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!
Students who study with Alan Dedman on the Landscape Diploma have a chance to observe and practice painting and drawing clouds and sky. This is a superb subject to experiment with, it is a forever changing scene and its always accessible for students…
A wonderful study today from student Alex Hughes who is currently studying the Chinese brush painting course. We love Alex’s watercolour techniques and the paper texture works beautifully with the brush strokes – superb piece Alex.
An amazing and very intense piece by student Anne Boland who is studying on the portraiture painting course. Anne has painted this portrait in such a way that we immediately engage with the subjects eyes, its beautifully painted with wonderful skin tones….
Amelia Whiffin who studied on the Coloured Pencil course completed this superb drawing of her cat Amber. The colours and depth of tones here are superb, congratulations Amelia on a beautiful piece. In general it can be tricky to create deep…
Natalia Romankova has just received a Distinction for passing the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course with flying colours. Here is one of Natalia’s illustrations which we think is wonderful! We hope you enjoy viewing it too!
We have received a wonderful email from student Judy Elizabeth Wilson about her beautiful illustrations in a new book that’s being sold for Cancer Research. Contact details are below if anyone would like to order. —————————————- A Christmas Journey is…
Linda Brughera from Madrid, studied with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Course. Linda has very kindly emailed us her two favourite pieces from the course and written a little about them below. We think that Linda’s artwork is absolutely fabulous…
We have just received this wonderful email and artwork from Joanne Taylor who completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma. It has been lovely hearing from Joanne again and we are thrilled that she is doing so well. We hope our…
Astrid Nielsch, who completed the Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Course has written us a truly inspiring piece for our college news blog, along with three beautiful pieces of her artwork below. We are thrilled that Astrid is doing so well with both her…
Dylan Strugar is studying on the Digital Illustration Diploma Course (D11) with Spencer Hill and has created this very impressive digital painting. Dylan has written about his piece below, we hope that you find it inspiring! ——————————— With this piece, I…
Anna Rencz from Windsor Ontario, Canada is currently studying with Alan Dedman on the Beginners Drawing Course. Anna has recently had an Exhibition ” The World of Butterflies ” in May 2014 at the Common Ground Art Gallery in Windsor. The…
We have a wonderful blog post today with artwork by Alan McMahon who is studying with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Certificate course. One of Alan’s exercises within the course, asked for a still up along with submitting a photo of…
We always love to hear from students who have completed their course to hear what they are getting up to in the next phase of their studies. Ruth Arnold is doing exceptionally well on her Graphic Design/Illustration degree and has very…
This wonderful watercolour painting was created by Astrid Hill who studied with Jan Nesbitt on the Watercolour Diploma Course. There are lots of lovely techniques used here from wet in wet washes, flicking paint for foliage and blowing the paint…
Paul Harris is currently studying the Painting and Drawing Diploma with Paul Weaver and has produced this wonderful oil painting of a sunrise in Canada. Paul has very kindly written about the painting and his course below. ——————————————————— This painting…
Rory Donald has created this wonderful illustration for the Sci-fi Course in pen and ink. The concept and composition are excellent.
This wonderful painting is by Cheryl Day, a student who studied on the Oil Painting course with tutor and professional oil painter, Alan Dedman. Cheryl has painted what essentially is a very simple subject and turned it into the most beautiful oil…
Here we have a beautifully delicate piece of artwork drawn in coloured pencil by Keith Galliford. Keith is studying with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Certificate Course. Coloured pencil is a wonderful medium to experiment with, the outlay is…
Zeina entered this piece in a recent competition that we posted for the Bear Cub Gallery. Her artwork is absolutely wonderful and we are really pleased to share it here along with some words from Zeina. ——————————————– When first I thought about drawing…
Student Heather Robertson has created a wonderfully simple, yet hugely effective collage for a recent submission on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma. The wet in wet washes Heather has created are superb and the overall composition and colour scheme works beautifully….
Deepthi Horagoda has just completed and passed with distinctions on our Graphic Design in Art Diploma. Deepthi has set a new standard for the final assignment and she has very kindly written about her work below. We hope that you…
I thought this might make many of our students smile as im sure this has happened to a few of us over the years! Congratulations to Elizabeth Hall who is currently studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course for coming…
This piece of artwork has been created by Ian Emerson who studied on the Graphic Design in Art Diploma with Vanessa Weaver. A very bold cover design for this book jacket from one of Ian’s submitted assignments.
This is a wonderful piece created by Daniel Brown who studied on the Cartooning Diploma with John Byrne. The illustration has great impact, very colourful and professional.
This piece of artwork was completed by Sue Sharrock who is studying with Julie Douglas on the coloured pencil certificate course. Superb textures and colours!
About a month ago we put out a request on our Facebook page for students, past and present, to email us with their favourite piece of work that they had done recently and we received some wonderful emails which we have featured…
We have received a wonderful piece of artwork by a student who is currently studying with Spencer Hill on the iPad illustration course. She is doing extremely well and the artwork shows that this student is enjoying working in digital…
Derwent Art Prize 2014 Approximately 80 works will appear in the exhibition to be held at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5BD from 15 – 20 September 2014. Following the London exhibition a selection of exhibits will be…
We asked on our Facebook page if students would write to us with their favourite piece created while working on their course to date. Leila has emailed us her story along with one of her fabulous illustrations of two friends travelling together…
We recently promoted #feelingnuts by Check One Two and one of our cartooning students, Jenny Drew, has had some of her cartoons published on their website. Visit the website Check One Two to see more and learn about how you…
We have received a lovely email from Heather Urquhart, a student who is currently studying on our Pet Portraits Diploma course. Heather has emailed us a wonderful portrait she has just created in Pastels and you can read all about…
Vanessa Weaver, the tutor for the Graphic Design in Art diploma has email a wonderful piece of pen and ink artwork for the blog and student gallery. Vanessa says..”This piece of students work demonstrates light and shade well, as well as being…
Jose Gomez is currently studying the Watercolour Diploma course with Jan Nesbitt and has been producing some beautiful pieces of artwork for his course assignments. The painting below is of a half peeled orange and the depth of colour Jose has…
We have received a wonderful testimonial from a recently completed Pet Portrait Diploma student. Alison is doing really well and you can read about her achievements and experiences below, plus visit her website and facebook page! We love to hear…
We asked on our Facebook page if students would write to us with their favourite piece created while working on their course to date. Dawn has emailed us with a beautiful illustration of a Fox and a Bird. I hope it…
Sandra Eve emailed when she saw our post on Facebook for students past and present to get in contact with their favourite piece of artwork that they had created during their course. Sandra’s post and artwork is below, isn’t the…
Jenny Drew recently completed our Cartooning Diploma course with John Byrne and is now studying the Digital Illustration course with Spencer Hill. Jenny recently ran a workshop with a group of young carers – young people who live with or…
Karen Robinson responded to our Facebook post request for students, past and present, to get in touch to send us a favourite painting they have done. Since completing her Diploma course Karen has created a very successful business and I…
We asked students on our Facebook page if anyone would like to be featured on our blog with a favourite piece of work they had completed during their course. We have received some lovely feedback from the Facebook post and this…
Julie Ann has emailed to let us know about the UKCPS exhibition – read more below! ———————————————————————– If you’re on holiday this month in Cornwall, Devon or Somerset between 16-28 June, why not pay a visit to the Ilminster Art Centre…
We have received a wonderful email from Ted Weinel, a previous student who studied with the London Art College many, many years ago when Mr Browne was principle. You can read about the colleges early years here >> and you can…
Patchings Art Festival is celebrating its 21st year between June 5-8 in Nottingham. Julie Anne Maguire hs contacted us to ask if we would display her most recent piece which will be displayed at Patchings! Julie said….”As a recent CP student…
Linda Clutterbuck contacted us recently as she entered one of her final paintings she produced on the Portraiture course with tutor Nicholas Beall, into a competition. We asked if it would be ok to post her news on the college…
Nina Bromley is currently studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma. Nina has sent us her first illustration for the course along with some text about the illustration and we are thrilled to add it here on…
My name is Zeina Shehade and I am studying the Illustrating Children’s book diploma with Maggy Roberts. For this challenging last assignment I had a vision of a tranquil place where you could be totally relaxed, doing the all the…
Shea Beck, a student who is currently studying on our Graphic Design Art Diploma Course with Vanessa Weaver, recently submitted a superb piece for one of his course assignments. Vanessa asked Shea if it would be ok to add it to…
We have received a wonderful testimonial from Jim Hamilton, who has recently completed both History of Art Diploma and its follow on course Understanding 20th and 21st Century Art with tutor Stu Roberts. thank you Jim for taking the time to write this and…
Heather Robertson, who is currently studying our Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma with Maggy Roberts, contacted us recently as she has been commissioned by her local church to complete a series of paintings for them. Heather has so completed two paintings to date…
Jenny Drew, who recently completed the Cartooning Diploma and is now studying with Spencer Hill on the Digital Illustration course, has kindly written about her experiences and her work. We are thrilled to hear Jenny is doing so well and…
We asked Dawn Treacher, currently studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course, if she would write a little about her latest piece ‘Fiery Fred’. Dawn has written a wonderful piece below, we hope you enjoy reading it and viewing Dawns…
Gina Maldonado is currently studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Gina posted her illustration on our student forum for her fellow students to view and comment on. As soon as I saw it I knew it just…
We asked Jan if she would email us some of her pieces of artwork for the college website and blog and she very kindly send us three lovely pieces of work below. We are so pleased that Jan has developed…
Here is a recent piece of artwork from a student studying on our Pastels Certificate Course. The colours, textures and light here is absolutely superb, its a wonderful piece of observational drawing and we are thrilled to be able to…
Julie Ann Maguire wanted to share a little about her work and herself with our students and readers and we were delighted to share. Julie has just completed the Coloured Pencil Certificate course and we wish her every success in…
Stewart Roberts, tutor for the History of Art Diploma and Follow on course Understanding 20th to 21st Century Art Diploma, sent us a photo of one of his students helping cleaning some stones in Luxor. We were very interested to hear…
Ruth Bain’s designs for the logo brief in the Graphic Design Diploma course was a live brief and she has given the approval for us to use it on our blog. The final client choice can be seen in the…
Natalia got in touch with us to ask if we would be able to add some of her artwork to our student gallery. We were delighted to be able to add them and we took the opportunity to ask if…
We would like to thank Julie-Ann for sending us this wonderful piece of artwork for inclusion on our blog. Julie-Ann has written a small piece below to let us know how she got on with using the drafting film along…
Ursula has just passed the illustrating Children’s Books with Distinctions and tutor Maggy Roberts emailed me one of Ursula’s final pieces of artwork from the course. Its absolutely superb! I have added the full version below, along with a close…
We would like to officially congratulate Linda for passing her Portraiture painting course with Distinctions. Linda has worked extremely hard throughout the course and has learnt a lot on her journey. The self portrait below was created for the final…
This stunning piece of artwork was emailed to me for inclusion on the blog by our tutor Julie Douglas. One of her students who is studying the Drawing and Painting Diplma Course, Alla Nikolenko, created this wonderful watercolour as one…
We are pleased to announce here that Brenda who has just completed the Pet Portraits Diploma course has been awarded a Distinction and is on our honours list on our website. Brenda created some beautiful pieces of artwork throughout the…
The following post is written by one of our students Rachel Dawes who is currently studying with Vanessa Weaver on the Graphic Design in Art Diploma. We hope that you find Rachel’s post inspiring and interesting read! Congratulations to Rachel on…
Lucy has just received her distinction for passing the Illustrating Children’s books diploma with Maggy Roberts. One of Lucy’s images are blow. We wish Lucy the best of luck in her illustrating career!
We thought that this piece of recent artwork from one of our Coloured Pencil students would be a great way to start the new year off on our blog. Amelia has created a beautiful drawing here and we hope that…
Jonathan Cooper has just passed the Illustrating children’s books diploma with distinctions can now be seen on our honours list >> I have added one of Jonathan’s final pieces below along with a close up detail of the illustration. We have…
Judy Elizabeth Wilson, received her certificate this week for successfully passing the Illustrating Children’s books diploma course with distinctions. Judy recently illustrated ‘The Magic Walnut’ which you can read more about below and view a few illustrations form the book…
Here is a beautiful illustration from one of our students studying with Maggy Roberts on the illustrating children’s books diploma. This is for the Row, Row, Row your boat exercise. Superb coloured pencil techniques, wonderful colours used and overall a…
This is a wonderful illustration from one of our students who has passed the Illustrating children’s books course with Distinctions. This illustration was also a finalist for this years London Art College Art competition. We are sure this student will…
We have two wonderful talented students who have just received distinctions for completing the Illustrating Children’s book course and the follow on course. We hope that the artwork below is inspiring to all of our budding illustrators out there! Congratulations…
We have recently updated all of our galleries on our website so pop over and take a look at the new student artwork coming through. London Art College Student Art Gallery >> Here is a brand new image from a…
Hi my name is Celia Carlile and I’ve just been invited to write something here about my new book ‘The Christmas Song‘. In 2010 after some unsuccessful attempts at writing and illustrating children’s picture books I went online to find…
My name is Margaret Orchard. I am writing this having just learnt that I have won the LAC Competition for 2013. I am absolutely thrilled to have won and would like to congratulate Alexandra for her delightful depiction of her cat…
Rachel Morrison has just started the Graphic Design Art Diploma course after already completing the Children’s Book Illustration course and currently studying its follow on course too! Vanessa Weaver, the Graphic Design tutor, emailed us a piece of Rachel’s artwork to…
An amazing story from one of our Illustrating Children’s books students Jacqui…….. ———————————————- A few years ago I was lucky to be given the London Art College Illustrating Children’s Books course by a good friend. I love working through the…