The Raft of the Medusa is an oil painting by French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault, completed in 1819. The painting depicts the aftermath of a shipwreck in which the survivors of the shipwreck were forced to endure extreme hardships and…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge and this weekends challenge is a little different. We all receive plenty of deliveries through the mail of things that you have bought online. Usually they come in form form of a cardboard…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge! We’re thrilled to share the incredible results where our students unleashed their creativity through the depiction of hares and rabbits. This enchanting theme allowed our students to create a diverse array of beautiful…
Having just completed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course I now look at books with some awe and a new appreciation of the illustrator’s skill. It pushed me way out of my comfort zone at times when trying best to…
I found a love of art many years ago back at school, and went on to study Art to A Level. But after leaving I went straight to nurse training and art became just a hobby for me – or the…
Yes it’s here! We know you have all been eagerly waiting!! Cue the drumroll…our Annual London Art College’s competition is officially open! Our art competition is open to all of our current students and those who completed from September 2022….
Whistler’s Mother, also known as Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, is an iconic painting by American artist James McNeill Whistler. It was completed in 1871 and has since become one of the most recognisable and beloved paintings in the…
We are thrilled to share the exciting news that one of our former students, Bonobithi Biswas, has been accepted into the prestigious Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program at Paris College of Art! This is a remarkable achievement for Bonobithi…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge all about Hares and Rabbits. The list of tips and hints might be helpful for you below….
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge on Designing Your Name. We knew that this would be a pretty tricky challenge, and we would like to say a big well done to all of you who participated. We are truly…
If you have a passion for art, there are many opportunities available to you to develop your skills and explore your creativity. One of the most exciting options is learning to draw and paint online, which provides a flexible and…
London art college student Shirley Lee has completed her Drawing & Painting Diploma Course with flying colours. She received a distinction for all of her hard work. You can see a selection of Shirley’s work below. Our Drawing and Painting…
Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night is a famous oil painting that he completed in 1889. The painting depicts a night sky filled with swirling stars above a village. The work is considered one of Van Gogh’s most iconic pieces and…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge and this one is a little different this week. To mix things up, we thought we would try to encourage our students to design and illustrate their name. We have added some ideas…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge, where we set our students the task of creating artwork on any subject or theme using pastels. We were so impressed by the creativity, skill, and effort that you all put into your…
The National Gallery is one of the world’s most famous art museums, located in Trafalgar Square in London, England. It houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The collection includes works by some…
Some lovely pieces of delicate work today by London Art College student Fiona Davidson who is studying on our Botanical Coloured Pencil Course. Fiona mainly used Stonehenge paper with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. We are looking forward to seeing Fiona…
Stunning pastel painting today by London Art College student Raffaella Somma – we love it! Kuga’s Face – This was a very interesting one (I’ve attached an interim image at the beginning stage of the face). Because I enjoyed using…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge and this week is it all about Pastel. You have complete free reign. As long as you use only pastel as the medium, you can create any style or subject of painting. We…
In order to celebrate the King’s Coronation in a few weeks time we thought it would be a great idea to have an art challenge on this theme. Our idea was to design a stamp in commemoration and we have…
Coloured Pencil course student Michael King has submitted his first set of artwork and we are thrilled to add it here below. Michael has completed both a tonal study of the objects as well as a colour one and this…
Student Sarah Buckingham has submitted her final set of work for the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We have added some text that accompanied Sarah’s artwork to tutor Maggy Roberts which we felt was an interesting read. Congratulations Sarah on…
Our Beginners Drawing Course is excellent for anyone who would like to learn to draw, or brush up on their drawing skills. It’s a short course which and can be completed within a matter of months. Plenty of practice, with…
London Art College student Jessica Hobel has created a wonderful final set of work for the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We particularly love Jessica’s tortoise double page spread and pencil preparatory study. Jessica’s use of watercolour here is excellent,…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge and its on the them of designing a stamp for the Kings Coronation. There have been some incredible stamps designs over the years, take a look in google images for some ideas, not…
Welcome to this weeks art challenge all about pigs and piglets. Such a fantastic subject as you could opt for a straight painting or illustration of pigs, or head more towards the cartoon route with Miss Piggy or Winnie the…
Joanne Wilks has been working on our Pet Portrait Diploma Course and has produced two beautiful paintings. We love the Jack Russel, he is such a happy dog with a fantastic character. Joanne’s watercolour skills are excellent too, lovely and…
London Art College student Audrey Hebting has completed the Landscape Diploma Course and has now started the Oil Painting Diploma Course. The landscape painting below was completed on the landscape course and we absolutely love it. The two paintings below…
We have a lovely collection of student artwork today by some of our very talented illustration students. They are all currently taking the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course and as you can see all have very different styles. If you…
Welcome to our latest art challenge and this weekend we would like you to create artwork on the theme of pigs and piglets. Use the photos below or find your own to have fun with this very cute challenge. Post…
What better challenge to set our students on an Easter weekend was one entitled ‘Happy Easter’. We have received some really lovely artwork this week and we hope that you all enjoy viewing them below. Our feature image this week…
Some beautiful pieces of artwork today by London Art College student Sharon Stefanou. Sharon enrolled onto our Botanical Coloured Pencil Course, where you can experiment with learning to draw flowers, plats and vegetables in either pencil or coloured pencil. We…
London Art College student Wendy Simmons has created some beautiful and very colourful paintings of Portland Bill in the south of the UK. We absolutely love the dynamic feel of the final painting below. We have added some of Wendy’s…
London Art College student Michelle Emmerson has submitted two beautiful paintings for her Pet Portrait Diploma Course which we are thrilled to showcase here on our blog. If you enjoy painting and drawing your families pets and are thinking of…
We have some wonderful artwork today by London Art College student Rabia Naseer. Rabia is currently working with tutor Paul Weaver and we are particularly thrilled with her sketches and studies below. Rabia has a lovely style of work and…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge and of course this week is all about Easter. You have free reign on this one. Design a card, create an illustration, a full blown painting, a delicate drawing…or paint your own eggs!…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This week the theme was based on ‘Rainbows’. Students had free reign on this one, so they didn’t have to create the idealistic view of a rainbow, the choice was theirs. We have…
Sam Wright is studying our pet Portraits Diploma Course and we love her two paintings below. We hope you find them inspiring. Sam sent the following info to her tutor about her work which we thought was an interesting read….
We have some lovely work to show today by student Carolyn Selby who is studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with tutor Maggy Roberts. Our favourite image is Carolyn’s collage which we have used as the feature image above….
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge on the theme of rainbows. How will you go about this challenge? Perhaps you will create artwork of an actual rainbow… or perhaps you will be creative and think outside the box. What…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we asked our students to create a piece of artwork using charcoal. They could choose any subject, just as long as charcoal was the main medium. It’s not the easiest of mediums…
Student Beckie Andrews has been working on her first few assignments for the Illustrating Children’s Books Course and we have added them below for our readers to view. Aren’t they wonderful! Beckies style or drawing and painting is excellent and…
Two beautiful watercolours today by student Rita Frost. Rita’s artwork is excellent, she has a superb artistic style. Her watercolours are fresh and spontaneous and we love them! We hope that you enjoy viewing them as much as we have!
Some wonderful pieces of artwork from London Art College student Rebecca Smith who is studying the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. Rebecca has completed her first set and wrote the following to tutor Maggy Roberts which she submitted her work,…
Welcome to our latest art challenge! Time to get MESSY!! Draw anything – any subject and any style as long as it is in pure charcoal. We would like you to only use charcoal, don’t be tempted to use pastel…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task of drawing or painting their front door. Actually, it could be any door into their house, front, side or back, just as long as it was…
We are thrilled to be able to show London Art College student Susan Zajaczkowska’s artwork here. Susan completed our Drawing and Painting Diploma and has produced some wonderful work for it. Her tutor Paul Weaver was delighted as you can…
My husband bought me the London Art College Drawing and Painting Course for my birthday last year. I’ve always ‘dabbled’ and during Lockdown completed a number of pet portrait commissions. But I wanted to push myself into tackling other subjects…
There’s nothing like a major life event ( in my case an impending 50th Birthday) to make you re-evaluate what you hope to achieve in life. I had always enjoyed being creative but lacked the knowledge and direction to pursue…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. We would love for you to share a drawing, painting, or even a photo or your front door. Obviously don’t give too much away about where you live, perhaps just focus on your…
Welcome to our weekend art challenge results, where this week we asked our students to draw and paint sheep, lambs or both. What a lovely subject for everyone to tackle, the artwork that has been produced here is wonderful. Our…
Tutor Paul Weaver I am delighted to announce that I will be exhibiting again with my good friend and fellow artist Max Hale. This will be our third show together, featuring a wide selection of new work in various media….
Student Sarah Agrawal has now completed the Painting and Drawing Course with tutor Paul Weaver. Sarah has produced some amazing pieces of artwork for the course which you can see below. Paul was delighted with Sarahs work and awarded her…
London Art College student Mariya Matviyenko, studied on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and has completed with flying colours. Her tutor Paul Weaver was absolutely thrilled with Mariya’s artwork and we have to agree – its absolutely stunning! We…
I started the Digital Illustration course because I drew photo realistically in pencil and wanted to get colour into my work. I also wanted to create my own composites rather than just copying photos and this course did just that….
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge all about sheep and lambs. This one you have free reign, you can go realistic , illustration, cartoon… or create artwork from wool itself! What about creating artwork using scraps of wool from…
I always wanted to try my hand at drawing with coloured pencils, after having seen some marvellous work by some artists. I saw one particular American coloured pencil portrait artists work and it was breathtaking. In fact, I was…
Fiona Davidson has submitted a set of work for the Botanical Coloured Pencil course and we are delighted to showcase them here. The two drawings Fiona has drawn are superb, very rich and deep colours, plenty of layering with the…
If you are new to drawing, our beginners drawing course might be perfect for you as an introduction to pencils and sketching. Student Elizabeth Browne has created some wonderful pieces of work while she is studying our course and we…
Welcome to our latest art challenge all about designing wallpaper. We asked our students to think outside the box this week and produce something a little different. It’s good to go outside of your comfort zone from time to time….
We would like to send our hearty congratulations to our Graphic Design tutor, Heather, who has given birth to a happy and healthy baby boy on the 18th February. He’s called Timothy and weighed 6lbs 11oz. Both Heather and Timothy…
London Art College student Michelle Giroux has created some beautiful pieces of artwork for the Chinese Brush painting Course recently. We are thrilled to showcase them here on our blog. I hope that they inspire studnets and readers to have…
Student Sarah Pannell is working on our Pastels course and we have added a few of her pastel paintings below. The course is tutored by Monika Cilmi who welcomes all of her students and puts them at ease. If you…
I started the Drawing & Painting Diploma with a hope of two main things. 1. as an escape from the sadness of loosing my mum to dementia, whom I had been primary carer for over the past 3 years 2. and…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This one is a little different and we feel it will really make all our students stop and ponder for quite some time. It’s not as easy as you think! We would like…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task of painting or drawing ‘Moonlight’. We have received a wonderful array of artwork and if you missed this challenge – you can still have a go!…
London Art College student Hydie Tan created these paintings whist working on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. We absolutely love them all, especially the Red Panda. Isn’t it completely adorable! If you would like to learn how to draw and…
London Art College student Benjamin Magesh has created some absolutely stunning paintings while working on the Landscape Diploma Course. We hope you enjoy viewing them and also reading about each painting and the assignments below. If you are interested in…
London Art College student Maria Pereira has now completed her Landscape Painting Diploma Course with tutor Alan Dedman and we have enclosed a selection of her final paintings and a lovely quote from her below. We wish her every success…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge and this week we would like you to study moonlight! You have free reign here as it could be a landscape, cityscape, seascape, over trees or mountains… or the moon coming up over…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This week we set our students the task of drawing or painting a horse and foal – or just a horse or a foal. We have received some beautiful paintings and drawing below…
London Art College student Andrea Williamson has completed her Botanical Painting Diploma Course and these are Andreas final paintings. We are so thrilled to be able to show them here on our blog and we wish Andrea the best of…
London Art College student Aimee DelValle has been busy with her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. These are her latest illustrations. We love the mice sketches, it’s great to be able to see characters in their developmental stage along with…
Student Bhawna Sinha has created three amazing watercolours which we felt were a must to showcase here on the blog today. Bhawna’s use of strong but vibrant colours really shine through in all of the pieces and we hope that…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we would like for you to use the theme or horses and foals as the subject matter. You can depict them any way you wish. We are interested in seeing how the…