We absolutely love Dionne Turnbull’s digital artwork of the character called Bah Humslug! Diane has used him for one of her first assignments for the digital illustration course. Dionne said “Definitely not a self-portrait, I love Christmas!!” So do we Dionne, but we adore your Bah Humslug!

Pete Woolgar starts the day today with a fabulous gingerbread character for our December 5th window. We hope you like him, we think he is superb! If you would like to take part in our 2019 Advent Calendar, drop us a line with your festive artwork today!

Welcome to our 4th of December Advent Calendar! Today’s beautiful artwork is by Eileen Maspero. Isn’t the little Penguin gorgeous! We hope that you stay tuned for tomorrow’s Christmas advent window!

Welcome to day three of our Advent Calendar and today’s artwork has been created by student Ethne Dian. Isn’t it fantastic! So many elements, well done Ethne! come back tomorrow to open the next window…!

Welcome to our Second day of our Festive Advent Calendar! Todays wonderful illustration is by London Art College student Magdalena Piwowarczyk. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s instalment!!

Welcome to the first day of our London Art College Advent Calendar. Elena Statham is starting us off with her beautiful wreath that she created in her Procreate software on her iPad. Wonderful and very clever too! Thank you Elena! I hope everyone is having a lovely start to their December.

We would like our students to take part in our Big Christmas challenge Advent Calendar. It is very simple. Find something along a Christmas theme to paint or draw for us to post on the blog this month. Send as many submissions as you like during the month of December and we will post a Continue Reading

We are speechless! WOW! What an incredible amount of entries for this weeks Art Challenge. It was based on the brief of Exotic birds and we found the students a few copyright free photos to get started. Alternatively they could find their own or use their inspiration to make their own creations. There are so Continue Reading

The coloured pencil course allows students to learn how to create deep tones in their first assignments by comparing and contrasting still life studies in both mediums. Alison Davies completed the mug and spoon exercise beautifully and has understood how to layer coloured pencil to create the tones required on the mug and coaster. The Continue Reading

My name is Yulia and I am from Russia. In the past, I have practiced drawing sculpture heads, like Apollo and Venus. I don’t have any clear artistic goals for now but I do hope to keep pushing my boundaries and see where it brings me as an art-lover. I have always dreamt to be Continue Reading

Science fiction and Fantasy student Sarah Baker has created an incredible painting called ‘Portal’. We love the textures and colours Sarah has created, the concept is superb. Tutor John Byrne teaches the Science fiction and Fantasy Course and you can read about John and the course on our website.

What an art challenge we have for you this week! Its all about colour! Lots of bright intense and vivid tones and hues to portray some exotic birds. You can use any of the photos below which are copyright free, or alternatively find you own photos. Perhaps you have access to a wildlife park or Continue Reading

Welcome to the results of our Art Challenge which we sent our students last Friday. It was to create a drawing or painting in any medium, on the subject of Nuts. We have received some beautiful and very creative pieces of artwork. We love them all especially Vera’s collage! Some of the pieces of students Continue Reading

Portraiture painting student Michael Van Der Roost has been putting his all into his art course and we have three stunning studies here for our students to view. The first two are in pencil and charcoal and the final painting is in watercolour. Michael’s fresh tones of his watercolour are simply superb and his observation Continue Reading

Gemma Dobson has been working really hard on her Pet Portrait Diploma Course and we have added two of her pieces of work below. The Pet Portraits course doesn’t only include pets – you can paint or draw wildlife too. Gemma has portrayed a Koala mum with her baby in pastel on black paper which Continue Reading

Oil painting student Mahua Pal has painted four oil paintings of vases and pots of flowers and leaves. Each subject has been meticulously drawn onto canvas and painted with great care and attention. Mahua’s style comes through in each painting which has life and vibrancy. We hope that you are all as impressed as we Continue Reading

We would love for you to find a collection of nuts to draw or paint! Hopefully, heading fast towards Christmas, there should be lots of choice in supermarkets or your local shops. You can portray as many as you would like in any medium and any design. As you can see the paintings below are Continue Reading

Welcome to our post all about the artwork from this weekends art challenge ‘onions and garlic’. What an amazing array of drawings and paintings our students have created! We are so pleased and utterly delighted at how many students took part this week and we would officially like to thank each and every one of Continue Reading

Welcome to our lovely blog post all about illustrations of a character called Fiery Fred. These beautiful sketches and final paintings of Fiery Fred are by our very talented children’s Illustration student Jonathan Cooper. They are all absolutely superb and we are thrilled to be able to show them to our students and readers of Continue Reading

A very imaginative and colourful piece today by student Lise Couture who submitted this for an exercise on the Drawing and Painting Diploma course. We love all of the bold colours and strong shapes of the buildings and windows, particularly the warm light inside the windows too. The deep dark background colours to set everything Continue Reading