourful and full of texture. Our Illustrating Diploma Course…

We love posting artwork and creative projects that our students are working on as well as their courses. Here are two projects London Art College student Nurgul Ozkeser has been working on recently. Tray artwork! Very unusual and unique. We…

We hope that the results to this weekends art challenge finds you relaxed. Why not take a lovely well deserved 5 minute break and breathe deeply whilst looking at the results of our stillness and serenity challenge. The students have…

Welcome to the artwork of London Art College student Jane Cummings who is progressing through the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course with tutor Grannie Murphy. Jane has created and submitted some lovely pieces and we have included a few here for…

We are always proud to showcase the work of our students when they have completed their courses, and one such student is Anuradha Mondal. Recently, Anuradha completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course achieving a Distinction under the mentorship of…

The Saatchi Gallery, located in the heart of London, is a beacon for emerging artists and a hub of inspiration for art enthusiasts. The Saatchi Gallery was founded by Charles Saatchi in 1985 with the primary aim of showcasing contemporary…

In this weekend art challenge, we invite you to explore the concept of stillness and serenity by depicting a peaceful and tranquil scene. This challenge hopefully encourages you to convey a sense of calmness and tranquillity in your artwork. Emphasize…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we asked our students to create artwork of hares and rabbits. We have received some beautiful pieces this week, some lovely watercolours, mixed media and some digital paintings too. These challenges really…

London Art College student Isabelle-Louise signed up to our Drawing and Painting Diploma shortly after the birth of her baby. The flexibility of our course proved to be a life saver in her ability to balance her role as a…