Category: Student Artwork

Mark Nolan has very kindly written todays blog post for us, about his story in how he joined the London Art college Cartooning Diploma Course and his journey in working up to creating his first set for John Byrne to assess. I hope you…

This is a detailed close up of a children’s illustration of Firey Fred. Maggy our course tutor for the course has picked this one out as her favourite this week so well done to this student.

This is a wonderful drawing by one of my young students who has copied out the Teddy bear poem by Fred Starr and illustrated it beautifully. I particularly liked the way the artist used the teddy bear and his arms for the ‘T’ Superb!

This surely would give you nightmares……. : )  How wonderful and well drawn! Excellent!

This cartoon has stood out for me this week, its a well painted and drawn cartoon and I’m sure that the student who is currently studying our cartooning Diploma will be very successful in his chosen career. Hope you like it!

This illustration has caught my eye as it’s filled with movement and intrigue. It realy makes you study the drawing, which has been executed very well. I am looking forward to seeing more from this student in the coming months.

I’m sure those of you who order coffee while you are out, will find this cartoon from one of our students rather amusing! Excellent computer skills used here.

This really caught my eye when looking through the student artwork this week , it made me smile which is great as children’s illustration should give you feeling and emotions from the artwork. This creature looks quite scary but when we see…

Here is a lovely study from one of our Botanical students, it is a detail from their artwork. This is a very strong painting and really shows the velvety feel of the petals. We look forward to seeing more from this student.

Another children’s illustration student has gained a distinction on their course! We would like to congratulate Karien on her hard work and dedication through the course and wish her every success as an illustrator. If you would like to read more about Karien please take a look at our…

This is a submission from a current student who is on the cartooning Diploma course and this is an illustration to depict their design for a 40th birthday card….

This is a lovely example of some life drawing sent in by one of our students currently working through the painting and drawing diploma course. If you want to improve your drawing skills then a great way to do this is to attend local…

This illustration is from a student who has just completed the Children’s Book Illustration Diploma and she received a distinction for her wonderful work over the duration of the course. This is a very happy scene below and one that could quite easily be seen…

This is a close up of a study of a Sycamore leaf depicting the wonderful autumnal colours of reds, yellows, and brows with a hint of green. The student who is currently studying the Botanical Illustration Course should be pleased with this…

I saw this on my daily look through the student area and I had to blog this painting. It is from a student who is studying the beginners painting course and I think this student is thoroughly enjoying working with colour. The…

We are having such wonderful work being produced from our cartooning course students at the moment, our tutor John Byrne really seems to be getting the best out of them. As you can see the cartoon below is well rendered…

This is a close up detail from a full flower painting by a student who is studying the Botanical Illustration course. It is bold and bright and full of light and shade which is great. Creating shadows in watercolour can…

I very much like this study which has been painted by a student who is currently working through the Beginners Painting Course. You can clearly see the student is looking at the colours in the scene and trying to work…

This very bold study has caught my eye this week and I felt it was worthy of a blog post. Similar to the pen and ink drawing in my previous post, the student has used bold black tones to bring…

When working on your drawing technique and observational skills, its always good to go for simple items from your kitchen to draw, like this pen and ink drawing below. The student has successfully used cross hatching and tone to show the light and shade…

This portrait really stood out to me when assessing my last batch of students work. Its has been drawn by a student currently working on the pet Portrait Diploma Course and this drawing illustrates the use of a putty eraser…

We have a new tutorial on our Students Own Tutorials section on our website and we would love for you to go and have a look. We have two tutorials there so far by graphic design students and we are…

Welcome to our latest blog post, this time about horse paintings. This horse portrait is from one of our London Art College students who is studying on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course. We felt the portrait was completely blog-worthy and…

Shoes can be a fantastic subject to draw. There are so many favourites from worn old working boots, to the intricacies of summer sandals. If you haven’t yet tried to draw your own footwear give it a go!

This piece is so colourful it caught my eye when I was looking through this weeks student submissions. I hope you all like it too!

This is a stunning portrait by a student who is currently studying the drawing and painting diploma course. Wonderful artwork and truly inspiring.

This is is a fantastic vibrant illustration by a drawing and painting student and from this example of their work looks as though they are going to have a successful career in illustration.

This drawing was submitted for critique a few weeks ago by a coloured pencil student. I felt it was definitely worthy of  adding to our college news blog and hopefully this student will enter it into our student of the…

This is a superb drawing from one of our young artists currently studying on the young artists two course. She has been working on perspective and has illustrated an excellent example of trees receding into the distance.

Here is a good example of the children’s book illustration assignment Firey Fred. The student has used their watercolour techniques well and kept the whole scene light and fresh. Don’t you just love the look on the Dragons face!

One of our tutors forwarded this piece to me for the college news blog and I’m so pleased I am able to show it here. It was created by a student who is currently studying the oils course. To me…

This is one of my favourite learn to draw pieces that I have seen for a while. The student has used a wonderful array of tones to depict these objects, its all about creating a dramatic effect using light and…

These are a fascinating set of illustrations from a student who is currently studying the sci-fi and fantasy course. The illustrations show almost a step by step in how this student used a combination of traditional and digital media to…

We have two new student success stories on our website, you might like to have a read of them for inspiration. Michelle Oak, who is currently on the Graphic Design course  scored a fantastic commission to create a logo for…

This one caught our graphic design tutors eye when she assessed it and so sent it to us to post on the college news blog and also to add in the student gallery. I love the texture of the background…

This is a very colourful and well drawn design for the rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’. The artwork has been very carefully rendered in coloured pencil and with digital work on top for the background and text. All in…

Shoes, boots and trainers are a fantastic subject to drawn for students of any age. This one has been draw by one of our Young Artists and they has done a superb job here in coloured pencil.

This is a piece of work that has arrived for assessment from a student studying the coloured pencil certificate course. Our tutor Julie Douglas sent it over for us to put it on the college website gallery and blog. This…

This is a piece from a student who is currently studying the Oils Course with us and as you can see below in one of this students latest pieces, their  use of colour and texture is magnificent.

This is lovely sunny pastel portrait of two dogs, their favourite toys depicted on a sunny day in their garden. The shadows within this piece are key as it tells the audience what time of day it is, where the…

This is a watercolour of a snapshot in time from a student who is currently undertaking the painting and drawing diploma course. Its always interesting to see a piece like this, its a very candid, personal painting. it makes you…

This is an excellent example of pen and ink work from a current student on the painting and drawing diploma course. There are many different techniques you can use with pen and ink and you can vary the colours of…

This is one of the most pleasing portraits my students have produced in the last few weeks, its full of warmth and contentment, great composition and the student has capture the texture and coat of the dog well. This is…

This student has created a superb self portrait for the painting and drawing diploma course. Its a pastel portrait and the student has used the medium well to create a very sculptural, solid image by paying close attention to the…

This piece of work from a current landscape student really caught my eye. Its a very dynamic painting, lots of movement and texture within the painting strokes and the colours are superb. I think this is definitely a painting that…

This is a new piece of work from one of my own students, she is a young artist currently practising tonal ranges and learning how to create three dimensional form by using various shading techniques. I think you will agree…

This is a very unusual piece from a current coloured pencil student and I feel they have really created something special here. I hope you find it inspiring.

Here we have a very bight and sunny drawing of a hotel in coloured pencil by a student who is studying the Drawing and Painting Diploma.Buildings can be excellent subjects to depict and perspective, light and shadows will always come…

Trees have to be one of the most difficult subjects to draw and paint and here we have an excellent  example in coloured pencil. This is a great example to other students showing one way of creating textures, three dimensional…

This piece of artwork really caught my eye as the more I looked, the more I noticed within the scene. The painting depicts an artist painting a portrait of a seated man and we are observing what is happening, and…

This is a piece of artwork from one of our Graphic design students, the colours and textures created here are superb and the overall feel and look of the piece has a lot of impact. I hope it inspires our…

This is a beautiful painting in watercolour submitted by one of our students for the Botanical Illustration course. Excellent colour use here.

This painting is from one of my own pet portrait students and I absolutely love this piece. There is a very 2 dimensional feel to the background which gives it a very contemporary feel and with the puppy coming out…

These are two lovely pieces designed by one of our graphic design students. Its great to see traditional mediums being used for the design process and the students use of coloured pencil here is excellent.

This drawing caught my eye from the students artwork this week, I love this students use of dark tones and highlights. She has a real eye for good tonal ranges and very strong drawing. A superb still life drawing.

This is a piece of wonderful artwork from a recent student Roger Ramsden who passed his portraiture course with flying colours. His use of colour and ink in this drawing is superb and we wish him well with his future…

Andrea has recently had her first exhibition of her work and she was kind enough take take some photos and write some text about her experiences below. We are thrilled for her and hope this is first of many! Bank…

We are absolutely thrilled to hear Debi won the Children’s Illustration competition to illustrate the book ‘Henry Talks to God’ The winning illustration and Debis reaction is below. We wish her every success with this book – the first of…

These two very striking and colourful images were submitted for one of the assignments for the scifi fantasy certificate course. I feel they have come out superbly, particularity like the use of computer to create the strong feel to the…

I stumbled upon these images a while ago while checking the student artwork in the admin area and felt they were so striking I just had to add them to the blog. They style of each image is very striking,…

We felt that this was such a lively landscape with lots of movement and texture it just had to be blogged. The distant hills are the perfect shade of blue / purple /green to recede into the distance which helps…

The images below are a set of logos a student has designed for one of the assignments on the graphic design diploma course. We felt they were wonderfully designed and very eye catching. Well done.

The portraiture course is tutored by Alan Dedman he has put forward two pieces of artwork to add to the college news blog. This student is doing well on the course and is learning how to capture a good likeness…

Maxine Lee has very kindly written a few paragraphs for us and sent us a piece of work for us to post on the college news blog. We have actually use Maxine piece in this years student of the year…

This painting is from a student who is currently working on the Drawing and Painting Diploma course. I thought this was a really great and fun representational painting of a row of houses and cottages, typically English and quaint. It…

This piece has been in my ‘to do blog folder’ for a long time and I have actually used it on the main website when I did the last lot of updates. Its a wonderful strong and vibrant piece and…

Theresa Smith has just undertaken the Botanical Course one and is hoping now to move onto the second botanical course. Theresa has kindly written a piece for us below and its accompanied by some of her lovely work. The standard…

Andrea is one of my students on my Pet Portrait Diploma course and As I opened up her work for assessment I saw a wonderful image, hand drawn on a double page of an old book. I was absolutely thrilled…

Sarah Bowie has been extremely successful in the time she has been completing the Children’s Illustration Diploma course. Sarah’s work is featured in our student gallery and one of her final pieces for the course is depicted below along with…

Debi has just completed the Children’s illustration Diploma course and we are proud to showcase her work along with her story on this blog. I hope that you find it inspiring. “…..After being diagnosed with restrictive health problems in 2005…

Paul Rathborne has now completed the children’s illustration diploma course and we have showcased a few of his pieces below. He has very kindly written us a short paragraph about his work too. We wish Paul all the best with…

Sarah Palmer completed the children’s illustration course and has very kindly allowed us to use some of her work here and has written a paragraph for us about her and her work. I hope that you enjoy reading about Sarah’s…

I thought id blog a piece of work from a student who is currently studying the botanical illustration course. I felt this was a lovely piece and liked the way the student had varied the tones in the leaves from…

This is a really strong piece of work visually, the black and white cut out works well with the subject and the composition works well too.

This piece is by a painting and drawing course student and the bright rich colours of the apples caught my eye. I think they sit well together and are balanced by the central apple being red. I also love the…