Month: August 2009

Student Wins New Zealand Competition…..

One of our students who passed the pet Portrait Diploma with flying colours is Annie Robinson from New Zealand. She has wasted no time in furthering her career by entering a competition and winning first prize with the painting below….

Paintings with meaning…

This is just one of a selection of paintings Gillian Hardiman emailed for us to post on our student blog. She has painted these after going through some very hard times with personal isses. We are delighted that she feel…

Student Of The Year Competition

We proudly  announce this year Student of the Year competition, which is going to be slightly different from other years.  This year students are encouraged to submit their own work, comprising of  a single piece of artwork – drawing or…

Johnny Depp and the Portraiture Course

We have been given permission to blog two wonderful drawings of Johnny Depp by student Nida Idris who is currently completing the Portraiture course. We felt that they were not only worthy of blogging but also a definite for the…

Observation Drawing Skills…

These drawings are from a student who is studying on the Pet Portrait Diploma. All students are encouraged to draw anything and everything that inspires them on a daily basis to help improve their observations drawing skills and their pencil…

Welcome to our new Cartooning Tutor….

We would like to officially welcome our new cartooning tutor John Byrne! We are delighted that he has joined our team of tutors and we feel that he is going to be warmly welcomed by our students too. We have…

Congratulations to Julie for winning CP award

Our Coloured Pencil tutor Julie Douglas has just won a prestigious Coloured Pencil Award for her artwork ‘Boy on a Swing’ pictured below. We have been lucky enough to blog about the award and the artwork and the college would…

Botanical Illustration Students Artwork on show….

As many of you know who read the blog on a regular basis, I often come across students’ work that really stands out to me, that I feel is blogworthy. Shona’s work shines out as you can see below.  I…

Mural in Soho…Students Wanted!

We have received a request below for students who are interested and live in the London Area and would like to take part in creating a mural in a popular Soho bar. If anyone works on the mural we would…

Pastel Competition

The Pastel 100 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/pasteljournalcompetition/ Get rewarded for your finest work—enter the  Pastel 100 Competition today. It’s your chance  to win CA SH and PRIZES for your art! Sponsored by The Pastel Journal, America’s leading magazine devoted to pastel artists, and…