Category: Student Artwork

These posts show student artwork from our Online Art Courses and the artwork that students produce while working on them. Learning how to paint or draw, graphic design, colour theory, Chinese brush painting, history of art …and more!

Astrid Nielsch

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…

Christina Green

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…

Mahua Pal

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

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 Labody

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.

Maggie Pelling

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…

Pat Marsh

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…

Stuart Brandt

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.

Denise Roscoe

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…

Drawing with Pens

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…

Gayathri G

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…

James Hutton

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

Vera Jaouadi

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…

Grace Campbell

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…

Shubhangi Jain

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.

Rebecca Hearson

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 News

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…

Tutor News!

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….

Diana Eastlake

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…

Oksana Lupych

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…

Eva Chen

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

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…

Audrey Quinton

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…

Jem Bowden

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

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…

Aneta Juszczak

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

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…

Abigail Winfield

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…

Elizabeth Kelly

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 Schofield

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…

Federica Cesaroni

Student Federica Cesaroni has completed her second assignment in the Illustration Diploma Course. Tutor Steven Hersey said… “I think it is quite lovely, with sensitive and delicate drawing work done with charm and flair. I am constantly amazed at the…

Christmas Collection

We have collected all of the Christmas images that we didn’t manage to post in our Advent Calendar and hope you enjoy viewing them. We received so many amazing paintings, drawings and illustrations and cant thank our students enough! We…

Susan Heller

Susan Heller has passed with a well deserved Distinction on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Tutor Paul Weaver was thrilled with Susan’s artwork and we have added a collection for our readers to view below. Congratulations Susan, we wish…

Lisa Elems

Hi, my name is Lisa. I am from Australia. I have just started the ‘Children’s Book Illustration’ course tutored by Maggy Roberts. This is my first assignment  submitted in December 2019. The aim was to create a lively illustration for…

Lucy Wheeler

Lucy Wheeler has created an illustration of a dog on a wall with a little bird. One great way of learning how to create illustrations of animals is to practice drawing fairly realistic animals and give them a character. You…

Ester Murphy

Student Ester Murphy completed these two pastel paintings whilst working on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. We absolutely love the reflection of the small silver pot in the larger silver pot in the pastel with the light brown background….

Ethne Dian

A wonderful illustration today by London Art College Illustrating children’s book student Ethne Diian. So many things to see within the illustration, we hope you find it inspiring!

Barbra Knapik

Still life student Barbra Knapik has created some stunning pieces of work for her assignments on the Still Life course. We particularly love the bronze and brass colours of the still life below with the striped cloth background. The glassy…

Elaine Marsh

Drawing and Painting student Elaine Marsh has created four wonderful paintings for one of her course assignments. We particularly like the first watercolour below with all of the tall buildings and shop fronts. Very colourful and the windows on each…

Iona Findlay

Pet Portrait Diploma student Iona Findlay has created some absolutely stunning coloured pencil drawings for one of her sets of work on the course. The first few images below are exercises in practicing how to capture eyes, fur, noses and…

Christine Towell‎

A stunning watercolour painting today by student Christine Towell‎. We have added a close up version along with the original below so our readers can see the lovely detail. Beautiful. Well done Christine!

Mike Masson

A beautiful painting today by London Art College Student Mike Masson. A very beautiful and wintery scene.

Sally Wilson

A very thought provoking image today by student Sally Wilson.

Shamina Chowdhury

We are continuing our festive artwork for the rest of December. Today we have a fabulous painting by Shamina Chowdhury called ‘Winter in Paris’. We hope that everyone is enjoying the festivities!!

Advent Calendar December 25th

Happy Christmas! Two wonderful illustrations today by student Priscilla Hocking. Congratulations for being chosen for Christmas day! We would like to take this opportunity to send our students very best wishes for the festive season, from us all here at…

Advent Calendar December 24th

Its Christmas Eve!! We hope that your stockings are hung up over your fireplace and the presents are wrapped! Merry Christmas Eve from all at the London Art College. Thank you today to Iryna Labunska for a fantastic festive illustration…

Advent Calendar December 23rd

Two beautiful pantings and drawings today by students Vera Jaouadi and Ava Marley. Both very similar in that they are using a very limited pallet for their work creating the most beautiful effects using this technique. We love Vera’s soft…

Advent Calendar December 22nd

We are getting very close to the big day! Student Katherine Rolf has created a fabulous Illustration for our Advent Calendar which you can see below. Well done Katherine, it is superb! Stay tuned for another painting tomorrow!

Advent Calendar December 21st

An absolutely stunning watercolour painting today by student Vera Jaouadi. Beautifully painted. We hope you enjoy viewing it. Stay tuned for another festive piece tomorrow!

Advent Calendar December 20th

We have four fantastic pieces of digital art for you today by student Louise Dexter. Aren’t they wonderful! We especially love the Guinea fowl below offering up some Mistletoe. Well done Louise!

Advent Calendar December 19th

Welcome to the 19th day of our advent calendar. We have quite the collection today with three stunning pieces by our students. Emma Miller has created a very lively Christmas Pigeon. We love the pigeon’s eye and the way he…

Advent Calendar December 18th

What a fantastic illustration we have today by student Diana Eastlake‎! Very colourful and festive!!

Advent Calendar December 17th

Two wonderful illustrations today from student Agathe Talbot Morisse. The first painting below is a mural in acrylic created by Agathe in the waiting room of the children’s ward at the Kings College Hospital for the Christmas season. The children…

Advent Calendar December 16th

Two wonderful paintings for you all today on this lovely Monday morning. Our Christmas advent Calendar is starting to look very festive! Both of these paintings have been created by student Shelia Brown. We all wish her a very Merry…

Advent Calendar December 15th

Today’s advent calendar is by student Pauline Burke and what a lovely and creative image! We absolutely love it and perfect for our calendar today. Keep checking back for the next window to open tomorrow!!

Advent Calendar December 14th

Welcome to day 14 of our advent calendar. Getting a lot closer to the big day! We have two lovely images for you today created by Julia Renee Cook. The Poinsettia and Robin was created in Faber Castell Polychronos Pencils.

Advent Calendar December 13th

A superb image today by Dylan F Jeskye who has painted a red squirrel peering around the tree, hopefully looking to spot Santa on his way! The month is flying by and we hope you are enjoying our advent calendar…

Advent Calendar December 12th

We have two beautiful drawings and paintings today by student Katherine Peverelle. The first Christmas piece below was with Africa in mind. Katherine created it using coloured pencil with touches of silver pen. The second watercolour is of a dog with a…

Advent Calendar December 11th

Todays Advent is by student Rebekka Volgmann… “Christmas …. time for love, charity, peace, family and friends. I have chosen the ananas to show how easy a simple thing can be interpreted in two different ways. Or every story has…

Advent Calendar December 10th

We are very impressed by this wonderful piece created by student Magdalena Piwowarczyk who is staring on our Advent Calendar today. Very wintery and festive, loving the different tones in the sky!

Advent Calendar December 9th

A stunning pastel painting for today’s Advent Calendar by student Heidi Elizabeth. We hope you like it. Stay tuned for another festive piece tomorrow..!

Advent Calendar – December 8th

What an amazing drawing for our advent calendar today! The pastel drawing “Christmas Flower” was created by student Mila Zinzen and we are thrilled to showcase it on our blog. Mila said “I was carried away while drawing the shadows…

Advent Calendar – December 7th

Welcome to our weekend advent! Today’s artwork is by artist and cartoonist Audrey Quinton. We absolutely love the techniques Audrey has used in her watercolour painting, very wintery and festive!

Advent Calendar December 6th

We absolutely love Dionne Turnbull’s digital artwork of the character called Bah Humslug! Diane has used him for one of her first assignments for the digital illustration course. Dionne said “Definitely not a self-portrait, I love Christmas!!” So do we Dionne,…

Advent Calendar December 5th

Pete Woolgar starts the day today with a fabulous gingerbread character for our December 5th window. We hope you like him, we think he is superb! If you would like to take part in our 2019 Advent Calendar, drop us…

Advent Calendar December 4th

Welcome to our 4th of December Advent Calendar! Today’s beautiful artwork is by Eileen Maspero. Isn’t the little Penguin gorgeous! We hope that you stay tuned for tomorrow’s Christmas advent window!

Advent Calendar – December 3rd!

Welcome to day three of our Advent Calendar and today’s artwork has been created by student Ethne Dian. Isn’t it fantastic! So many elements, well done Ethne! come back tomorrow to open the next window…!

Advent Calendar December 2nd!

Welcome to our Second day of our Festive Advent Calendar! Todays wonderful illustration is by London Art College student Magdalena Piwowarczyk. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s instalment!!

Advent Calendar December 1st!

Welcome to the first day of our London Art College Advent Calendar. Elena Statham is starting us off with her beautiful wreath that she created in her Procreate software on her iPad. Wonderful and very clever too! Thank you Elena!…

Alison Davies

The coloured pencil course allows students to learn how to create deep tones in their first assignments by comparing and contrasting still life studies in both mediums. Alison Davies completed the mug and spoon exercise beautifully and has understood how…

Yulia Kerme

My name is Yulia and I am from Russia. In the past, I have practiced drawing sculpture heads, like Apollo and Venus. I don’t have any clear artistic goals for now but I do hope to keep pushing my boundaries…

Sarah Baker

Science fiction and Fantasy student Sarah Baker has created an incredible painting called ‘Portal’. We love the textures and colours Sarah has created, the concept is superb. Tutor John Byrne teaches the Science fiction and Fantasy Course and you can…

Michael Van Der Roost

Portraiture painting student Michael Van Der Roost has been putting his all into his art course and we have three stunning studies here for our students to view. The first two are in pencil and charcoal and the final painting…

Gemma Dobson

Gemma Dobson has been working really hard on her Pet Portrait Diploma Course and we have added two of her pieces of work below. The Pet Portraits course doesn’t only include pets – you can paint or draw wildlife too….

Mahua Pal

Oil painting student Mahua Pal has painted four oil paintings of vases and pots of flowers and leaves. Each subject has been meticulously drawn onto canvas and painted with great care and attention. Mahua’s style comes through in each painting…