Category: Student Artwork

Jenny Nutbourne is currently working on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course with tutor Maggy Roberts. Jenny’s artwork is not only incredible, but she has annotated her drawings which we felt would be really interesting for our students to read….

I decided to paint three citrus fruits together to give me an opportunity to explore a few different bright colours. I started with the lemon. I think I got the roundness and shape of the lemon ok. Of the three…

Student Ingrid Baron has completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma course with tutor Paul Weaver. Paul was delighted with Ingrid’s work and we have showcased a few of her pieces below. We love her woodland toadstool scene, it has lots…

My daughter introduced me to the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. She had already enrolled. She had written a novel and wanted to be able to illustrate it herself. She thought I might be interested. The pandemic offered the unexpected…

It was amazing to have chosen the Beginner‘s Painting Course. I would like to thank my teacher Monika Cilmi. I had been drawing almost all my life and did lettering for a while, but somehow wanted to dive into painting,…

Having completed my final assignment, I have looked back over the journey. There is a lot of useful information in the study units and I’ll continue to look back over the course material because I’m sure that I can continue…

I really don’t want to end the Pet Portraits Course! I enjoyed it so much. I felt a bit sad when submitting the final files. I enjoyed reading Gayle’s comments, it helps me to improve. The Ben and Jenny portrait…

A lovely selection of work today by student Lydia Weber who completed the Pastel Painting Course recently We love Lydia’s artwork, especially the landscape which is so full of life and vibrancy and we wish Lydia the best of luck…

We would like to congratulate Suzanne Prytherch on passing her Botanical Coloured Pencil Diploma and have added her final assignments below with the accompanying text as we feel that it will give insight to our other students in how Suzanne…

Student Brenda Smith created the following paintings while studying on our Beginners’ Painting Course. Brenda has been experimenting with colour charts and colour pallets and has also painted a very limited pallet still life which you can see below. We…

Student Santi Chetia has created some amazing paintings on the Still Life Course recently and we have added a handful below for you all to view. Santi’s composition ideas and layouts are fantastic and the ideas for her still life…

Michelle Emmerson is working towards completing her diploma in Pet Portraits and has created some absolutely wonderful paintings and pastels which we have showcased below. Her work is stunning, the detail within the horse is superb making it very realistic…

Natalia Nesterenko created these paintings while studying on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. We love the bold, bright colours Natalia has used and has created movement and flow in her paintings with her brush strokes. Her strong drawing skills…

For the animal exercise on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course I chose a fox as they are one of my favourite animals. First I filled an A4 page of quick sketches of foxes walking, then using those as a…

This was my favourite of the three exercises in this set.  I was really wary to start with, so I did a graphite version first, so get a feel for the shapes and shadows, and I found that to be…

Student Kasey Medina is working towards completing our Watercolour Diploma Course with tutor Ida Mitrani. She has created three wonderful paintings for one of her assignments. We love Kasey’s wet in wet washes, especially the blue sky in the day…

These paintings by Monika Baum are from the final assignments for the Botanical Coloured Pencil course tutored by Ida Mitrani. Monika’s artwork is stunning and we love the Chillis in particular. They are so striking don’t you think? “I chose…

I am a self taught artist and want to become a full-time drawing teacher. Thanks to London Art College for offering such a wonderful course which is designed to help all people including some one like me who had no…

I’m doing the drawing and painting course and loving every minute of it. The first three pictures are from unit 3 of my course all concentrating on tonal shading. I loved learning all about this aspect of art and its…

We have two wonderful coloured pencil pieces today by student Catherine Verdoene who is studying Botanical Coloured pencil course with tutor Ida Mitrani. Ida was thrilled with Catherine’s artwork and we all agree! It’s beautifully delicate and we are are…

Student Jane Zonneberg has submitted her second assignment for the Illustration Course. Tutor Steven Hersey was absolutely delighted with her artwork and we are thrilled to be able to show it here on our blog today. We hope that our…

We have some lovely work by students who are studying the Graphic Design Art course with tutor Vanessa Weaver. This first piece is by Philip Hickin who submitted his proposal for a book jacket. He has used complementary colours to…

STILL LIFE I found this still life on Pixabay and thought that it would be a challenge to achieve the texture of the fur , as it was very different to an animal fur. There were also lots of values ,…

Welcome to today’s blog post which shows the wonderful artwork by student Hu Zete who has just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a Distinction. We wish him the best of luck with his future drawings and paintings…

I selected four different works for the final set on the Chinese brush painting course, although I made many others. This time the most difficult part was to obtain a fish whose body actually looks to fluidly swim in the…

We have a lovely collection of work today by London Art College Student Davina Raffaelli who has just completed the Coloured Pencil Course with tutor Monica Cilmi. We wish Davina the best of luck with her future artwork and art…

We have two wonderful students today who have produced some beautiful pieces of artwork for our Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. Geoff Ofodile and Ehlgee Guiamoy have impressed our tutor Vanessa Weaver, we have added the images below along with…

We love the artwork that student Emily Hemmings has been producing on the Graphic Design in Art Diploma Course with tutor Vanessa Weaver. Vanessa said… Emily Hemmings has produced the following selection of work on the graphics course. It shows…

Student Dianne Pike completed these two paintings whilst working on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. You can also read Dianne’s comments about them below. We love them both, they are very different, the first being rendered in Acrylic, the second…

The following paintings and study sketches were created by student Jacqui Hogan who completed these while on the Watercolour Diploma Course. We love Jacqui’s thought process and you can see this by viewing her study sketches below, working out how…

Student Glenda Brown has created two amazing pastel portraits of people while working on the Pastel Painting Course with tutor Monica Cilmi. They are absolutely stunning – we think you will agree! If you would like to learn how to…

London Art College student Elizabeth Taylor created this wonderful painting while studying our Landscape Diploma Course. We have added two of Elizabeth’s preliminary sketches to go along side and they are absolutely stunning too. Her drawing and sketching skills are…

Student Emma Arthur has completed the Chinese Brush Painting Course and these are her final paintings. We are thrilled to be able to display them here and have added some text to go along side to enable our students to…

Student Andrea Williamson created these two lovely illustrations whilst studying on our Botanical Coloured Pencil Course. We love them, particularly the pineapple, so much work has gone into their creation. Botanical illustration does take some patience and practice, however we…

Student Carole Mallatratt has completed the Coloured Pencil Course and you can see her final artwork and below along with the text about the images too. We would like to wish Carole all the best for her future drawings and…

Student Rachel Malpass has submitted her final set of work for the Scifi and Fantasy course. We absolutely love the these and characters she has created and you can read all about them in the text by Rachel below. “I…

As a warm-up challenge for my final Watercolour Course Assignment I decided to re-do the paintings that were, in my view, a milestone/watershed moment in this year’s watercolour journey. These being the Mushrooms from assignment #3 and Braye Bay beach…

The following pastel painting was the final piece created by student Dianne Pike for her Pet Portrait Diploma Course. Dianne wrote the following about her artwork and also a thank you to Gayle for helping her during the course. We…

Student Susan Cardozo is working on the Still Life Drawing and Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. Two very interesting paintings Susan created were of her shed tools, one in daylight and one in moonlight. Different lighting and different colours…

Mari-Ann has just completed the course with a DISTINCTION. She worked diligently through the course and produced some sensitive work, her pencil studies are particularly good. Tutor Paul Weaver NovemberFor this picture I sat down and used Daniel Smith watercolors to…

Jane Tivey created this fantastic drawing of fruit for one of her exercises on the Pastel Painting course. Jane explains about the artwork below, we hope that our students find it informative and helpful. I chose to do fruit for…

I am a fine artist who paints in oils. I chose to have no formal art college education but I studied Art History at the School of Oriental and African studies, University of London. It was during this time when…

I have a passion for art and was looking for a structured course to help me learn. The pandemic presented an opportunity for me to enroll and study at LAC. LAC’s course helped me to study and think. The study…

Student Oksana Lupych has created her final set of work for the oil painting course and we have added a selection fo paintings below for our students to view. Oksana has explained a little about her paintings and also a…

The old barn was part of my third assignment for the coloured pencil course.  This was my choice for a building which I felt would also demonstrate perspective, the sky also was a challenge but once started I had to…

Set 3 Assignments- Coloured Pencil Course – written by student Jennifer Parry  Portrait – I decided to try pastelmat for this piece and even though I am not pleased with the outcome, I am really pleased with the amount I…

Welcome to this weeks art challenge where we set our students the task of creating a painting or drawing of any subject using only the colours ‘Blue and White. Perhaps it sounds a simple challenge however once you start, it’s…

Portrait Painting student Yulia Kerme has completed her set 3 assignments and we wanted to include a few of her paintings here for everyone to see. They are absolutely beautiful and we love to see the in progress style photos…

Student Daniel Hall has been creating some amazing work on the Illustration Diploma course and we have added a few of his pieces below. We love the chickens especially! We would like to wish Daniel all the best for his…

Student Sean Cocker has been working on the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course with tutor Ida Mitrani and these pieces are from Sean’s final set. Ida was delighted with Seas work, and gave him an excellent critique and help to send…

I have always been drawn to art, but for some odd reason it took until nearly three years ago for me to take the passion seriously. I would often find myself doodling small characters or monsters in the corner of…

London Art College student Debbie Davidge is currently working on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Her artwork below is absolutely superb and Debbie explains both below…. The Evacuee Child, A4, is from an Assignment, done in Indian ink and…

Lynne has just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a distinction, her drawings are particularly strong with excellent shading. Lynne carries this understanding of tone into her paintings as well. We hope that you enjoy viewing them all below.

Do you have a love of Manga and everything kawaii? Would you love to learn how to create your own original Chibi characters from scratch?  If you are jumping in your seat with excitement, this is the course for you!  Our…

Rachel has just completed the course with a very well deserved distinction and tutor Paul Weaver was thrilled with all of the work she completed throughout the course. Rachel completed the Drawing and Painting diploma and we wish her the…

I felt this was a difficult assignment, except perhaps the Japanese technique where open lines and simplified shapes are used.  Mastering ink painting is a long term process and feel I have a long way to go before I get…

We haven’t featured any botanical students here for a while and so today we have some amazing and very delicate artwork by student Georgine Somer. Each piece she has created is absolutely stunning and we hope that you enjoy viewing…

Here are my first-ever attempts with acrylics! I loved the colour mixing and working with paints with a completely different texture to the water colours. I found it much easier to work with them with the water – using them…

After a lot of deliberation I managed to come up with this painting of the red pepper/ onion and white garlic. I am still using my favourite paper Fluid 100 hot press 140lb/300gsm 12” x 16” because I feel comfortable…

Student Helen Walton has just completed our Beginners Drawing Course and she created some really lovely drawings for her final set. We have also added some text from Helen too and we hope that students enjoy reading it. Hands –…

Student Peter Barnett completed these pieces of artwork for the Oil Painting Course tutored by Alan Dedman. Peters work is very varied and the course has allowed him to experiment with different painting techniques and subjects as you can see…

Wendy Harknet has submitted two wonderful paintings for her Botanical Coloured Pencil Course and we have added them below along with the text that goes along side. It explains how Wendy went about creating the artwork for her Hellebore and…

Danielle Kantola completed our Watercolour course and these paintings are from her last set. Daniel explains a little about them in her text below. We wish Danielle the very best of luck in her future watercolour painting, we are sure…

Student John Peace created these two paintings on our Still Life course with tutor Alan Dedman. John set the objects up in his home, and painted them from life. Drawing and painting from life is often the best way if…

Catriona Henderson has just passed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a Distinction! Tutor Paul weather said Catriona was … “a hard working lady and a pleasure to teach!” We are thrilled for Catriona and wish her all the…

For the exercise I used my own gerbil as a model. I thought it would be fun to make a tower of naughty gerbils working together as a team. Or are they? I used 4B pencil and watercolour. For Fiery…

Steven has just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma course with a Distinction which is great news. Paul Weaver said that “He put a lot of effort into his studies and really improved as he worked through the course which was great to…

Today’s blog post is another amazing watercolour called ‘The Himalayan Lotus’ by student Dilnawaz Tarapore who is studying on our watercolour course with tutor Ida Mitrani.

Student Catherine Verdoene is working with Ida Mitrani on the Botanical Coloured Pencil course and has produced some beautiful illustrations which we have been able to showcase below. Catherine’s artwork is exquisite and we hope that our students find her…

Some topical cartoons from student Sam Lee who has recently completed the Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne. If you are interested in learning how to create cartoon similar to this – or if you have a style of…

Today’s blog post shows the most beautiful watercolour painting called ‘ Blossoms’ by student Dilnawaz Tarapore who is studying on our watercolour course with tutor Ida Mitrani. We are absolutely delighted to showcase Dilnawaz’s artwork here and look forward to…

Mark making and being inspired by a favourite artist by student Sarah Jay. This piece is called Alone from both photographs and imagination. Staedler fine nib pens and white paper around A3 size. Very much about mark making in the…

Student Emily Gigg has just submitted her first set of work in the Illustration Diploma course. Tutor Steven Hersey was absolutely delighted with her work and is very much looking forward to seeing more from her and helping her achieve…

Botanic Gardens Conservation International has opened an illustration and photography competition for a chance to be on the cover of the Global Tree Assessment, the first-ever conservation assessment of all the world’s known tree species. Enter your best illustration or photo…

My name is Julie. I picked up coloured pencils a few years ago to do pet portraits after purely doing them in acrylics. I am doing this course to go back to scratch, improve my drawing skills and learn how…