Category: Student Artwork

What Christmas means to me. Friends and family past and present I think of as I decorate the Christmas tree with my children every year . I remember when I was about 7, that’s about 30 odd years ago my…

Todays beautiful watercolour painting is by London Art College student Louise Bushell. Louise explains her painting below… I sing in a lovely small church choir, we used to be able to sing like this, but not this year! Christmas carols…

Todays festive countdown painting comes from student Elena Statham. We love the bright happy colours and the lovely design of the tree and decorations. A wonderful display for our blog today! Happy Holiday’s Everyone Elena

Student Jane Terris has created a wonderful watercolour painting below for our festive countdown today. Jane explains her painting below…. Dougie Dan’s Grill is set in the most scenic of locations at Ganavan Sands Oban Argyll. I was reflecting on…

It’s frosty here in the UK this morning on Monday 7th of December and our festive countdown today is by student Julie Smalley. We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing Julies artwork over the last year in our weekend art challenges, they…

The sixth day of our festive countdown belongs to student Pauline Burke who has created this amazing piece of artwork of her own mince pies. They look absolutely delicious and her painting looks good enough to eat!! A Christmas drawing…

The fifth day of our festive countdown and student Sarah Hogan has created a beautiful illustration which you can read about below… What Christmas means to me? For me as a Mum of boys, Christmas is all about innocence, pure…

Welcome to the 4th day of our festive countdown and today is the turn of student Shailaja Rathinavel who has painted this beautiful painting of dogs in a festive scene. Shailaja said….. Pets get very excited and become joyful seeing…

Our challenge to students this month is to create artwork for our festive countdown on the theme of  ‘What Christmas and or New Year means to you and your family’. Today its Inga’s turn, her illustration with text is beautiful…

Welcome to our second day of our Festive Countdown and today’s artwork is by student Vicki Watkins who is on the Illustrating Children’s Book course. Vicki says… This is my idea of Christmas from when I was young. I can…

Welcome to the first day of our London Art College Festive Countdown. Student Beckie Andrews is starting us off with her beautiful watercolour of two adorable penguins. Beckie said…. ‘The best thing about Christmas, is getting snuggled up with Christmas…

Martina Zielinska Bentayou has been working on the Illustrating Children’s Course follow on course and has created some stunning illustrations below. Read about how Martina got on with her assignment text below….

Almost two years ago I started with my diploma course Botanical Painting. Flowers and plants have been always part of my interest and I even did draw them a lot. So, discovering the online course was for me a gift…

Visionary and Surreal Landscape – this topic was set towards the end of the Landscape Painting Diploma Course. It was an interesting challenge because I had never attempted this type of painting before. My tutor Alan recommended looking at the…

Elizabeth Taylor is studying with tutor Alan Dedman and this is what Elizabeth sent Alan when she enrolled. You can see a few of Elizabeth’s amazing paintings below. I would love to be able to develop my own painting style…

My name is Stuart Brandt and I am currently taking the illustration course with Maggy Roberts and the follow on course too. I really enjoyed this exercise below! I found my perception not the best, but feel the room gives…

Davina is enjoying discovering how versatile drawing with different types of pens can be. Especially in creating the textures and effects of plants and landscapes. She is currently working with Monica Cilmi on the Drawing with Pens course. Visit our…

When time and work permitted until retirement, I have been a life long keen amateur painter who hates drawing.  I am mostly self taught from DVDs and books a few workshops and I also did the Pet Portrait Diploma a…

When I first decided to sign up for the London Art College, I struggled to decide which course to take. I eventually decided on the Still Life Certificate as I was leaning towards a realistic approach and it looked to…

My experience so far of the Digital Illustration Diploma Course: If you are reading this post because you are considering taking the Digital Illustration Diploma course, then let me first say that I can thoroughly recommend it. The course content…

I took the London Art College’s Cartooning course with John Byrne. He asked me to keep him updated with any developments in my cartooning after I finished the course. I have just created a website for my work where I put…

Young student Alex Anderson has already completed the Drawing for Children 1 Course and these drawings are form his second course Drawing for Children 2. We absolutely love them and they have all been created beautifully. The toy digger that…

Welcome to our London Art College competition results. Our 2020 competition is now closed and you can view all of the Entries and Finalists on their dedicated pages. We received some incredible entries this year and it was a difficult…

London Art College student Ariana Harkiolakis is studying our Digital illustration course with tutor Monique. Ariana has explained how she created both illustrations using digital software. We hope that you find it insightful and if you would like to ahve…

Rosy Davis, is approaching midway through the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. She has produced some lovely typographic work, as well as an excellent tonal study. It really demonstrates her versatility with art and design.  The first piece is a…

Illustrating Children’s Book Course tutor Maggy Roberts has illustrated a new Kindle book called ‘Flamingo Fashion’ by Samantha Hunter, the Audible read by Michael Maloney.  The Kindle book is designed for children between the ages of 3-6 and all profits…

Jennifer Parry has just enrolled on the Coloured pencil course. Monica Cilmi, the tutor for the course, was thrilled with her work and said…. One of my new students from the coloured pencil course is amazing. She has just started…

Here is Alicia Van Wyk’s work. She recently completed the packaging study unit in the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course and has achieved a fantastic solution for a new range of fizzy drinks based on Greek gods and goddesses. These…

I have just completed my assessment of a new student’s work. Her name is Quinttyz Lisay, from the Philippines. Her three final pieces for that set are simply outstanding. Pen work, with great imaginative qualities, wonderful technique and an ability…

Congratulations to Jan Graham who’s Winter Berries painting was chosen for this years Association of Distance Learning Colleges (ADLC) Christmas card. We set students the challenge of coming up with festive themed artwork so that ADLC could choose their favourite….

Sue Quinn created these two coloured pencil drawings while studying on our Coloured Pencil Course. We have added the reference photos to go along side the drawings as we have found students find it really interesting to compare the artwork…

Deborah Birt has just completed the course with a DISTINCTION!  Debbie worked very hard and enjoyed trying different styles and approaches with her drawings and paintings. A selection from each of her sets of assignments can be seen below. Paul WeaverDrawing…

My name is Rachel Pesterfield and I have just completed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. The images below were all from my final assignment. I started with a few photoshoots of myself, my daughters and my nieces. I asked…

Tutor Vanessa Weaver has shared some of Petra Trokanova work for our students below to see. Petra is studying the Graphic Design art course and has created some stunning pieces. Vanessa says…. Petra Trokanova is amazing! A very talented artist/designer!…

Pet Portrait – Lockdown Lifeline I signed up to the Pet Portrait course with London Art College back in February as something new and exciting to learn. This was just before the government announced countrywide lockdown. At the time I was…

I’m just on my last assignment for the Pet Portrait Diploma. To date I’ve completed the Children’s Illustrations Diploma, published a book, had some of my work printed on Greetings Cards and in Welsh Country Magazine. I have some experience…

Janki Sanghavi is currently studying on our Illustrating Children’s books Diploma course with tutor Maggie Roberts. Janki asked if her work could be featured on our blog and we were delighted to hear from her. Janki said…. I am an…

Tutor Paul Weaver who teaches our Drawing and Painting Diploma has sent us some wonderful artwork for the blog by student Anna Al Tahir. Paul was absolutely thrilled with Annas work and said the following…. Another of my lovely students…

Student Maria Ei Zar has sent us a step by step painting she has recently completed which is called “Delightful” to show on our blog. Maria painted this in watercolour at size 12” x 9”. We love the way that…

Steven Hersey who tutors our Illustration Diploma has asked if two pieces of artwork by student Leonie Bosse coudl be shown her eon our blog. We love them as does Steven. who said.. I think these pictures have great charm…

Student Rebecca Blake who has been studying on our Coloured Pencil Drawing Course has produced a collection of lovely portraits whilst on the course. Tutor Monika Cilmi has thoroughly enjoyed tutoring Rebecca and knows from working with her that she…

We have three wonderful pieces of artwork today from students who have been working with tutor Vanessa Weaver on the Graphic Design Art Course. Read more about each piece below. The first illustration is by student Alicia Van Wyk who…

The two pieces of artwork below were created by student Alison Davies on her final set of the Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. Alison has written about each piece and also a lovely testimonial which we have included below. We hope…

Three superb paintings today by London Art College student Oxana Hayball who created these whilst studying still life with tutor Alan Dedman. We love the way Oxana is experimenting viewing the objects at different angles. Which do you like best?…

Mari-Ann Berg has created three tonal sketches, a coloured pencil flower study and a garden scene for one of her sets of assignments on the Drawing & Painting Diploma Course. Read about how Mari-Ann created the artwork below. Duck looking…

Abigail OGorman created these beautiful drawings for the Drawing for Children’s Course. Abigail drew her toy dog in pencil and shaded it as a practice and then drew it again and coloured it in. She then collated a few toys…

Monica Phillips created these fantastic pieces whilst working on the Still Life Course with tutor Alan Dedman. We love all of the paintings Monica has painted and particularly admire the way she has handled the glasses and the shine on…

Drawing and Painting Diploma student Veronique Cole has completed her course with tutor Paul Weaver and has passed with a Distinction. We have added a few of Veronique’s paintings and drawings below and hope that you find them inspiring! If…

Hillary Love has completed a fabulous portrait for her final set of work on the Pet Portrait Diploma course. The portrait that Hillary has created, although fairly loose in style, is very accurate with regards to fundamentals of her drawing,…

Jane Tivey chats about how she completed her landscape hay bales pastel painting. We hope you all find it interesting and inspiring! To start with I roughed out the tree line and top field line and then painted the sky…

This is Alicia Van Wyk 47065, who has recently sent her typographic work through – it’s fantastic! What a contrast in these two pieces of work, showing Alicia’s ability to communicate with each target audience. The middle piece is a…

Student Fleur brown has created a lovely composition for two black Labradors for one of her assignments on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course. We have added a couple of photos below, one showing the painting in progress with a prelim…

Tessa Burn recently completed the pastels course and created a variety of artwork whilst studying with tutor Monica Cilmi. The pastels course not only allows you to learn pastels as a medium, but it gives you the chance to experiment…

Student Pauline Garforth has completed the Watercolour Diploma Course and created this beautiful painting of St Pauls Cathedral. We have added the final painting, the reference photo Pauline used and a photo of Paulines colour chart too. Pauline was delighted…

Helen Acosta completed both of these beautiful paintings for the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. The first being a Red Setter in Pastel, the second a Corgi in acrylics. Helen explains a little about each painting below. We hope you enjoy…

The two portraits along with the delicately drawn hand study below have been created by London Art College student David Thomas. David worked with tutor Alan Dedman on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and submitted these for his final…

Following on from Victoria’s post last week, we have a second in the series of her beautiful and very realistic paintings of Braeburn’s. Read about how Victoria painted them below along with the colours she used and her process. “Malus…

Victoria Westmacott-Wrede has created a beautiful set of watercolour fruit and veg for one of her assignments on the Botanical painting course. She explains below how she painted each one and the colours she used. We thought that would students…

London Art College student Elizabeth Taylor has been working on the Landscape Diploma Course with tutor Alan Dedman and has created some wonderful landscape paintings and drawings for one of her assignments. Elizabeths delicate and precise drawing and sketching skills…

We have a wonderful blog post today by student Jane Tivey. She wrote a wonderful accompaniment to her artwork which we have added some of below. We hope that it gives our students and readers an understanding of how Jane…

Rebecca Friend is working with tutor Gayle Mason on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course and here are a couple of Rebeccas pieces from the first and second sets of artwork. We love the oil painting and you can read more…

Sarah Briggs has created two wonderful illustrations for her first set of work for the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We have added them below for you to study. The double page spread illustration gives lots of detail and interest…

Benjamin Magesh has completed the third assignment on the Portrait Painting and Drawing Course and also included some progression shots of the portraits. We absolutely love receiving candid photos by students and we hope you enjoy viewing these of Benjamin…

We have added a variety of pieces of artwork today from student Madhavi Yelnurkar who has been working on the Drawing & Painting Diploma Course with tutor Paul Weaver. Madhavi’s artwork is wonderful and we hope that you enjoy viewing…

Steve Giles is currently working with tutor Gayle Mason on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course. He created these two portraits for his set 4 assignments. One exercises was to add a dog within a scenic background and the other was…

Student Oksana Lupych has just completed the Watercolour Diploma Course and tutor Ida Mitrani was thrilled with Oksana’s artwork. She requested for it to be added here on our blog for fellow students to view. We are thrilled to be…

Karen Bruce completed our Watercolour Diploma Course and produced these stunning paintings for some of her assignments. The colours Karen used are so fresh and vibrant. We particularly love the eye and ear studies that she has completed with some…

London Art College student Sidney Pletschke is working with tutor Steven Hersey on our Illustration Diploma Course. Steven was particularly impressed with Sydney’s assignment, part of which we have added below for our students to view. Steven said….. Sidney produced…

Welcome to our beautiful collages of birds by student Sara Roberts who is studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Tutor Maggy was thrilled with Sara’s main collage and felt it would be a great addition to the blog to…

When I first read the assignment and when I looked at the various works done by students, Sebastian’s Sink City felt like a real challenge. I had never drawn or painted house-cleaning products and I was wondering how I would…

Student Linda Carluschi is taking the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course and completed this beautiful illustration for the Fiery Fred Assignment. Linda said… I studied for five years and worked as a graphic designer for six years. I started to…

Student Yun-Ting Hsieh is currently working on our Illustration Diploma Course with tutor Steven Hersey. Steven was thrilled with Yun-Ting’s preliminary drawings and final painting which you can see below. We have also added some of the text that Yun-Ting…

LAC TUTOR PAUL WEAVER HAS HAD 2 PAINTINGS SELECTED FOR THE ARTIST EXHIBITION – NOW OPEN! Although the Patchings Festival, featuring ‘The Artist’ and ‘Leisure Painter’ Open Competitions, could not take place this year, the good news is that the competition still…

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…