Category: Student Artwork

I am using Strathmore Bristol smooth and a mechanical pencil and also b and 2b pencils. My first sheet shows a common Ivy : Hydera Helix and I choose a mature shiny leaf. Also on this sheet is a young…

Student Maria Ei Zar has created a beautiful study of a lobster and has sent us photos of the painting in stages for us to see. She has also shown where her easel is set up along with her paint…

I remember submitting my first assignment for the Illustration Course, I was so nervous. I had never studied art before, and I didn’t know what to expect. I come from a background in which art is seen as a waste…

I have enrolled in the Digital Illustration course (a gift from my husband), in the hopes of expanding my artistic style as well as learning about the technical aspects of drawing digitally.  Although I come with some experience (well self…

Two stunning illustrations today by student Layla Ewen who is studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with tutor Maggy Roberts. We not only love her very three dimensional Fiery Fred painting, but we adore Laylas frog lazing on the…

Lauren Sandall has completed a lovely first set of typographic work for the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. Tutor Vanessa weaver was thrilled to receive them as are we to be able to show them here on the blog. We…

Student Emily Hemmings has submitted her first set of work on the Graphic Design Art Course and produced a terrific set of illustrations for a tourist brochure. Emily has also put together some very effective concept boards, which were a…

Anne-Sophie Laugier submitted this very impressive illustration as her response to the Fiery Fred brief on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Sophie also took a photo of the painting with her watercolour pallet which is absolutely beautiful! We would…

Rosy Davis created these two superb pieces of artwork for the first assignment on the Graphic Design Art course. At this stage, Rosie was learning about perspective and these are her two pen and ink illustrations as examples for this….

Welcome to our big announcement! The London Art College yearly competition is now OPEN! Students can submit ONE piece of artwork they have created. It doesn’t have to be a course work piece. The artwork can be in any medium…

Caroline Richards has completed the Graphic Design Course course and passed with an overall Distinction grade. Caroline has designed a beautiful poster which you can see below, along with her sketches and mockups of how the poster developed. Caroline sent this…

Ian Dance, a student from the Learn to Draw Course has created two lovely drawings in pen. Tutor Monika Cilmi was delighted with his work and we are thrilled to be able to show them on the blog today. The…

Student Sara Sykes has just completed the Illustration Diploma Course with a Distinction. Tutor Steven Hersey said that the distinction grade was well deserved and her work on the course was outstanding. We have added three images below, the first…

Sean Cocker is currently working towards completing the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course with tutor Ida Mitrani. Seans illustrations below are absolutely stunning and we hope that you enjoy viewing them as much as we have. If you are interested in…

Audrey Quinton studied our Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne. Audrey has just got in touch, as one of her stunning cartoons has been published in a booklet called ‘Fit For Farming‘. You can read about it online and…

I changed my path at college level from illustration to 3D Design., This gave me a wonderful career but I hope to finish what I started with Illustration. I also wish to learn more to be able to illustrate the…

Student Gayathri G is studying on our Illustration Diploma Course with tutor Steven Hersey. In one of the assignments on the course students are asked to design and redesign some logos. Gayathri created a number of stunning logo designs, including…

Welcome to our blog post today, dedicated to photography student David Feakes. He passed with flying colours this week with a distinction and tutor Rona Cox was delighted. The photos below show two from the portraiture window light tasks, one…

Today we have two beautiful watercolour paintings by student Sylvia Kendrick who is working on our Watercolour Diploma Course with tutor Ida Mitrani. Sylvia has traditionally painted a stunning flower painting entitled ‘Flowers from my Garden’ and a still life…

These beautiful Illustrations are from Gillian Ofodile, who has taken the same subject matter and applied her interpretation of realistic, loose, graphic, collage and retro illustration styles to it. Some lovely experimentation with different styles of illustration. Vanessa WeaverGraphic Design Art…

Having never studied art online, I was a little apprehensive as to how much I would learn, but was truly impressed by the quality and content offered in the watercolour course. I found the assignments fun, yet challenging too. My tutor…

A lovely collection of paintings today by Landscape student Jackie Davies who is being guided with painting and drawing landscapes by tutor Alan Dedman. We hope that Jackie’s use of beautiful soft shades of blues and yellows inspire you to…

For this exercise I used some decorative objects of my toilet sink.At first, it was a little bit challenging but after the final image popped up to my mind, I could cleary see what was requested. Roberta Goncalves da silvaIllustrating…

We have a simply superb collection of paintings today by our Pet Portraits Diploma Course students. We thought it would be lovely to celebrate our animal painting students and also provide some inspiration to our readers too. If you have…

Student Ana Munoz was nominated by tutor Monica Cilmi for an ABCC certificate of merit for her work on the  Chinese Brush Painting Course. You can also see Ana’s certificate above and at the bottom of the page along with…

My name is Rachel and I have just completed assignment 5 for the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. I found it to be the most difficult so far. Especially as I love working in colour! I had no idea at the…

Thanks for asking me to write a little about my ‘Row Your Boat’ illustration for part one of the Children’s Book Illustration Diploma Course with Maggie Roberts as Tutor. As you can see I’ve used quite strong, warm colours to…

These pictures were produced by Kyrah Smith in her assignment 5 work. I yesterday assessed them, together with the preparation studies, and thought they were lovely examples of imaginative and skilful digital illustration, with great drama and atmosphere. Steven HerseyIllustration…

Here is some work from Caroline Richards, who has designed some lovely teabag packaging. It really captures a theme of relaxation and calm and has shown terrific continuity of style around all faces of the pack.  Vanessa WeaverGraphic Design Art…

Student Evgeniya Sheshina has completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and passed with a distinction. Tutor Paul weaver said…. Evgeniya is very talented, especially with her drawing. Lots of stunning pieces below. Paul WeaverDrawing and Painting Diploma Course

When I first read the assignment, I wondered what I was going to be able to draw. And finally I never thought that the space under a sink, an ordinary place, would be such a fascinating source of inspiration for…

I complete my Watercolour Diploma in January. I had a great time during the course and my tutor Jem was fantastic with his constructive feed back, his timely advice and encouragement. I really felt supported throughout. I recently looked back…

I chose the Editorial Illustration option for this set of work on the Graphic Design in art course. My first thought on reading the description was of the portraits produced by Giuseppe Arcimboldo using fruit and vegetables. However, I started…

Danielle Kantola has just completed the Watercolour Diploma Course with tutor Ida Mitrani. We have includes some of Danielle’s artwork below along with a lovely testimonial too. We hope you find Danielle’s watercolours inspiring. I really enjoyed the course and…

List of priorities to focus on for this assignment Have a focal point Develop the painting in stages- darkening tone as you go Use tonal variation to show the contrast in tones Use tonal variation to suggest recession in the…

I was flattered to be invited to contribute to the LCA blog and share some of my recent pieces of work, alongside some of my coursework. Inspired by TV, movies and comics, I’ve loved creating sci-fi and fantasy characters for…

I recently started the Illustrating Children’s Diploma course with Maggy Roberts and submitted my first assignment about a week ago where I received very encouraging feedback from our tutor (“excellent work”). It was a very inspiring and bright exercise to do,…

We would like to send Sabina Rahmanova our heartiest congratulations on recently passing her Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a distinction. Congratulation Sabina! We have added some of Sabina’s artwork below for our students to be inspired by. We…

London Art College student Christine Emery has just completed the Botanical Art Coloured Pencil Course with flying colours. We have added two beautiful pieces which were created by Christine for her course below. Congratulations on passing! We wish you all…

Welcome to the beautiful artwork of student Anna Noel Storr who is studying on the Beginners Drawing Course with tutor Monica Cilmi. Monica said… The composition of Anna’s artwork is very simple but each drawing works extremely well. Her drawing…

Student Olga Polyanska has created three stunning watercolours for a set of assignments for the Drawing & Painting Diploma course with tutor Paul Weaver. We absolutely love them and were thrilled when Paul asked for them to be shown here….

Tutor Monica Cilmi has a superb student called Julie Cook who is currently working on the Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. As you can see by viewing Julie’s work below the course is very varied in the subjects that you can…

We have two stunning illustrations today by Emma Hasson who is currently working through the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma course with tutor Maggy Roberts. Maggy asked us to show Emma’s artwork on the blog as it is a wonderful answer…

Welcome to the beautiful step by step watercolour flower blossoms by student Maria Ei Zar. Maria’s painting style is so delicate, beautiful and fresh. We hope that you find her work inspiring! Maria said… I love this kind of flowers…

We were thrilled to receive some wonderful images from student Anne-Sophie Laugier. We love her ‘in progress’ photo of her workspace and sketches. Anne-Sophie is studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Diploma course. If students have any in…

It seems strange now, but it is just a month and a half ago that I completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma, with Distinction.  Rather than delving straight into a successful art career, I have put some other bits and…

Welcome to two beautiful illustrations by London Art College student Christina Green. Christina has created both of these paintings for the first sets of assignments on the Illustrating Children’s Diploma Course. Christina said… I would like to work as a…

Student Mahua Pal studied our Oil Painting course with tutor Alan Dedman. We thought we would show some of Mahua’s still life artwork to help give our students some inspiration of what to draw and paint in light of the…

Sandra Eve completed the Pet Portrait Diploma Course a few years ago, however the pencil drawing of her cat and some foxgloves was always a firm favourite our and we felt that it was extremely blog worthy. The delicate pencil…

Veronika has just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma art course with a distinction. We have added some of Veronika’s artwork below and we hope that you enjoy viewing it.

Student Maggie Pelling has created a beautiful painting for her Graphic Design in Art Diploma Course tutored by Vanessa Weaver. We have received a lovely quote from tutor Vanessa too, which you can read below. Congratulations Maggie on a wonderful…

Three superb pieces of artwork today by London Art College student Pat Marsh who is working on the Drawing and painting Diploma course. Pat has created some lovely drawings below, we are thrilled with the pencil drawing study of Pat…

Student Stuart Brandt has created two lovely illustrations for the illustrating Children’s Diploma Course with tutor Maggy Roberts. We hope to add Stuart’s illustrations to our website gallery in the coming weeks.

Student Denise Roscoe has created this pen and ink drawing of a fish sellers yard in Whitby. Denise is currently studying the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with tutor Paul Weaver. We hope to add Denise’s drawing to our website…

We have some wonderful artwork today, a collection of students work from the Drawing with Pens course tutored by Monika Cilmi. The students work below are Lynn Stuart James, Samuel Croyle, Anca Wicksman and you can see their names under…

Welcome to a wonderful collection of artwork by student Gayathri G. She is currently completing the Illustration Diploma with tutor Steven Hersey. These are just a few of the pieces Gayathri submitted for her first and second assignment. Steven was…

These illustrations are by James Hutton for his second assignment for the Illustration Diploma Course. Simply excellent. Some outstanding examples of illustration in both technique and concept. Incredible detail and worth taking time to ponder over the pictures. Steven Hersey

Sebastian’s sink city has been hard work for me, but in the same time I really enjoyed it. I began my work searching for inspiration on internet. There I found a very interesting blog, written by Charlotte Kaill, with detailed…

When planning for “Fiery Fred”, I immediately wanted to portray a scene depicting a fairytale/country feel and took inspiration for style and colour palette from Alida Akers’ work.  I wanted the colours to gradually become warmer as they move away…

Student Shubhangi Jain has completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with tutor Alan Dedman. Alan requested for Shubhangi’s artwork to be added to the college blog and we were delighted to. We hope you find them inspiring.

Today we have some beautiful artwork form student Rebecca Hearson who has just submitted her first set of work for the Illustrating Children’s book Diploma Course. Maggy said… A lovely first submission from Rebecca, she has submitted some outstanding work….

Tutor Alan Dedman has Recently been invited to participate in the opening of an exhibition of African Art at Hidden Lane Gallery in Glasgow.  Alan showing some of his work alongside African artists, meeting some of them and joining an ‘Art…

Paul Weaver has an article out in the latest issue of ‘The Artist’ magazine (April 2020) ’The Magic of Snow & Frost in Watercolour’ and we have added a painting by Paul Weaver which you can see in the magazine below….

Stunning illustration for our readers to view today. Diana Eastlake who is currently working with tutor Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma course created this double page spread for one of her assignments. The bottle on the left…

The following painting was completed by Oksana Lupych who has just completed our Oil Painting course. The image below is part of her final assignment and is the from the abstract section of course exercises. Oksana said… For the abstract…

A lovely collation of artwork today by Illustration student Eva Chen. Tutor Steven Hersey was thrilled with all of the pieces. He said to Eva.. “This first assignment is outstanding. I would like to congratulate you on your work. It…

Qian Tang Michel is currently studying our Portrait Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. The paintings and drawings Qian has created below are absolutely stunning and we hope that they inspire our students and readers. Qian Said… I already performed…

The Cartooning Diploma Course: This is a long blog post (just warning you now!) but the course was 18 months of sheer enjoyment so it warrants quite a few words (and illustrations!) in praise of it. Just in case you…

After four years as tutor on the Watercolour Diploma course, Jem Bowden has critiqued his last assignment for students at London Art College. A planned move to Scotland sees Jem go in new directions in life and work, although he…

Louise Dexter created this selection of beautiful paintings whilst working on the drawing and painting course, along with travelling too. Louise said…. Watercolour 1 was painted while on holiday in the Algarve, surrounded by Bougainvillea so it made sense to…

Two wonderful paintings today by London Art College student Aneta Juszczak who is studying on our Portraits course. Both paintings are absolutely stunning and we hope that our students are inspired by them!

Jamie Simmons has created a beautiful double page spread as part of the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Read Jamie’s experiences of the process below… “I did individual studies of each bird I wanted to use, before I sketched them…

We have two wonderful oil paintings today by student Abigail Winfield. One is a final painting and the other is a full preparatory study. We feel that they are absolutely wonderful and are thrilled to be able to show them…

London Art College student Elizabeth Kelly, has been creating some beautiful artwork on the Chinese Brush Painting Course with tutor Monika Cilmi. We have added three wonderful pieces by Elizabeth below. If you would like to have a go at…

Alex is completing the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with tutor Paul Weaver….. I deliberately put together a similar collection of items for a still life painting that I had seen on LAC, and it was useful to have such…