Month: January 2012

Julie’s Illustration Story – A MUST read!

We asked Julie Mulholland if she would like to write a little about herself and her artwork and this is a very inspirational piece and a ‘must read’! Thank you Julie, for sharing it with us. ABOUT ME – by Julie…

Students Story on Fiery Fred…..

By Jan Wearmouth I’m a student on the children’s illustration course, and I’m loving it. I started because I hope to write and illustrate my own children’s book, even though my baby grandson may be the only one to read…

Portraiture course artwork

Nick Beall who runs the portraiture course showed me this wonderful piece of work a student created and we felt it should be posted on the blog for all of our students to see. The student has created some subtle…

Daffodils and Sunshine…

This is a piece of work that Maggy, our childrens illustration tutor, alerted me to. She was particuarly thrilled with this piece and so I thought it was definitely blogworthy! I love the wet in wet watercolour washes behind and…

Tiger in Pastel…

Here is a wonderful piece of work from one of my own students, a tiger in pastels. I have to give top marks to this student for creating wonderful soft fur and rich tones and colours. I hope that you find this inspiring, give pastels a try…