We have a vacancy for a Distance Learning Course tutor for the cartooning Diploma course and to possibly also take over the Sc-fi Fantasy Certificate course. If you are interested please read the information below.
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Our current time course tutor is retiring from the role after five years and we have a part time vacancy for a suitable person to take over. Our cartoon course tutor has usually also looked after students on our Science Fiction and Fantasy course and this remains an option now for the right candidate. This is a unique opportunity to work with students worldwide from the comfort of your own home or studio. The successful applicant will eventually be able to put their mark on the course/s and make them their own.
We need an experienced and successful cartoonist, ideally with established teaching skills. The job involves guiding and supporting students as they study our courses at home. Critiquing submissions of student work, often sent electronically and generally helping students to get the best from their studies. Tutors are freelance, arranging their work on a time table to suit themselves and are paid for each submission handled, on a piecework basis. The post requires a few hours per week in tutoring, which will start gradually as you take over the new enrollees. The tutor will be required to have some general computer skills. Tutors must be UK based. Most of our course tutors have been with the college for some years and we operate in a professional, but friendly way.
If you are interested in taking over the tutoring post for the Cartooning and Possibly the Sci-fi Fantasy course, in the first instance interested parties should look at the relevant pages on our web site: www.londonartcollege.co.uk and then contact us with the with the following…..
An Up To Date CV
A few high res examples of your artwork,
A brief background of your experiences / education /age range
Tutoring experiences,
Whether you have a full / part time job or work as an artist full / part time.
Please email this information entitling your email ‘Cartooning Course Tutor Vacancy’ to Principal Peter Fisher – admin@londonartcollege.co.uk
William Muldowney is a student who is currently studying on the coloured pencil certificate course and has just completed these pieces of artwork for one of the sets of exercise in the course. We feel that William has captured both subjects well and his coloured pencil techniques are suburb. William will be submitting his final set of work for the course soon and im sure we would be honoured to add it to our news blog when its complete.
I thought I would blog one of my own students work as I did a batch of assessments yesterday and this horse painting in oils I felt was worthy of a blog post. Julie Longdon painted this portrait in oils on canvas and it was actually for a client who commissioned her to paint her horse. The client was delighted and its not surprising as this painting is stunning. Julie has very nearly completed her pet Portrait Diploma and I am certain she has a very bright career in front of her.
These are a couple of watercolours that I happened across while viewing the student artwork this week. These are beautiful vibrant watercolours by a student who is currently taking the Painting and Drawing Diploma Course. I hope you enjoy viewing these as much as we have.
We have had a lovely email from Louise Barrett on behalf of Alligator books and she is looking for an illustrator to design and produce artwork for a range of books they are producing. Louise’s contact details are below and if you are the lucky applicant please do let us know!
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I am commissioning on behalf of Alligator books Ltd. Currently I am looking for illustrators for board books 0-2 years, novelty books 3-5 years plus picture books 3-7 years! All age ranges. I am looking to view example copies of students work as I need to provide files by August in order to get dummies made for Frankfurt Bookfair. This is a paid position.
Regards
Louise Barrett
louise.j.barrett@talktalk.net
01225 469177
Jac Holmes has recently completed the Children’s Illustration course and we are delighted to show some of her work here. Jac has created two pieces of artwork, the first is called ‘Tin Ship’ and the second is called ‘Seb under skink City’. I have added a couple fo close ups of Seb as it is a double page spread and also added the full version at the bottom. Now Jac has completed the Children’s Illustration course we wish her the very best of luck in her future illustration career.
We have had a wonderful piece sent in by one of our Young Artists who has just completed the Young Artists One course and passed with flying colours!
This is one of the young students pieces, a pattern from the imagination and it looks very alive with lots of movement. It was rendered in coloured pencil which is a great medium for young artists to start off with and you can purchase good quality pencils singularly in artshops at reasonable prices. We would recommend any of the Derwent range for young artists to practice with, along with some good quality cartridge paper.
We are delighted to unveil our new coloured pencil tutor – Julie Douglas. We are pleased that she is joining our team of tutors and we know that she will settle in well. Julie has a vast experience in teaching and in the medium of coloured pencil. Her work is exquisite, as I think you will all agree from the examples below. You can also visit her website too. Julie has written a little about herself below and allowed us to use some of her artwork for promotion.
There was a great deal of interest in the position of coloured pencil tutor, the standard of artwork and level of teaching skills were very high. We would like to thank all those who applied for the post and wish them success for the future.
Julie Douglas – http://www.juliedouglas.ie
Julie Douglas BA Hons
I trained in graphic design and illustration in Liverpool Poly and Norwich School of Art, and worked as a freelance illustrator for 10 years, with clients ranging from Tesco to Pilkington Glass, Mitchell Beazley, American Express and Paul McCartney. I then began to side-step into teaching. I have been teaching drawing and painting for 15 years now and, as all my students will say, I simply love it. I am now studying for my MA in Art, Design and Education, to broaden my own experience both as an artist and a teacher.
I’m thrilled to be the next Colour Pencil tutor for LAC, and hope to encourage more students to the fun side of working in this lovely medium. I hope my enthusiasm will energise my students into reaching new, rewarding levels with their artwork.
Hi Everyone,
Here is a selection of recent pieces of artwork from a student currently undertaking the Young Artists two course for ages 7 and above. This student has created a composition of their toys drawn in coloured pencil, drawn and coloured a Lego man and also used the gridding method to help him draw the cartoon character Mario.
I think you will agree each piece of artwork has been superbly drawn and rendered, this young students’ use of colour is wonderful and he is able to create solid three dimensional objects using light and shade. We hope you enjoy viewing this Young Artists work.
We advertised on the blog about a month ago a competition by Waterstones. Entrants were asked to illustrate a double page spread with full colour sketches of three main characters and two animals from a book written by Julia Donaldson – ‘Freddie and the fairy.’
Two of our students entered and although they weren’t chosen for the final six I think you will agree that their artwork is wonderful. It definitely deserves recognition. The two students are Carrie and Sarah who are both currently studying the Children’s Illustration Course.
Carries work -
Hello, I’m Carrie Osborne… I’m a busy Mum of two little girls – Elora and Elswyth, aged two and five who are both a great inspiration for children’s illustration and take great interest in my coursework! I completed the children’s illustration diploma course in April this year and passed with distinction! I am now doing the children’s illustration follow on course to work towards building a professional portfolio, and hope to pursue picture book illustration as a future career. I would also like to write and illustrate my own picture books, so there is a lot to work towards! This was my first art competition, and a very educational experience I think! Without the encouragement LAC has given me, I would not have entered at all!
Sarah’s Work …….
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