Today’s Christmas countdown artwork is by student Keziah Herbert. The ferret owners amongst our readers will love this one! You can visit Kezhiah’s website and Facebook page at the links below below. https://fuzzbumdesigns.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/KeziahHerbertIllustration/
Today’s Christmas countdown piece is by Children’s Illustrator Sarah Lister. Her Hogwarts inspired illustration is simply superb and the more you study it…the more you will see! We will be having more illustrations from Sarah in our Christmas countdown, so stay…
Today’s Christmas Countdown painting is by Leila Nabih and it is an absolutely wonderful illustration, beautifully designed and executed. We absolutely love it!
Beatrice Giacomini had provided us with a superb watercolour and coloured pencil study of an owl for todays Christmas countdown. We absolutely love this little character and hope you all do too!
Todays artwork for our Christmas countdown is by Alison Huges, a beautiful close up painting of a Deer. Simply Stunning!
Today’s Christmas Countdown is by Alankrita Jain and such a fun and happy illustration to get us into the festive spirit!!
This is one of my personal favourite paintings in the Colleges Christmas Countdown 2015. I have my own brood of chickens and its lovely to see a wintery scene with chickens having fun! The painting is by Eleanor Patrick and we…
Christmas Countdown – Todays artwork is by Alison Huges and we love the victorian feel Alison has created within the scene. Superb!
Keziah Herbert is studying with Maggy Roberts on the follow on course for Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course and has created an array of christmas cards of her ferrets. Here is the first and we absolutely love it! You can…
We come to our second day of our Christmas Countdown. We absolutely love this Cartoon Illustration from student Mary Costello who is currently studying with us on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. We think our Cartooning Tutor John Byrne will be…
Welcome to the opening day of our Christmas Countdown! We asked our students in ‘The Common Room‘ if they had any festive paintings and drawings that they had created this year that they wouldn’t mind sharing with us and we have received…
My name is Heather Roberton and I am studying on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. Earlier this year I visited a local art exhibition and got talking to one of the artists about the studies we were both doing….
My name is Heather Robertson and I am studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. My illustration below is from the ‘Scary Poem’ Assignment and I found this to be the most difficult of all the…
Hello! I’m Keziah, and I am currently on the Children’s Book Illustration follow on course with Maggy Roberts. I finished the first part of the course with a distinction earlier this year, and it has made me much more confident…
Nicola Drake painted this amazing study while working on the Still Life course with tutor Alan Dedman. We absolutely love it! The depth of colour, richness of the paint, the well observed shadows and highlights and the techniques used in the…
Phoebe Sayer on the Drawing for Children’s course has invented a fabulous new creature for one of her exercises. Isn’t it fantastic! Can you work out what animals went into creating the new character?
Eleanor Patrick has completed the Illustration Diploma with flying colours and earned herself the highest award of Distinction. The key to this course is the interpretation of a variety of writings and concepts, and students must work creatively and methodically…
Marc Davis has created some superb cartoons for one of his assignments on the Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne. We absolutely love the portrait of Dave Myers and we really look forward to seeing more artwork from Marc in…
Elisabeth Planella’s painting for the oil course is superb. We love the solidity and realness Elisabeth has created here, it really feels as though you could walk into the scene and pick up or touch the objects around you. A…
We are looking for a new tutor for our Watercolour Diploma Course. Send your CV with examples of your work to admin@londonartcollege.co.uk. Applicants must have teaching experience and be proficient using watercolour. Basic computer skills are essential. Applicants must be a UK resident.
We have received this wonderful pen and ink wash drawing from Jess Mathiasen on the Science Fiction and Fantasy course tutored by John Byrne. We love the movement Jess has created in the drawing, the characters are superb too!
Jane Harrington who studied with Jan Nesbitt on the Watercolour Diploma Course has created the most beautiful painting in watercolour. We love the vivid colours and the wonderful design to the painting – congratulations on a superb piece!
This is Vallabhi Shegaonkar from D6 Illustrating Children’s Books Dip course. I have used a kind of decorative style for this illustration as I never wanted it to appear monotonous. The core theme is that children are fond of sweets of…
Celeste Abrahams who is studying with Rona Cox on our Photography Diploma Course took this very well timed photo of a stormy sky and lightening. Absolutely superb!
Ruth Bain studied with tutor Vanessa Weaver on the Graphic Design Diploma and passed with flying colours. This is one of her wonderful paintings from the course.
Shauna Read creating this painting while studying on the Beginners Painting course. We absolutely love this, the wet in wet washes, the bright vibrant autumnal colours of the trees and the hint of a building nestled in the scene. Most wonderful!
Senur Bicer created this wonderful painting while studying with tutor Monica Cilmi on the Chinese Brush painting course. Isn’t it beautiful!
A superb painting by Roger Rowley who is studying on the life drawing course with Alan Dedman.
Happy Halloween Everyone!!! Illustration by Jamie Hardy Digital Illustration Diploma Instagram: @majiklecreations Facebook: facebook.com/majiklecreations Website – www.majiklecreations.com
Jamie Hardy is very kindly providing us with our Halloween illustrations for our social media this year. Today is a pre halloween piece….keep your eyes peeled tomorrow for the next one….. Jamie Hardy Digital Illustration Instagram: @majiklecreations Facebook: facebook.com/majiklecreations Website – www.majiklecreations.com Halloweeen
Sophie Delesque created this beautiful drawing while working on the Botanical Coloured pencil course. We love the way Sophie has layered a variety of greens and yellows to create her transitions between the tones and hues. Excellent work!
Here are just a handful of photos of the tutors at this years annual general meeting in Bristol. Rona Cox, our photography tutor set up a group photo for those who attended which you can see below. It was a very useful…
Digital Illustration student Bhagawati Chettri has earned herself a Distinction following her studies with the college. She demonstrated a solid grasp of all the technical concepts covered in the course and produced a digital portfolio of paintings, cartoons and vector…
By Eleanor Patrick – Illustration Diploma I was happy doing assignments 1 to 4 in the Illustration Diploma – it was even fun and exciting to try out new things. And then came sequential illustration tasks in assignment 5. I…
Josephine MacLeod was a student with the London Art College; she studied painting and drawing on the general diploma course, where she was tutored by Alan Dedman. At the time she resided in Lagos, Nigeria. Her husband Norman MacLeod, used…
My name is Nina and I’m a freelance illustrator, artist and designer. I’m studying the illustration for children’s books diploma with Maggy. This is the fifth assignment, illustrating for a poem ‘When all is dark’. I’ve worked with ink and pen,…
We have been asked by a number of students if Monique Bailey, the runner up in this years London Art College competition, could explain a little about how she created her painting ‘Girl and Swan’ pictured below. Monqiue has very kindly…
Stella Faliagka is studying with Alan Dedman on the Colour Awareness course and this is a piece of artwork that Stella created for one of the exercises in the course. this not only has helped Stella in working out colours, tones…
All of the tutors at this years annual general meeting had a very difficult task choosing the winner and runner up from this years competition finalists. We had a record breaking number of entries this year at 156. We are extremely pleased to announce…
Hi Everyone, My name is Sruthi Nair (D11 Digital Illustration Course) and I have reached the five finalists for my work ‘Tree of life’ on the ArtStyle magazine competition. The winner will be chosen based on the number of ‘likes’ against…
Hello, I have just been told that I can share my great news. I have been selected as one of thirty artists, that will have their pet portrait picture showcased in an Ann Kullberg book. It will be one of…
I am currently working on the digital art course, after completing illustrating for children’s books in 2014 and I am loving it! I actually recently reworked my very first assignment ever set by Maggie on the previous course ‘row, row,…
CHRISTMAS 2015 – Artwork wanted for blog countdown! Yes, we know its only October and none of you are thinking about Christmas yet, however we have to be organised and work ahead for the blog 🙂 We are looking to do a Christmas…
Hi Everyone! The competition is now closed and you can see all of the entries online at the link below! Good luck everyone, let us know what you think! http://www.londonartcollege.co.uk/art-competition/art-competition-2015/entries.htm
Sabine Krappmann studied on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course and created this wonderful study of three peppers of varying colours. We absolutely love the way Sabine captured the three dimensional form of the peppers using light, shade and…
Only 9 days left to enter the official London Art College competition. Their biggest competition of the year! Students can enter one piece of artwork that they have created in any medium to entries@londonartcollege.co.uk You could be the winner of £200 in amazon…
Chammi Kaiser completed the Pet Portraits Diploma Course and passed with flying colours and this is one of her beautiful paintings from the final assignments. We love it and hope you do too!
Joanne Taylor completed the Painting and Drawing course passing with flying colours and this is one of her fantastic portraits from the course. We hope you all like it!
This is one of my personal favourite paintings by Joan Gontarek, who studied with us on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course a few years ago. It is very blogworthy and we hope that you all love it too!
Have you submitted your entry for the London Art College Competition 2015? Time is running out, there are only two more weeks left to enter! You can enter any drawing or painting that you have created from all time. It doesn’t…
This is one of my final pieces from the painting and drawing diploma. This has really taken me out of my comfort zone as I never would have painted figures let alone make them the main focus in my painting….
Here is a most wonderful painting by completed student Ann Rae who studied on the Landscape Diploma Course. We absolutely love this piece and hope that you all do too!
Congratulations to Tameeka Jonstone who has just passed the Drawing and Painting course with flying colours! We wish Tameeka the best of luck in her future artwork and career!
A wonderful drawing using pen and wash by Alka Sikka who studied on our Beginners Drawing Course.
“This is oil on canvas and is of Dunstable Castle on the Northumberland coast where I spent 2 weeks for my holidays. This painting was inspired by the walk from the beach back to the campsite on a warm sunny…
Gary Scarisbrick has just passed the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course with Flying colours receiving a distinction. Congratulations Gary, we wish you the best of luck in your future career!
Alethea Jack is an 8 year old Young Artist student who has completed a drawing of her favourite pair of trainers for her course. Tutor John Byrne said “big CONGRATULATIONS….your work is very, very good for an 8 year old….
Although it was only launched at the end of January this year, one keen student has recently completed the new diploma course in Illustration. Tracey Thomas, who also successfully completed the Digital Illustration with the college last year and was…
I recently self-published a children’s book with my sister Linda titled: “Bully-Proof: No Bullies Allowed.” I am a former student of Maggy Roberts (Children’s Book Illustration Course). The main characters in the book were inspired by one of my course…
I have always loved late dusk with the lights twinkling in the dark. This painting is inspired by a walk along Aberystwyth front as the light faded. I love the sea and the contrast of the happy lights to the…
This was my first portrait in any medium let alone the new one of coloured pencil, so I am delighted with how it turned out. I came across the woman selling textiles high up a mountain pass in Bhutan. She…
Welcome to this years official London Art College Competition 2015. This competition is open to all London Art College current students and those who completed since Sept 2014. Students can enter any drawing or painting that they have created to…
Victoria Edwards studied the Art in Graphic Design Diploma recently with Vanessa Weaver and this is one of the pieces Victoria created for her final study units. It combines many aspects including illustration, design, layout and type. Excellent work!
The colours used here by Senur Bicer on the Chinese Brush Painting Course are wonderful. it really looks professional and we could see this not only as an original painting hanging in a gallery but also printed on cards and merchandise…
Cherry Trapmore completed the Coloured Pencil Course along with her husband Ray and both Cherry and Ray produced some wonderful drawings during their time of the course. The textures and colours here are superb and we wish them both well…
We absolutely love this painting by Cathryn Sloane who is studying with Alan Dedman on the Colour Awareness Course. The colours are exquisite, the light and darks in the cacti really help to create a three dimensional object and the…
Elena Peres studied on our Pastels Course and created this wonderful painting of a vase of flowers. We love this! Its so happy and vibrant and it is sure to put a smile on everyones faces! Congratulations Elena on a…
Brenda Brown created this painting for the Pet Portraits Diploma Course and what a painting! It captures the viewers eye immediately. The dog feels very three dimensional and works so well with the dark background. Well done Brenda!
Elcin Ozcan studied our Pastels course and has mastered the medium beautifully. Her work is a delight to view, the light she has painted in this piece is wonderful and we never tire of seeing Elcin’s pieces. Congratulations!
Emma Hollands passed the Pet Portrait Diploma Course with flying colours and this is one of her final paintings from the course. Emma handled all of the mediums well and as you can see below excelled at the oils. The…
Josephine MacLeod is studying on the Life Drawing and Painting course and completed this very rich, bold and intense portrait for one of her study units. We love it! Keep up the great work Josephine!
Joy Deane has been studying with Vanessa Weaver on the Art in Graphic Design Diploma Course and this is one of her still life studies in pen and ink. The composition is excellent, the way that each item has been…
Emily Ashtons’ collage painting is just wonderful! Emily is studying with tutor Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course and it looks as though she is enjoying every minute. This piece is fabulous and very cleverly put together too,…