Month: April 2011

Watercolour Flowers Still Life

Flowers make for a great subject when painting in watercolour as the medium is perfect for capturing the delicate, translucent petals. This student who is studying the Painting and Drawing Course has worked well with their wet in wet washed and darker tones in the background which help the flowers…

Oil Painting Course Student work…

This really caught my eye this week when viewing the students work as I simply love a limited pallet painting. This student is currently studying the Oil Painting course written, illustrated and tutored by Alan Dedman, available from the London Art College as a distance learning course. The sepia and…

Botanical Artists flowers

This is a very bold piece from a student who has just completed the Botanical Illustration course with the London Art college. This piece really exudes a bright and vivid colour which isn’t easy to achieve in watercolour. Well done to this student for a very successful piece.

Coloured Pencil Flowers

While looking at some recent students work this caught my eye, again another coloured pencil drawing, this time of delicate flowers in a tub with a wall behind. It really stood out for me and I can feel a sense of warmth, sunshine and…

Coloured Pencil Tree

This wonderful coloured pencil drawing has been created by a current student on the Coloured Pencil Certificate course tutored by Julie Douglas. Julie is a great tutor, not only teaching this course but also the pastels course too. This student…

Graphic Design Poster Artwork

This image is from a current student who is studying under Vanessa Weaver our Graphic Design tutor. This student has designed a poster to advertise a Model Car Exhibition, following Vanessas brief.  This image certainly catches the eye with the wonderful splash of colour.

Young Artists Course Student

Here we have a lovely piece of artwork by a young artist who has just successfully completed the Young Artists Course. The poem was written by Fred Starr and is something that our students can illustrate in their last set of work in…

Design a Debut Album…..

Meisha are looking for talented artists to design artwork for their brilliant debut EP. Working with new artists in the past resulted in this stunning video from Alec Strang and Dickon Knowles. Meisha feel strongly about working with good people…

Children’s Illustrators – A Must Read Article

We have been alerted to an interesting article, very informative and inspirational for serious illustration students. If any of our students who are taking the Children’s Illustration Diploma course and are thinking of taking the step towards publishing, please read…

Portraiture student

This is a piece of work by a young student who is currently taking the portrait course. This drawing is very expressive, the student has captured the look of the model and drawing people pulling faces can really help if you are learning. The wrinkles of…