I’m Jan (Jan Nesbitt) and I’m tutoring the Watercolour Course again and making some hopefully exciting additions and changes in the form of new thinking, new writing with useful information, and exchanging existing examples of my work in the course…
The London Art college have been presented an award by Reflect Magazine. Highlighting the College’s services to education, Reflect have awarded us a Certificate of Recognition for Creative Development and the article can be seen below. If you click on it, it will open in a new…
I am so pleased to be able to add this image to the London Art Colleges blog as this has to be one of my favourite images I have seen for a long time from one of our students. First of…
There are so many fantastic pieces of artwork coming through the college at the moment and this one is now exception. This is an absolutely wonderful life drawing study by one of our students and I think they should be extremely pleased…
What can we say about this apart from a truly superb study of a Cheetah in coloured pencil – terrific!
This drawing is from one of our students studying the Drawing for Children courses and the students are often asked to draw their games console or similar. The challenge is so that the young artist can have the opportunity to draw something shiny to…
This is another lovely piece of work from one of our students and the overall colour scheme to this piece really catches your eye – all using blues and yellows. The shapes are very important in this piece along with the strong light and shadows. An excellent pastel piece.
This painting has been completed by a watercolour student and they have used their colours well, almost a limited pallet and it really gives a lovely fresh feel to the scene. Their use of watercolour washes are great in the background, I hope…
Often the most interesting things to draw are old, broken, scrap objects. They can prove to be very interesting with their rusty textures, shadows and shapes. This is no exception, a student has drawn an old rusty car and rendered…
When you study with the London art College on the coloured pencils course, you are able to cover many subjects including portraiture. As you can see this student is currently experimenting with skin tones and facial features.
This has to be one of my favourite pieces I have seen from a student recently. I love the texture the student has created and the wonderful light in the scene. The overall colour scheme is excellent and I hope this inspires everyone who reads this…
This student has very cleverly added her work in progress along with her final portrait so that her tutor could view each stage of the process and how she created the image. You can see that the student went on a journey during the painting looking, drawing, changing, observing…
Our coloured pencil tutor Julie has just forwarded us some images she would like us to add to the blog and website and this is one of them. Its rendered in coloured pencil and the student has concentrated on the eyes which work well.
My name is Julie Douglas and I am the new tutor for the Pastels course. I already tutor the Colour Pencil course. My main interest is drawing, for observation and as a basis for painting and design, and pastels are a fantastic way…
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 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…
Wildlife Artist of the Year 2011 With a fabulous top prize of £10,000 and all short-listed entries exhibited at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s Wildlife Artist of the Yearcompetition is now firmly established in the art…
We have been contacted by Claire Baylis who is the Fundraising and Outreach Officer for the Sumatran Orangutan Society. Claire is asking if any of our students would like to enter their T-Shirt competition. Please read the text below and…
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…
The college held its annual tutor’s conference in Bristol this year. Most of our tutors were able to attend and there were lively discussions on a variety of topics. The continued development of the website and the increasing popularity of…
Picturing Science 4th December – February 2011 Deadline for submissions 23rd October 2010 Through its annual open exhibition opportunities, Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham helps artists both locally and nationally to showcase their work in group exhibitions. Each year, over…
Finalists Online The finalists have now been officially announced and are online for all to see. You can view all the entries (including last years entries) at this link here – London Art College Student of the Year and the…
Competition outline The Trib-e, a new, online community designed to help entrepreneurs, artists, designers, writers, and inventors establish and build their businesses, today announced the launch of an apparel design competition with the winner securing a £10,000 cash prize and…
We have been very busy collating all of the entries for the Student of the year 2010 competition and they are now online for everyone to view. You can access them at the link below and thank you to everyone…
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…
If you haven already done so, its now time to enter into the Student Of The Year competition. We have had a wonderful turn out this year so far and students only have 24 hours now to send in their…
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…
Lynne Garner has achieved wonderful success with her new e-books. Lynne has kindly written about them for us and I have also included her story on the Colleges website under Students success stories. We wish Lynne the best of luck…
The Tribes Website – http://www.thetrib-e.com/home ‘The Tribes’ mission is to allow creative people; Artists, Musicians and designers to share their ideas and creations and turn them into a commercial reality. The concept is to bringing together innovators, early adopters and…
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…
Calling All London Art College Students! Student of the Year is closing August 31st 2010. Please Send us your piece for the competition! You can read more about it on our Student of the Year 2010 webpage and you can…
The London Art College website now has a section within the Student Area for students to write and illustrate their own tutorials to help other students. Our first contributor is a Graphic Design student, Hana Tesar, who has shown how…
As you may have noticed the college website has undergone some changes and updates this week. We hope that you enjoy looking around our site, finding the new things we have added and tweaked! We feel it is much easier…
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 a wonderful piece from an 8 year old young artist who is currently on the young Artists Course 1. I was delighted when I saw this, the experimentation of colour, texture and line is fantastic. I’m looking forward…
Students are welcome to submitt at our Open submission at One Church Street Gallery. www.onechurchstreet.com in the nationwide event called ‘The Big Draw’. Professor Rod Bugg( ex -Dean of Central St Martins ,Head of Wimbledon College) and Polly Binns, (Research Professor…
Hello dear Friend of Art, It is my pleasure to announce our First International Competition in Painting, Drawing, Collage, Mixed Media… If you are interested to participate please have a look at the conditions http://www.lessedra.com/projects.php?d=projects&id=1 and send your works in…
Picturing Science 4th December – February 2011 Deadline for submissions 23rd October 2010 Through its annual open exhibition opportunities, Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham helps artists both locally and nationally to showcase their work in group exhibitions. Each year, over…
Making it/Faking it 2010 open opportunities for artists at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham 2nd October 2010 – January 2011 Deadline for submissions 20th August 2010 Through its annual open exhibition opportunities, Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham helps artists both locally…
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…