Category: Student Artwork

Our runner up from this years London Art College competition Luiza Varovici created this absolutely stunning illustration for our Christmas card countdown. Luiza sent us this lovey email to accompany her artwork which we just had to include. We hope…

Todays Christmas card countdown is by London Art College student Cerys Rees. We absolutely love it!! So very clever and extremely well drawn and rendered. Well done Cerys!! Superb!!

Our yearly tradition is to feature students festive paintings and drawings every day of December. This year we set our students to draw or paint with own christmas card for us to display. The first beautiful Christmas card image is from…

Student Vincent Doherty’s most recent work on the Still Life course is stunning. We love his collection of bottles and objects in the painting below. The composition is excellent and it has all been laid out very well. The overall…

Still stuck for a Christmas present for your artists friend, or looking to convince your partner/friend that all that time you spend in your studio is worth the effort?  You might think about giving them a movie rather than a…

I was unsure if I would learn anything new doing the Digital Illustration Diploma Course since I had previous experience with digital illustration. I was pleasantly surprised! I have been using a different program since I started drawing digitally, and…

We would like our students to take part in our Christmas Card Challenge Countdown. It is very simple. Draw, paint or craft a Christmas card and send it to us for inclusion here, every day of December! You don’t have…

Welcome to our fabulous weekend challenge where we set our students the task of creating a drawing or painting on the theme of ‘Moon and Stars’. Our featured image this week is by student Sian Perry who has created this…

I have been doing art since I was 16 years old and it always made me happy, I never studied art, I just copied the drawing from the pictures I liked from the newspapers or from forwarded messages. I came…

Art History tutor, Stewart Roberts (Stu) has continued his Art History recommendations and has a few more suggestions for our students. Today’s books are all about the incredible artist Caravaggio. If you are new to Art History, the Italian painter…

I have just completed my first assignment for the Chibi Character Creation Course and have really enjoyed drawing pages of eyes, mouths and noses! Thank you Monique for your lovely feedback on my first assignment. It was really useful and…

Welcome to our latest art challenge. It’s bit of a different one this week. We would like you to create artwork on the theme of moon and stars. This one will definitely make you think outside the box and be…

Student Peter Warren has submitted a marvellous set of work for his Beginners Drawing Course. His pen and ink drawings are simply stunning. We have added some of Peter’s explanations for his drawings to go along side for our students…

Student Heather Crick has been working tirelessly on her Still Life Course and here are just a few of her amazing paintings that she has created while on the mid section of her course. We love the varying colours and…

Some excellent illustrations from student Helen Judd today with her assignment about the cow who made a friend with a bird. Each of Helen’s illustrations are very well thought out and we love her ideas. The featured image is our…

Welcome to this weekends art challenge. This time we would like you to paint or draw anything of your choice in the colours Red and Green! Try to stick to these colours if you can, although small amounts of other…

Welcome to our fireworks display! We set our students the huge task this week to depict fireworks in paint, pastel, coloured pencil, mixed media or digital. Anything with a splash of colour. We think our students all have done a…

Near the start of our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course, we ask our students to create a double page spread of the nursery rhyme ‘Row Row Row your Boat’. Here are a lovely collection of students artwork celebrating this exercise….

It’s officially fireworks night on the 5th of November here in the UK and many of us will be taking children and grandchildren to watch the displays. We thought it would be a fun way of celebrating fireworks night with…

We are pleased to announce that London Art College tutor Alan Dedman is planning another life drawing day in Badingham. If students are in the area and would like to attend, please don’t hesitate to contact Alan directly using the…

London Art College student Helen Walton has been working on our Beginners Drawing Course with tutor Steven Hersey show has been really encouraging to Helen and helping her learn to draw. This particular assignment is all about drawing with pen…

Some wonderful illustrations today by London Art College student Claudia Wellwood. Claudia has illustrated an under the sink city with many characters which we can imagine children would be delighted with if published in a story book. If you would…

Student Tracey Mold has been working on our Pet Portrait Diploma Course and this is her third submission and we are extremely impressed. Tracey’s Cow’s nose that she had drawn is simply exquisite and we are vey much looking forward…

This weekends art challenge is all about Halloween. It’s that time of year again! You can create a scary painting or drawing using your wild imaginations, or perhaps choose to do something a little more traditional with a still life…

Student Anastasiya Alpatova has been working through our Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma and we have added some of her illustrations below. Anastasiya said this upon starting the course… I would like to learn how to draw from imagination, how to…

Our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course is one of our most popular courses. It is suitable for complete beginners along with those who wish to improve and brush up their artistic skills. Students can practice an array of subjects from…

London Art College student Debra Rump has recently completed the Pet Portraits Diploma Course. We are thrilled to show just a few of her final pieces below. We hope that you enjoy viewing them and we wish Debra the best…

Our finalists are online – London Art College Finalists Congratulations to all of those who have got through to the next stage. The winners will be announced here next week!

Does anyone else here love steam trains? The gentle chuff chuff sounds and the smoke curling behind the train as it meanders through the countryside. Some of you may even be lucky enough to remember travelling on them many years…

Welcome to our weekend challenge all about bridges. On the face of it, bridges as a subject for drawing or painting might sound like quite a boring challenge. In all honesty, once you start doing a bit of research, it…

London Art College student Jacqueline Smith has created some amazing paintings so far on her Oil Painting Diploma Course and her work is absolutely stunning. We are proud to showcase it here on our blog for our students to view….

Abigail has painted and drawn two incredible pieces of artwork for her Pet Portraits Diploma Course with tutor Heather Jolliffe. We are very impressed with the quality of Abigail’s artwork. Her drawing skills are second to none. The pencil drawing…

I have never worked in ink before and discovered it is a really enjoyable way to work and loved the smooth finish. This is very different to anything I have ever drawn before, so it was a challenge, but a…

This weekends art challenge is quite a bit more challenging than others we have had. We would like you to choose a bridge to draw or paint. It can be a grande structure, or a little wooden bridge over a…

Ehlgee Guiamoy has passed the Graphic Design in Art Diploma Course with flying colours. We have added some of Ehlgee’s artwork below for you all to view. We would like to wish Ehlgee the best of luck in her future…

The latest student to pass with a distinction on the Graphic Design in Art Diploma Course is Petra Trokanova. Here are some examples of her work. She is very talented and has amazing research and analytical skills that really inform…

We absolutely love this final project by London Art College student Angelique Johanson and have added some of the text she sent to her tutor Maggy to accompany her final painting for her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We hope…

World Octopus day is tomorrow and we thought it would be quite magical to set a challenge around these incredible creatures. Read about them on Earth.org and then decide how you are going to create a piece of artwork to…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge and this has to be the cutest one for a while. We have received a whole host of penguin paintings and drawings and all are very different form the next. It’s marvellous how…

Our London Art College 2022 Competition is now closed and the entries have now been collated on our website for all to see. If you have entered, take a look at the entries here – Competition Entries 2022. If you…

I have always liked to draw small sketches from time to time, but had never really studied painting or drawing before. Some years ago, my daughter asked me to create a cookbook with our favourite recipes from Ukrainian cuisine for…

I have a long held interest and passion for drawing. Since junior school I depicted characters and their life in an imaginary parallel world. Then my favourite artist was Nicolai Rerich and his paintings of the Himalayas.  Later I found that…

My name is Sabrina and I am a designer from Germany. Read along if you are interested to hear how this jacket came to life in 2019. It all started with a plain, boring white cotton jacket, hanging way to…

Another cute weekend challenge with the theme of Penguins. You can portray adults on their own just like the fantastic photo of the penguin below, or perhaps the mum and dad penguin with their baby. Or why not just draw…

We absolutely love Aimee’s illustrations from set two of the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma course. Her watercolour wet in wet washes and deep blue tones are beautiful. Aimee’s mice are adorable and would capture any child’s imagination. If you have…

I’ve recently finished the Drawing and Painting Course which I really enjoyed, experimenting with new materials and learning loads of new skills.  As a child I loved to draw and paint, often getting in trouble for drawing on things I…

My daughter lives in China and gave me a present of a Chinese Brush Painting set, beautifullypresented in an elaborate box. Monika’s Course was the answer to “how to use the set” and itbrought me to a whole new dimension…

It is Autumn here in the UK and our leaves are turning golden and falling. We would like our students to come up with a painting or drawing on the theme of Autumn. Perhaps some ideas would be a woodland…

Welcome to the results of this weekends art challenge – Patterns in Nature. What a wonderful collection of paintings, drawings and photographs we have today! Our featured image this week is by London Art College student Joan Curnuck. Joan took…

London Art College student Angela Watson, completed the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma and then continued on to complete the Follow on Children’s Book Course. The illustrations below were just a few that Angela created while on the follow on course….

Student Clare Isaac has completed her Beginners Drawing course and has produced some amazing pieces of artwork while working on it. As you can see, drawing for beginners isn’t all about just using a pencil. It is great to experiment…

I am currently taking the Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. Both of these drawings have been done using Luminance and Polychromous. The tree in the Lake District took about 50 hours and the exam preparation took about 35 hours. The tree…

If you head outside, you can see patterns everywhere, whether you live in the countryside or in an urban jungle. Look closely, take your sketchbook or camera and try to note the patterns in every day life. It might be…

Welcome to our weekend art challenge results. This week we asked our students to draw, paint, colour, sketch or digitally render a skyline of their choosing. We have received some very interesting and stunning results! Our featured image today is…

Student Xiao Lan Mellor wrote the message below to London Art College tutor Polly O’Leary when starting the Botanical Painting Course. We of course love Polly’s artwork too! We have added two of Xiao’s beautiful watercolour paintings below and hope…

London Art College student Jenny Pulford completed our Pet Portraits Diploma Course in June 2020. Since receiving her diploma and gaining a distinction, Jenny has gone from strength to strength with her artwork. We have added two of her pieces…

I enrolled on the Drawing and Painting Course to give me a focus during lockdown. Previously, I had experience of pencil and pen drawing, botanical work and watercolours. I found the different techniques and art materials in the course interesting….

The photos below show some stunning skylines. For this challenge though, you can portray any skyline you would like. Perhaps you have an upstairs window that you can look across rooftops, or you live rurally and your skyline is hills…

Welcome to this weekends art challenge celebrating the Owl. We have had some amazing entries this week. Our featured image is by Cerys Susannah Rees who said – Some sleepy barn owls welcoming the weekend and Autumn! It is superbly…

We have some amazing pieces to show you today by London Art College student Christine Emery. Christine is studying our Botanical Coloured Pencil Course and she has painted an array of fruits and vegetables for one of her assignments. Tutor…

Student Jaqueline Ford completed the coloured pencil course with tutor Monika Cilmi and we have aded some of her beautiful pieces below along with text to explain a little about each one. Jaqueline very kindly wrote the following to Monika…

For students who have taken the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course, some have the option of also taking the Follow on Children’s Course too. Beatrice Giacomini did just that and wrote and illustrated a children’s book from start to finish,…

Our London Art College competition is officially open to all of our students! Send us one piece of work that you have created. It can be in any medium apart from pure photography. It doest have to be a piece…

Tutor Alan Dedman is holding a live Life Drawing class in Badingham on Saturday 10th of September. Take a look at Alan’s blog post to read more about it. Students are welcome to attend.

This weekends challenge is really simple! Its all about owls! We would love for you to draw, paint, design, illustrate or create digitally any kind of owl artwork. You have free reign on the style of artwork you create and…

Welcome to the results of our latest weekend art challenge, all on the theme of London! We have some fantastic images this week, our featured image being of a Route Master Bus by student Nina Phillips. We love it! It’s…

Pet Portrait student Shirley Snow has completed her Pet Portraits Diploma Course and created some beautiful artwork in the process. The pet portrait course covers all aspects of learning to draw and paint pets from studying eyes, noses, mouths, feathers…

We have some wonderful artwork today by young artist Milly Oxendale aged 12. Milly took our Drawing For Children Art Course and she has really enjoyed creating these for the assignments. We love the tiger, the colours are superb. If…

Student James Duncombe has been working really hard on his Beginners Drawing Course, putting into practice everything he has learnt at each stage during the course. We have added a few of James’s drawings below and hope that you find…

This weekend art challenge is all about London. If anyone has visited perhaps you have your own photos to work from, along with inspiration from your trip. If not, we have added a few photos below to get you started….

Welcome to this weekends art challenge results all about Orcas. Such a beautiful and majestic creature, we hope our students enjoyed painting and drawing them. Our featured image this week is by Landscape Diploma student Norman Tharby. Norman’s acrylic painting…

Young student Mehdi Rubbani has created some amazing drawings on his Learning to Draw Children’s course. We encourage our young students to draw things that they love, for instance their toys and console games, favoruite objects or trainers and in…

Student Michelle Emmerson is working through our Pet Portrait Diploma Course and has submitted some wonderful work over the months. We have added a few of Michelles work below for you to see. Michelle said of her Tiger pastel painting……