Kasia Gudacz emailed to ask if we would add her entry to the illustrate-it competition. We were more than happy to! Kasia has written about her entry below and we wish her the best of luck in the competition. If any…
We have received an email from the The Construction Industry Council letting us know about a competition they are holding for photographers. if you enter and are successful let us know! As usual the college is not affiliated with this…
This piece of artwork has been waiting in my inbox for a while to blog and so at last here it is! The student gained a distinction for passing her Graphic Design Art Diploma with Vanessa Weaver. We love the…
This is a piece of artwork from a student on the Pet portrait Diploma Course and I felt it was absolutely blog worthy! I have another piece id like to blog created by this student, however I will save it…
Daniel is currently studying the Illustrating Children’s Books diploma with Maggy Roberts and had posted his latest piece on the student forum. I thought that it would make a wonderful blog post. Daniel was happy to write about his work…
Information about this years competition at lessedra.com Please note we are not affiliated with Lessedra, please enter at your own discretion. ————————————————————– It is my pleasure to announce our 4th International Competition in A VERY SMALL SIZE Painting, Drawing, Collage, Watercolor, Photographs, Digital, Mixed Media…With…
Lisa Watkins is currently studying our Pet Portrait Diploma Course and one of the exercises in the course took her on an amazing journey travelling all the way to to Romania…..It has been published in the magazine coloredpencilstudent.com and we are very…
Danette Byatt is currently studying our Illustrating Children’s books Follow on Course, however has taken some time out to enter into the Illustrate It Competition. Danette has written a little about how she came up with the ideas for her entry…
We have received a lovely email from an up and coming band called Alfee. They are looking for a new logo and wondered if any of our students would like to give the design a go. There are sound clips…
We have received some information about the exhibition at Patchings and the UKCPS workshops that are being held in September. If any of our students attend, take some photos and let us know how you got on! We hope you…
We are pleased to announce that we are rolling out a brand new course for studnets to enroll on from today! – Digital Illustration Diploma Course tutored by Spencer Hill. The course will show students how to make the move…
Rachel Carpenter has just completed the Graphic Design Art Diploma and has passed with flying colours gaining a distinction. One of her final pieces is shown below. We have also included Rachel’s text which accompanied her work submitted to tutor…
We would like to officially welcome Gaynor Dickeson to our team of London Art College tutors. Gaynor will be teaching all new students who enrol for the Botanical Diploma Course from today. Gaynor is an extremely experienced artist and teacher…
Monday’s interactive google doodle shows characters from Where the Wild Things Are, which is a 1963 children’s picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who would have turned 85 on Monday 10th of June. The book tells the…
Lisa, a current student just starting out on the Drawing and Painting Diploma course has completed one of her first exercises. She has asked if we can blog the artwork just in case other students have any advice for her….
‘Summer Offer’ – 10% off all diploma courses paid in full! If you have been considering learning a new skill, or you are nearing completion of a course, wondering what to do next…now is your chance to purchase any of…
Debi has allowed us to post an in progress photo of her artwork here on the blog. Debi posted this on the forum and I just loved her painting with all the paints and brushes. If you have any ‘in…
Vanessa has emailed me a lovely piece of student artwork today which I thought would make a perfect blog post. Vanessa has written about it below. Congratulations to this student for a fantastic poster! ————————————————————— This work is of a…
We have featured artwork from Christine Towndrow within the last month, she has already completed our Cartooning Diploma and our Graphic Design Diploma with flying colours. She is now studying our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma with Maggy Roberts. Christine has just created a website for…
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 >>
Botanical Painting Diploma Tutor Required UK applicants only – Closing date for application 24th May We have an opening for a tutor to take over the running of our long established and very popular Botanical Painting Diploma distance learning art course. The post…
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…
We have received an email from Joe Williams telling us about a new game show that he’s helping to create for the UK tv station Channel 4. Have a read below and if you are interested contact him direct. As always the…
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…
Vicki, who has just completed the Illustrating Children’s books course, has received her final grade and passed with Distinctions. I asked Vicki if she would write a little about her final piece which I have added below. We would like to wish Vicki the best of luck in her future career as…
We have received information about the following competition. This competition is not only suited to our illustrating children’s book students, but I’m sure our graphic design students would be interested too. As always we are not affiliated with this competition in any way. If you enter and win – let…
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…
We have received information about a new photography competition. Please remember we are not affiliated with them in any way. If you enter, why not email us your entry so we can showcase it on our blog. If you win…let us know! ———————————————————————————————- PhotoVoice…
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…
We have received information above the 3×3 picture show competition for our illustration students to enter. Please note we are not affiliated with this competition in any way. 3×3 Picture Book Show – Deadline: May 3, 2013 Information about the competition here >>…
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.
We are pleased to announce we have a new tutor on the D1 Drawing and Painting Diploma course – Paul Weaver. He will be sharing students with Alan Dedman who also tutors for this course. Paul Weaver is a superb…
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…
Lets Paint Magazine have teamed up with the London Art College as you can see from the screen captures of this months Lets Paint magazine below. If you would like to download your very own free copy, just click the link below and enjoy!!…
We were thrilled to hear that one of our photography students entered into a Sony photography competition in conjunction with The Metro and The World Photography Organisation and has been chosen as the regional winner for Wales. Nicola Cooper is currently studying with Rona Cox on…
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…
We have received this poster through to add to our blog just in case students are interested in entering. As always we are not affiliated with the competitions posted here. If you enter and are successful let us know!
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…
As many of you may know the Photography Diploma Course is a relatively new course that the London Art College has recently introduced and it is becoming extremely popular with students signing up every day. Rona Cox, who has written the course showing many examples of…
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 have received another email from an individual who’s currently publishing a children book and needs some illustrations to go with it. If you help out do let us know. We cannot endorse this project, we are merely passing on the information! ———————————————————— I am currently in…
Here is another opportunity, this time for children’s illustration students. Good luck and if you are involved in the project let us know! ———————————————————————– I am writing to ask if any of your students would like to illustrate any of my next children’s books….
Here is another opportunity for a cartooning student this time, please note that the college are only passing on this information, we are not endorsing these opportunities. Good luck and let us know if you are the successful applicant. ——————————————————- Opportunity, for an enthusiastic…
We have received the following details from Oliver Carew from Illustrate it. It looks to be quite an exciting competition. If any of our students enter, let us know! ———————————————————————– In the coming few weeks I am due to launch an international online illustration…
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…
We would like to wish all of our students a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here’s to a very successful and creative 2013! Also thank you to Angela, one of our students on the Pet Portraits Diploma course for allowing us to use her Robin drawing which…
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…
We have received an email from Dominic Leyton and are posting it on our blog in case any of our students are interested in working with Dominic. We are in no way affiliated with Dominic Leyton, we have no knowledge about the project and are only passing…
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…