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…
Welcome to our weekend art challenge where we set our students the challenge of creating a piece of artwork with only three colours. Some wonderful and very clever pieces of artwork today. Our featured image is by student Christine Mitchell…
We have collected some artwork from the ‘Scary Brief’ on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course today. Each piece has been taken from same brief, however if you study each one, they are all extremely different. There are endless ideas…
Some beautiful work from student Tracey Mold who completed these pieces while working on our Pet Portrait Diploma Course. As you can see by the stunning rabbit illustration, the course isn’t just for pets. Students can draw or pain any…
We have a lovely collection of artwork today from the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. One of our most popular courses by far. If you are looking to start a new hobby in art, this is a good course to…
If you are studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma you may have come across the scary briefs assignments. Student Angelique Johanson has completed this section of the course and we have added Angelique’s finished pieces below, along with some of…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. We would like you to use three randomly chosen colours to create an art piece with them. You can use any medium of your choice but we would really like you to stick…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This week we asked our students to put a spring in their step and study footwear! It could be any footwear from clompy working boots, to delicate ballet shoes. We have received a…
London Art College student Abigail Severn has completed her Pet Portrait Diploma Course and we have added her final painting along with a few other practice pieces she completed throughout the course. Her final painting, which is the featured image…
London Art College student Sophie Murphy is working through her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course with tutor Maggy Roberts. Maggy alerted us to Sophie’s beautiful illustrations and we are thrilled to be able to showcase her work here on the…
Some of the happiest memories I have of my mum are the many pictures she painted at home, which have now been passed down to her children. She was a gifted artist like her mother before, and worked most of…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. Wed like you to look down. What do you have on your feet? A pair of shoes? Slippers? Trainers? Perhaps a fancy pair of stilettos? We would like to you create a piece…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge! We set our students the task this week in creating ‘eyes’ in detail. It could be an eye from any animal or human, they could even draw their own eye if they wanted!…
London Art College student Maria Ei Zar is an exceptional watercolourist and we are thrilled to showcase one of her pieces below. Maria has provided us with the stages of her work too which we hope our studnets will be…
My name is Astrid Nielsch, I am an on-again-off-again artist with a love for digital illustration and oil painting. I grew up in Germany – and in Brazil for a few years – but have been living in New Zealand…
We have a wonderfully talented student on the Watercolour Diploma Course at the moment. She is working with tutor Steven Hersey and he is helping her refine her techniques. Steven is very impressed with her work and said …. “I…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This week we would like you to create a piece of artwork around the human or animal eye. You might even want to draw or paint your own eye! Post your entries on…
Welcome to the results of our latest weekend challenge and we hope that you enjoy viewing this amazing collection of cows. More like a herd of cows! This has to be one of our most popular challenges we have set…
Thank you so much for the Art course. I am proud to have this diploma. I feel blessed because I have learnt so much by practising Art with you. When I look at my drawings now I can see how…