We have shown Belinda Cullen’s artwork on our blog previously. Belinda completed our Watercolour Diploma a while ago, however we have lots of her artwork on file and we never tire of looking at it – or posting it here! Her beautiful fresh colours and wet in wet washes are absolutely superb. Belinda likes to work from life and you can see the fast paint strokes and layered wet in wet washes in the still life of the mackerel. Working fast pays off in this kind of painting and the results are superb! The subjects Belinda chooses to paint to are very varied and we know they still inspire our students to this day. We hope you enjoy viewing this beautiful collection and we will be sure to post some more of Belinda’s work in the coming months again!

This weeks Spooky Saturday is by London Art College student Lillian Lan.

Here are three illustrations by botanical student Sabine Krappmann. Sabine completed three different studies of the sunflower using different techniques. The first study is a sepia pen and ink drawing, allowing Sabine to describe the areas using fine pen lines and texture. The second study is a watercolour study with a sepia under drawing in some areas which helps to firm up the lines, particularly around the petals and the edge of the leaves.

The final study is a combination of the sepia pen and ink with watercolour too. Pen has been added on top of the watercolour to help create texture on the leaves and define the leaf veins. These studies show, how that the same image – no matter what the subject, can look very different using two mediums. Why not give it a go yourself! If you would like guidance in doing so, pop over to our Botanical Painting Online Art Course and enrol today!

 

 

Josephine MacLeod is currently working through our Life Drawing and Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. She has completed three excellent paintings for her coursework and we wanted to show them here for our students to see. We love the bold colours and paint strokes Josephine has produced in all three paintings. She has also created some wonderful textures within her paint marks on the canvases.

Josephine has observed her subjects and judged every paint stroke she has made beautifully. We hope that this collection of paintings completed by Josephine inspires our students to pick up a pencil or paintbrush and draw or paint a family member – or your self portrait! If you do, drop us a line and let us see!

 

Student John Irvine has created some amazing drawings on the Coloured Pencil Course recently. We particularly like the first drawing below, the cup and spoon drawing.

The pattern on the cup is absolutely wonderful. The intensity of the colour in the flowers is superb. One area we would like to draw our readers attention to is the light hitting the cup on the handle. It is reflecting onto the mug itself and if you notice fades the very edge of the flower. This really helps to add life to the drawing, realism and three dimensional form. It is such an important area and a very advanced piece of drawing.

We would like to congratulate John for creating some splendid artwork here, all of his pieces are superb!

Student Elena Peres created some wonderful studies for one of her assignments on the Pastel Painting Course. We absolutely love the way that Elena has experimented using the same still life set up using different papers and different techniques. Both studies are excellent and we particularly like the the way Elena has noted the reflections in the surface on the table. We feel the top study reflections work the best – what do you think?

Have you experimented with pastels recently? Perhaps you are using pastel pencils and might like to give sticks or pans a try? You might be confused as to which paper you should be using – from sanded to velour there are lots of varieties. Hop on over to our website and enrol on our course today. We can help you with your pastel shopping spree and give you guidance throughout the course too. Pastel Painting Course….

My name is Ana Lucía and I would like to share with you these two works of my final sixth assignment on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course with the London Art College. They are Persea Americana and Beta Vulgaris.
Ana Lucía
Botanical Illustration

   

Today’s Spooky Saturday artwork is by student Carlos Rodriguez Leyva. We love this one, such fluid lines! Congratulations Carlos!

 

 

The final day of our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma exercise the ‘Row Row Row Your Boat’ week. Monique Bailey’s version was wonderfully received by tutor Maggy Roberts which you can see below.

The overall design, the different elements of the scene and the pastel colours all work really well. The viewers eye is drawn to the singing sunshine and the happy flowers, even down to the detail of the Happy Days sign. What a beautiful world Monique has created!

Karen Moore has created a very dreamy illustration for the ‘Row, Row Row Your Boat’ exercise. If you look at the detailed versions below you will be able to see the characters Karen has created more clearly. The whole concept is wonderful and very clever. We hope you like it as much as we do!