Category: Student Artwork

We have updated our Chinese brush painting Gallery on our website and have created a new Chinese brush painting gallery on our Facebook page. Pop over there to take a look! London Art College Facebook Albums >>

We have updated the Pet Portraits Diploma Course Student Gallery recently with lots of lovely new student artwork. The image below is just one of the new pieces we have added. Why not pop along to view the gallery, along with some…

One of my students has just completed the ‘close up exercise’ on the Pet Portraits Diploma course and I feel Carolyn has done a superb job with this pastel portrait and fulfilled the exercise beautifully. Well done Carolyn!

One of our illustrating Children’s books students, Lucy, tackled the walking the dog exercise so well, I asked if she could explain how she came up with her designs for our blog. As you can see below, her preparation drawings and final piece is excellent. I…

One of our graphic design students has passed her course with flying colours and has been awarded a distinction. Vanessa Weaver, who tutors the Graphic Design Diploma course has sent me some of Christine’s work for the website and you can see two of her pieces below. We…

Jenna Whyte completed the Sci Fi Fantasy course a few years ago and has emailed us to let us know she has just released a new book called ‘The Illustrated Guide to the Elements’. Jenna Said – “The Illustrated Guide…

Congratulations to one of our photography students, Nicola Cooper is a winner! Here’s the text from her newspaper article… ———————————————————————— A FORMER quiz show hostess who gave up her TV career to move to rural Wales has won a national photography competition…

A student who is currently studying on the Botanical Course tutored by Sandrine Maugy, has emailed me her most recent work  to add to the Student gallery, which I updated today. Sue’s illustrations are beautiful and you can see one of them below, along with…

We have just updated our Chinese Brush Painting Gallery with lots of lovely new student artwork, one of which is below. Monika Cilmi, the tutor for the course emailed me some lovely pieces of artwork and this one really stood out for me so I felt…

This is a piece of work from one of our students studying on the Children’s Drawing course. Catrin has now completed her course and her final piece is below. She was asked to illustrate a poem written by Fred Starr and we think…

I am sure that this wonderful illustration will put a smile on everyone’s faces today. A student completed it for the Children’s Illustration Course Diploma and it caught my eye, so colourful and rich.

Having posted an Easter post yesterday with ‘happy’ Easter illustrations, Robert, a student who is currently studying the children’s illustration course was prompted to email me his version of Humpty Dumpty. Robert said…”Seen the lovely pics on the blog, but not all eggs fare so well in children’s verse!” How…

We would like to wish all of our students a very Happy Easter and thank you to both Heather Robertson and Judy Elizabeth Wilson for sending us these Easter images for us to specifically use for our Easter post this…

Alan Dedman, one of the tutors for the Drawing and painting Diploma Course alerted me to a students wonderful artwork yesterday and asked if some of the pieces can go on the website and blog. I will be updating the website gallery soon, but…

This student has produced two amazing drawings for the Pet Portraits Diploma Course, you can also see them in our Pet Portraits Student gallery. The top drawing has been rendered in coloured pencil, the lower in graphite pencil. We hope they inspire!

Gabrielle Marlow emailed the college recently to let us know of some fantastic news and how she was getting on after completing the pet portraits diploma with myself. I am always thrilled to hear from my past students and love…

On my daily travels moderating the student forum, helping out where ever I can with students questions and artwork, I happened upon this fabulous watercolour created by a student studying our Drawing and Painting Diploma. One of the submissions for…

Vanessa Weaver, tutor for the Graphic Design Diploma, emailed me recently to ask if I would add one of her students artwork on the blog and website. Christine is doing extremely well and you can see some of her recent work below. Vanessa said… “Christine has…

Julie Douglas emailed me a wonderful piece of artwork completed by one of her students currently studying on the coloured pencil course.You can now see this piece in our student gallery. Why not take a look around at some of the delightful…

I saw this piece of artwork while on the London Art College Forum, it was created by Jon, who is currently studying with tutor Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s books Diploma. This piece particularly caught my eye, not only for the superb wet…

This is a very spooky piece of artwork from a student who is currently studying with tutor Maggy Roberts on our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. I think this illustration would definitely capture children’s imagination…what do you think?

Here are two submissions from the same student currently studying the pet Portraits Diploma. The student has excelled in these mediums, the Labrador was painted in oils and the puppy was drawn in pastel on velour and both of these portraits are superb. The student should…

Tutor Julie Douglas emailed me two wonderful pieces of artwork by a student who is currently studying on the Pastel Certificate course. I have already added them to the student gallery and thought it would be great to post them here…

This piece of artwork caught my eye in the student area and I just had to add it to the blog. Isn’t it wonderful! You can really imagine standing there in Australia between those beautiful mountains. Fabulous colours – congratulations to a very talented student.

Here is another lovely piece of work that Maggy has emailed me from one of her students  Lovely bright colours, a piece of artwork that’s definitely making a splash!

This is a lovely illustration from one of our students currently studying on the Illustrating children’s books diploma with Maggy. Wonderful colours and watercolour techniques used here.

We would like to congratulate Andrea for successfully passing the pet Portraits Diploma course in distinctions. Andrea emailed us a photo of an article her local newspaper which you can view and read below. Andrea said….”I’ve never been in the paper before…I am really…

Gay Mckinnon successfully completed our Children’s Book Illustration Diploma in 2011 and she has just published her first book as an illustrator. Gay told us that the diploma definitely helped her and she has written a little piece describing how………

One of our students who has recently completed the the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Certificate, has emailed us an update as to how shes getting on now she has completed her course. it sounds as though she is doing very well…

Maggy asked Sara, a student currently studying on the Illustrating Children’s Books illustration diploma, if she would email me a copy of one of her wonderful pieces of artwork for the college news blog. Sara has very kindly written about herself and the artwork below. ———————————————————————————– Sara Wyche…

Here is a wonderful piece of artwork from a student currently studying on the Children Illustration Course Diploma. Isn’t it wonderful! I think the dragon is laughing at the irate lady and her rolling pin. This illustration would be perfect in…

One of my Pet Portraits students has completed their course and passed with distinctions and you can find a detail of the painting below on the honours list page. I asked Lisa if she would be able to write a little about the Woodpecker painting and…

Ian Emerson has recently completed our graphic design diploma course with Vanessa Weaver and mentioned to Vanessa that he had been involved in a wonderful project with the ‘Living Memory Association’. Read and view Ian’s story below along with viewing his work….

One of my pet portraits students sent a wonderful piece of artwork through to me this week to be critiqued. The brief was to create a surreal portrait and Barbara has created a fabulous portrait of her cat Chef Athos. Such a lovely…

Having just assessed one of my students work on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course, I was thrilled to see this painting of a Rooster that she had done. What a superb painting, it just had to be added here to…

Here is a wonderful piece of artwork emailed to me by one of the Chinese brush painting students, to add to the student gallery. Isn’t it beautiful!!

Here is another of my students artwork, a lady studying on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course and this was from her first set. She is progressing extremely well with her pencil work and I’m really looking forward to seeing what…

This is a beautiful piece of artwork from one of my own students who is currently studying on the Pet Portrait Diploma. This student has understood the structure of the dog well and is progressing extremely well with her pastel…

What a wonderful and inspiring story, written by Lynn, who has just passed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with Distinctions. We hope Lynn enjoys the extension course with Maggy and we wish her the very best of luck with her future illustrations! ————————————————— My…

Victoria Edwards has just completed the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course  receiving a distinction. We would like to congratulate Victoria on working so well though her course and we are sure that she will go far in her creative endeavours. Vanessa Weaver, the Graphic Design Course tutor,…

Norma submitted her work to Julie Douglas who tutors the coloured pencil extension course which Norma is currently studying on. I emailed Norma to ask if she would write a little something about her cat portrait for our college news blog. We would like to thank Norma officially…

Caroline is a new student on the Illustrating Children’s book course and she posted her painting of ‘Row Row Row your boat’ on our student forum. I was so taken with it I asked if Caroline would write a little about it for our blog. I hope you…

16 year old Sunita Hodgson is currently taking the Graphic Design Diploma course with Vanessa Weaver and Vanessa asked if Sunita could write a little about one of her cartoons for the college news blog. I’m sure you will find it inspiring and I hope you…

The following text and images are by Claire, a very talented student who has just completed both the  Illustrating Children’s Books (D6) and the follow on Extension course. We would like to thank Claire for taking the time to write a piece for our college news blog and we wish her…

We have our first pieces of artwork from our first student on our new correspondence course – Chinese Brush Painting! We would like to thank Janet for writing the piece below about her artwork and allowing us to display it both here and in our student gallery. We are looking forward…

A lovely testimonial from a Watercolour Diploma Student………… ————————————————————————- I am delighted to have received a distinction for my Watercolour Diploma. I enjoyed the course and the challenge of painting subjects which I have not attempted before and feel like I have…

Maggy Roberts, our Illustrating Children’s book tutor, asked if Jenny could write something for our college news blog. Jenny passed the Illustrating children’s books course with distinctions and she is in the process of writing children’s stories for publishers. Below are Jenny’s experiences from the course. —————————————————————- For…

I asked Nicola if she would be able to chat about her wonderful photograph below for our college news blog. Nicola is currently studying the Photography Diploma Course (D10) with Rona Cox and is enjoying every minute. I hope you enjoy Nicola’s post below. ———————————————————- Hello everyone, My name is Nicola…

We have received some beautiful artwork this week to add to the website and blog and I have added one of them below. This is a piece of work from the portraiture course and this student has completed two studies of eyes…

We add students to our honours list on our website regularly with students who have passed their course with flying colours. This week was the turn of a drawing and painting diploma student called Ulrike and when I saw her work, I thought we just…

In this jubilee year, the art world has inspired lots of talented individuals to participate in art competitions with Britain at the heart of their theme. New student, Julie Ann Maguire, who joined the Portraiture Certificate course in January this year,…

As a tutor for the college and also being an artist myself (Melanie Phillips pencil pet portraits)I quite often have art catalogues drop through my letter box and one of the regular suppliers that I order from is Ken Bromley Art Supplies….

This piece of lovely artwork was created by one of our current students studying the Illustrating Children’s books Diploma. Maggy has requested it to be on the website and I thought it would make a great blog post. Don’t forget…

Having seen this illustration posted in our student forum, I thought it would be a fabulous one for the blog and student gallery. I have added the full illustration of the ‘Row, Row, Row your boat’ painting below, along with a close up of…

On my travels sorting out admin in the student area I stumbled across a student who is currently studying the Graphic Design Diploma, who has submitted their work for submission. All of the images drew me in and following the progression and the creative…

I thought this was an extremely clever image created by one of our Science Fiction and Fantasy course students. I hope you find it interesting!

We are receiving some fabulous work through at the moment, everyone must be in a very creative mood! This is a piece of artwork from a student currently taking the Illustrating children’s books and Maggy has just emailed it to me for the blog. Don’t you…

I asked one of our students who has just completed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma (D6) and received a distinction for his work, if he would write a little about his work and experiences through the course. It has been an extremely interesting read and I hope al budding illustrators out there,…

Maggy has just emailed me this wonderful piece of artwork from one of her students and we felt it just had to be added to our blog today. A star pupil in the making. I can see this student going…

This is a wonderful coloured pencil portrait from one of my own students. The time taken over this drawing can definitely be seen here and it has really paid off. Coloured pencil is a time consuming medium, it cant be hurried. My usual advice for students is to have one on…

Our Portraiture tutor Julie Dougglas has emailed me a wonderful piece of students work which she received for critique this week. Its beautifully laid out and annotated. More and more students are using the computer to collate their work which is great for our tutors, the…

This piece of artwork caught my eye today, a Drawing and Painting Diploma student created this lovely watercolour rural scene. The student has used some wonderfully soft, wet in wet washes for the sky, allowing the colours to blend. They haven’t been…

This is one of my favourite pieces of artwork at the moment, its by a lovely student called Nancy who has completed a couple of courses with the London Art College. The creativity in this piece is superb, i love…

This wonderful piece of artwork has come to my attention this week, its absolutely beautiful. Not only covering the botanical illustration side of things it feels quite contemporary too. Well done to this student and I hope it inspires students…

I received a lovely email from one of my previous students, Emma Richardson letting me know about her new website. I was thrilled to read Emma was doing wel and that her site was up and running and I asked if…

This young student who has recently completed the Drawing For children 1 course has completed with flying colours. His illustrated poem is superb and as you can see below a lot of thought and creativity went into the design of…

I have a new student who has just sent her first set of work in for the Pet Portraits Diploma course and i felt that the ‘about you’ piece that I ask students to create was so wonderful I wanted to showcase it here…

Maggy Roberts, the Illustrating Children’s Books tutor, asked one of her students to email her work to me to post on the college news blog and in the student gallery. The ‘Sink City’ artwork is fantastic and so I emailed Emma to find…

I asked Evelyn if she would mind us putting her portrait on our college news blog and she was delighted. Evelyn has written about her self portrait below. Evelyn’s painting is absolutely superb, I hope that our students reading this…

We would like to introduce our students and readers to our brand new Facebook page. We would love students input! Come over and ‘like’ our page and if you would like your artwork in our galleries on there, just drop us a line at…

I contacted Joanne yesterday after seeing a piece of artwork that she had recently completed and submitted for the Drawing and Painting Diploma course. I really loved what she had created and wanted to add it to the college news blog. I emailed Joanne…

Congratulations to Melaine D’Cruze who entered and won a competition for a Photo and Drawing Contest 2012 on “What is a good early childhood?”  in association with UNESCO Bangkok, Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC). We would like to congratulate Melaine on her competition win and wish…

A coloured pencil students wonderful piece of artwork to cheer us up and remind us all of happy sunny summer days! This students is studying on the coloured pencil course with Julie Douglas and has produced a fabulous piece here in his chosen medium.

I have been given a lovely piece of artwork by Maggy Roberts, to add to the college blog. It has been created by one of her students on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma. It is from the Firey Fred exercise and this students use of watercolour and…

I recently asked one of my students if it would be ok to post her colour wheel drawing on our college blog. I felt that it was not only fantastically drawn but it fits the colour wheel concept so well.  Carols rendering of the…