Year: 2013

Nicola Cooper – Winner of World Photography Organisation

Congratulations to one of our photography students, Nicola Cooper is a winner! Here’s the text from her newspaper article… ———————————————————————— A FORMER quiz show hostess who gave up her TV career to move to rural Wales has won a national photography competition…

Calling all Photographers

We have received information about a new photography competition. Please remember we are not affiliated with them in any way. If you enter, why not email us your entry so we can showcase it on our blog. If you win…let us know! ———————————————————————————————- PhotoVoice…

Botanical Gallery Updated

A student who is currently studying on the Botanical Course tutored by Sandrine Maugy, has emailed me her most recent work  to add to the Student gallery, which I updated today. Sue’s illustrations are beautiful and you can see one of them below, along with…

Chinese Brush Painting Gallery…..

We have just updated our Chinese Brush Painting Gallery with lots of lovely new student artwork, one of which is below. Monika Cilmi, the tutor for the course emailed me some lovely pieces of artwork and this one really stood out for me so I felt…

Teddy Bear illustrated poem…..

This is a piece of work from one of our students studying on the Children’s Drawing course. Catrin has now completed her course and her final piece is below. She was asked to illustrate a poem written by Fred Starr and we think…

3×3 Picture Book Show Competition

We have received information above the 3×3 picture show competition for our illustration students to enter. Please note we are not affiliated with this competition in any way. 3×3 Picture Book Show – Deadline: May 3, 2013 Information about the competition here >>…

Colourful Illustration

I am sure that this wonderful illustration will put a smile on everyone’s faces today. A student completed it for the Children’s Illustration Course Diploma and it caught my eye, so colourful and rich.

New Tutor for Painting and Drawing Diploma

We are pleased to announce we have a new tutor on the D1 Drawing and Painting Diploma course – Paul Weaver. He will be sharing students with Alan Dedman who also tutors for this course. Paul Weaver is a superb…

Children’s Illustration Easter post

Having posted an Easter post yesterday with ‘happy’ Easter illustrations, Robert, a student who is currently studying the children’s illustration course was prompted to email me his version of Humpty Dumpty. Robert said…”Seen the lovely pics on the blog, but not all eggs fare so well in children’s verse!” How…

Happy Easter!

We would like to wish all of our students a very Happy Easter and thank you to both Heather Robertson and Judy Elizabeth Wilson for sending us these Easter images for us to specifically use for our Easter post this…

Watercolour portrait….

Alan Dedman, one of the tutors for the Drawing and painting Diploma Course alerted me to a students wonderful artwork yesterday and asked if some of the pieces can go on the website and blog. I will be updating the website gallery soon, but…

Lets Paint…Free magazine for everyone!!

Lets Paint Magazine have teamed up with the London Art College as you can see from the screen captures of this months Lets Paint magazine below. If you would like to download your very own free copy, just click the link below and enjoy!!…

Regional win for photography student…..

We were thrilled to hear that one of our photography students entered into a Sony photography competition in conjunction with The Metro and The World Photography Organisation and has been chosen as the regional winner for Wales. Nicola Cooper is currently studying with Rona Cox on…

Cheetah drawings….

This student has produced two amazing drawings for the Pet Portraits Diploma Course, you can also see them in our Pet Portraits Student gallery. The top drawing has been rendered in coloured pencil, the lower in graphite pencil. We hope they inspire!

Success for Pet Portrait Student…..

Gabrielle Marlow emailed the college recently to let us know of some fantastic news and how she was getting on after completing the pet portraits diploma with myself. I am always thrilled to hear from my past students and love…

College website painted in student artwork….

On my daily travels moderating the student forum, helping out where ever I can with students questions and artwork, I happened upon this fabulous watercolour created by a student studying our Drawing and Painting Diploma. One of the submissions for…

Here’s one for the Oldies!!

We have received this poster through to add to our blog just in case students are interested in entering. As always we are not affiliated with the competitions posted here. If you enter and are successful let us know!

Graphic Design Diploma Student – Tea Bag Design

Vanessa Weaver, tutor for the Graphic Design Diploma, emailed me recently to ask if I would add one of her students artwork on the blog and website. Christine is doing extremely well and you can see some of her recent work below. Vanessa said… “Christine has…

Coloured Pencil Student Artwork

Julie Douglas emailed me a wonderful piece of artwork completed by one of her students currently studying on the coloured pencil course.You can now see this piece in our student gallery. Why not take a look around at some of the delightful…

Collage students artwork…

I saw this piece of artwork while on the London Art College Forum, it was created by Jon, who is currently studying with tutor Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s books Diploma. This piece particularly caught my eye, not only for the superb wet…

Spooky……

This is a very spooky piece of artwork from a student who is currently studying with tutor Maggy Roberts on our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. I think this illustration would definitely capture children’s imagination…what do you think?

Pet Portraits Student artwork…

Here are two submissions from the same student currently studying the pet Portraits Diploma. The student has excelled in these mediums, the Labrador was painted in oils and the puppy was drawn in pastel on velour and both of these portraits are superb. The student should…

Photography student gallery online!

As many of you may know the Photography Diploma Course is a relatively new course that the London Art College has recently introduced and it is becoming extremely popular with students signing up every day. Rona Cox, who has written the course showing many examples of…

Two lovely pastel pieces for the gallery….

Tutor Julie Douglas emailed me two wonderful pieces of artwork by a student who is currently studying on the Pastel Certificate course. I have already added them to the student gallery and thought it would be great to post them here…

Landscape Students artwork – wow!

This piece of artwork caught my eye in the student area and I just had to add it to the blog. Isn’t it wonderful! You can really imagine standing there in Australia between those beautiful mountains. Fabulous colours – congratulations to a very talented student.

Making a Splash!

Here is another lovely piece of work that Maggy has emailed me from one of her students  Lovely bright colours, a piece of artwork that’s definitely making a splash!

Children’s Illustration students

This is a lovely illustration from one of our students currently studying on the Illustrating children’s books diploma with Maggy. Wonderful colours and watercolour techniques used here.

Children’s Illustration opportunity

We have received another email from an individual who’s currently publishing a children book and needs some illustrations to go with it. If you help out do let us know. We cannot endorse this project, we are merely passing on the information! ———————————————————— I am currently in…

Children’s Illustration Opportunities……

Here is another opportunity, this time for children’s illustration students. Good luck and if you are involved in the project let us know! ———————————————————————– I am writing to ask if any of your students would like to illustrate any of my next children’s books….

Cartoonist opportunity…..

Here is another opportunity for a cartooning student this time, please note that the college are only passing on this information, we are not endorsing these opportunities. Good luck and let us know if you are the successful applicant. ——————————————————- Opportunity, for an enthusiastic…

Illustrate it…Competition

We have received the following details from Oliver Carew from Illustrate it. It looks to be quite an exciting competition. If any of our students enter, let us know! ———————————————————————– In the coming few weeks I am due to launch an international online illustration…

Success for Pet Portrait Student

We would like to congratulate Andrea for successfully passing the pet Portraits Diploma course in distinctions. Andrea emailed us a photo of an article her local newspaper which you can view and read below. Andrea said….”I’ve never been in the paper before…I am really…

Children’s Book illustration student makes it!

Gay Mckinnon successfully completed our Children’s Book Illustration Diploma in 2011 and she has just published her first book as an illustrator. Gay told us that the diploma definitely helped her and she has written a little piece describing how………

Atsrid’s been busy after completing her sci fi & fantasy course….

One of our students who has recently completed the the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Certificate, has emailed us an update as to how shes getting on now she has completed her course. it sounds as though she is doing very well…

Spiders…..

Maggy asked Sara, a student currently studying on the Illustrating Children’s Books illustration diploma, if she would email me a copy of one of her wonderful pieces of artwork for the college news blog. Sara has very kindly written about herself and the artwork below. ———————————————————————————– Sara Wyche…

Children’s illustration students artwork

Here is a wonderful piece of artwork from a student currently studying on the Children Illustration Course Diploma. Isn’t it wonderful! I think the dragon is laughing at the irate lady and her rolling pin. This illustration would be perfect in…

From Concept to Completion – Woodpecker in Pastels

One of my Pet Portraits students has completed their course and passed with distinctions and you can find a detail of the painting below on the honours list page. I asked Lisa if she would be able to write a little about the Woodpecker painting and…

Fallen – Graphic Novel Article By Ian Emerson

Ian Emerson has recently completed our graphic design diploma course with Vanessa Weaver and mentioned to Vanessa that he had been involved in a wonderful project with the ‘Living Memory Association’. Read and view Ian’s story below along with viewing his work….

Pet Portrait Students artwork of Chef Athos….

One of my pet portraits students sent a wonderful piece of artwork through to me this week to be critiqued. The brief was to create a surreal portrait and Barbara has created a fabulous portrait of her cat Chef Athos. Such a lovely…