Year: 2014
Tameeka Johnstone is currently studying with Paul weaver on the Painting and Drawing Diploma. Tameeka has created a fantastic pice of artwork and she has very kindly written about it below…over to Tameeka! ——————————————————– This drawing is a “media” drawing,…
We have had so many wonderful Christmas themed images, we are adding a few more over the festive season. This fantastic piece is by Gisela Robinson and we love the colours and the watercolour techniques Gisela has used.
Happy Christmas! The big day is here and we would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas. Where ever you are and what ever you are doing, we hope you all enjoy the festivities and you received the art…
Happy Christmas Eve! Today’s artwork is by student Hazel Morley and we just love her family of snowmen and snowladies and all the sparkles too!
Only two days left of our Christmas countdown. Todays image is called Let it Snow by student Gina Maldonado. We love the very professional feel of Ginas christmas card and are thrilled to be able to share it with everyone…
Christmas Countdown – only three days remaining! If you didn’t write all of those wanted art materials on your christmas wish list for santa….theres always the January sales! This is a fabulous piece of artwork for todays countdown post, by…
Student Suzanne Dore created this fabulous drawing which is a continuation of the same characters in Suzanne’s other christmas images. Only four days and counting!
Today’s countdown to Christmas image is a beautifully cute one by student Marily Valkijainen.
Things are getting Christmassy…six days and counting. We are celebrating today with a gorgeous image by student Suzanne Dore.
Seven days and counting – Christmas is on its way and we are celebrating today with a beautiful piece by Dawn Treacher.
Number 8 in our Christmas countdown today is a fantastic painting by Marily Valkijainen.
Today is our 9 day Christmas countdown and this adorable mouse has been created by Dawn Treacher. Lots of flowing movement with the scarf flowing and the leaves blowing!
Student Suzanne Dore created this wonderful Christmas painting and has very kindly allowed us to use it as day 10 on our Christmas countdown! Suzanne has created a fabulous Christmas character below and one that is very sell-able for the…
We are starting our Christmas Countdown today! If you are a member of ‘The Common Room‘ (our student forum ) you may have recently seen our request for Christmas related artwork to add to our blog this festive season. This year…
London Art College Drawing and Painting Diploma tutor Paul Weaver has won 1st prize in the ‘Steak of the Art Harbourside Art Prize 2014’. The competition was run by the Harbourside Art Centre in Bristol and was designed to offer artists…
A great way to experiment with colour is to create a colour wheel, noting the colours you have used. Jo Baker has done this while studying on the Oil Certificate course. Have you created a colour wheel yet? Why not…
Alankrita Jain has created this wonderful illustration while working with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s books diploma. Isn’t it fantastic!
Students who study with Alan Dedman on the Landscape Diploma have a chance to observe and practice painting and drawing clouds and sky. This is a superb subject to experiment with, it is a forever changing scene and its always accessible for students…
A wonderful study today from student Alex Hughes who is currently studying the Chinese brush painting course. We love Alex’s watercolour techniques and the paper texture works beautifully with the brush strokes – superb piece Alex.
An amazing and very intense piece by student Anne Boland who is studying on the portraiture painting course. Anne has painted this portrait in such a way that we immediately engage with the subjects eyes, its beautifully painted with wonderful skin tones….
Amelia Whiffin who studied on the Coloured Pencil course completed this superb drawing of her cat Amber. The colours and depth of tones here are superb, congratulations Amelia on a beautiful piece. In general it can be tricky to create deep…
Natalia Romankova has just received a Distinction for passing the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course with flying colours. Here is one of Natalia’s illustrations which we think is wonderful! We hope you enjoy viewing it too!
We have received a wonderful email from student Judy Elizabeth Wilson about her beautiful illustrations in a new book that’s being sold for Cancer Research. Contact details are below if anyone would like to order. —————————————- A Christmas Journey is…
Linda Brughera from Madrid, studied with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Course. Linda has very kindly emailed us her two favourite pieces from the course and written a little about them below. We think that Linda’s artwork is absolutely fabulous…
Designing one of the official Private Eye Christmas Cards has for many years been one of the most coveted jobs for Britain’s Top Cartoonists, and this year one of the artists chosen is our very own John Byrne, tutor of…
We have just received this wonderful email and artwork from Joanne Taylor who completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma. It has been lovely hearing from Joanne again and we are thrilled that she is doing so well. We hope our…
Astrid Nielsch, who completed the Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Course has written us a truly inspiring piece for our college news blog, along with three beautiful pieces of her artwork below. We are thrilled that Astrid is doing so well with both her…
Dylan Strugar is studying on the Digital Illustration Diploma Course (D11) with Spencer Hill and has created this very impressive digital painting. Dylan has written about his piece below, we hope that you find it inspiring! ——————————— With this piece, I…
Anna Rencz from Windsor Ontario, Canada is currently studying with Alan Dedman on the Beginners Drawing Course. Anna has recently had an Exhibition ” The World of Butterflies ” in May 2014 at the Common Ground Art Gallery in Windsor. The…
Monika Cilmi, our Chinese Brush Painting tutor is having an exhibition at the Aldeburgh Gallery. Students are welcome to attend if they are in the area.
The London Art College Competition 2014 is now complete. The winner is Irina Viatkina and the runner up is Jonathon Cooper and you can see their artwork and read more about them below. We would officially like to congratulate not…
We have a wonderful blog post today with artwork by Alan McMahon who is studying with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Certificate course. One of Alan’s exercises within the course, asked for a still up along with submitting a photo of…
The London Art College 2014 competition is now closed. We have beaten our yearly record again this year with whopping 125 entries! I have collated everything at the link below. http://www.londonartcollege.co.uk/art-competition/art-competition-2014/entries.htm Due to the many thumbnails on the page, its best leave it a minute to load before clicking the first thumbnail (depending on how fast…
LAST DAY FOR ENTRY!!! Enter the London Art College Competition today – open to all of our students. Email us your favourite piece of work you have created to date along with your name, student number, address, contact details, title…
We always love to hear from students who have completed their course to hear what they are getting up to in the next phase of their studies. Ruth Arnold is doing exceptionally well on her Graphic Design/Illustration degree and has very…
This wonderful watercolour painting was created by Astrid Hill who studied with Jan Nesbitt on the Watercolour Diploma Course. There are lots of lovely techniques used here from wet in wet washes, flicking paint for foliage and blowing the paint…
Paul Harris is currently studying the Painting and Drawing Diploma with Paul Weaver and has produced this wonderful oil painting of a sunrise in Canada. Paul has very kindly written about the painting and his course below. ——————————————————— This painting…
Rory Donald has created this wonderful illustration for the Sci-fi Course in pen and ink. The concept and composition are excellent.
This wonderful painting is by Cheryl Day, a student who studied on the Oil Painting course with tutor and professional oil painter, Alan Dedman. Cheryl has painted what essentially is a very simple subject and turned it into the most beautiful oil…
Here we have a beautifully delicate piece of artwork drawn in coloured pencil by Keith Galliford. Keith is studying with Julie Douglas on the Coloured Pencil Certificate Course. Coloured pencil is a wonderful medium to experiment with, the outlay is…
Zeina entered this piece in a recent competition that we posted for the Bear Cub Gallery. Her artwork is absolutely wonderful and we are really pleased to share it here along with some words from Zeina. ——————————————– When first I thought about drawing…
Student Heather Robertson has created a wonderfully simple, yet hugely effective collage for a recent submission on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma. The wet in wet washes Heather has created are superb and the overall composition and colour scheme works beautifully….
Don’t forget to enter our competition! Send us your favourite piece of artwork you have ever created…..
Deepthi Horagoda has just completed and passed with distinctions on our Graphic Design in Art Diploma. Deepthi has set a new standard for the final assignment and she has very kindly written about her work below. We hope that you…
I thought this might make many of our students smile as im sure this has happened to a few of us over the years! Congratulations to Elizabeth Hall who is currently studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course for coming…
This piece of artwork has been created by Ian Emerson who studied on the Graphic Design in Art Diploma with Vanessa Weaver. A very bold cover design for this book jacket from one of Ian’s submitted assignments.
This is a wonderful piece created by Daniel Brown who studied on the Cartooning Diploma with John Byrne. The illustration has great impact, very colourful and professional.
We will now be posting all of the student opportunities over in The Common Room. Please visit ‘College News, Announcements, Competitions and Work Opportunities‘ for posts from external sources regarding job opportunities for students. Students don’t have to be a registered member…
As some of our students are already aware, we now have a brand new forum called ‘The Common Room’. It’s bursting with life already, even though its only been up and running for a couple of weeks! We have more…
This piece of artwork was completed by Sue Sharrock who is studying with Julie Douglas on the coloured pencil certificate course. Superb textures and colours!
We have received an email from BubblyBox. If any of our students enter, please do let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated with this offer and students offer their services at their own risk. ——————————– Freelance Packaging…
About a month ago we put out a request on our Facebook page for students, past and present, to email us with their favourite piece of work that they had done recently and we received some wonderful emails which we have featured…
2014 London Art College competition is now OPEN! The London Art competition is open to all students currently studying with the London Art College, or those who have completed since September 2013. Requirements Students can submit ONE piece of artwork…
We have received a wonderful piece of artwork by a student who is currently studying with Spencer Hill on the iPad illustration course. She is doing extremely well and the artwork shows that this student is enjoying working in digital…
We have received an email from The Bear Cub Gallery . If any of our students enter, please do let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated with this offer and students offer their services at their own risk….
Derwent Art Prize 2014 Approximately 80 works will appear in the exhibition to be held at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5BD from 15 – 20 September 2014. Following the London exhibition a selection of exhibits will be…
We asked on our Facebook page if students would write to us with their favourite piece created while working on their course to date. Leila has emailed us her story along with one of her fabulous illustrations of two friends travelling together…
We recently promoted #feelingnuts by Check One Two and one of our cartooning students, Jenny Drew, has had some of her cartoons published on their website. Visit the website Check One Two to see more and learn about how you…
We have received an email from Griffin Art Prize. If any of our students enter, please do let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated with this offer and students offer their services at their own risk. ——————————–…
Our summer sale ends 17th of July…order your course before its too late! Summer Sale 10% off all Diploma Courses! Have fun this summer while learning a new skill! Treat yourself to an art course that you can do while leisurely sitting…
We have received a lovely email from Heather Urquhart, a student who is currently studying on our Pet Portraits Diploma course. Heather has emailed us a wonderful portrait she has just created in Pastels and you can read all about…
We have a request from Kerry Gate who is looking for a student to help to illustrate a short poem / book for raising money for Cancer Awareness. If any of our students help out, please do let us know! As always the…
Vanessa Weaver, the tutor for the Graphic Design in Art diploma has email a wonderful piece of pen and ink artwork for the blog and student gallery. Vanessa says..”This piece of students work demonstrates light and shade well, as well as being…
Jose Gomez is currently studying the Watercolour Diploma course with Jan Nesbitt and has been producing some beautiful pieces of artwork for his course assignments. The painting below is of a half peeled orange and the depth of colour Jose has…
We have received a wonderful testimonial from a recently completed Pet Portrait Diploma student. Alison is doing really well and you can read about her achievements and experiences below, plus visit her website and facebook page! We love to hear…
We asked on our Facebook page if students would write to us with their favourite piece created while working on their course to date. Dawn has emailed us with a beautiful illustration of a Fox and a Bird. I hope it…
My name is Brendan and I am part of a massive humour-led digital movement launching soon called Check One Two. Check One Two is the first ever ‘Socialthon’ that empowers you to feel nuts and spread awareness of our message…
We have a request from Metropolis Studios who are looking for artists and designers to work with them on their next project. If any of our students are the successful applicant let us know! As always the London Art College is not…
Sandra Eve emailed when she saw our post on Facebook for students past and present to get in contact with their favourite piece of artwork that they had created during their course. Sandra’s post and artwork is below, isn’t the…
Jenny Drew recently completed our Cartooning Diploma course with John Byrne and is now studying the Digital Illustration course with Spencer Hill. Jenny recently ran a workshop with a group of young carers – young people who live with or…
Karen Robinson responded to our Facebook post request for students, past and present, to get in touch to send us a favourite painting they have done. Since completing her Diploma course Karen has created a very successful business and I…
We asked students on our Facebook page if anyone would like to be featured on our blog with a favourite piece of work they had completed during their course. We have received some lovely feedback from the Facebook post and this…
Julie Ann has emailed to let us know about the UKCPS exhibition – read more below! ———————————————————————– If you’re on holiday this month in Cornwall, Devon or Somerset between 16-28 June, why not pay a visit to the Ilminster Art Centre…
We have received a wonderful email from Ted Weinel, a previous student who studied with the London Art College many, many years ago when Mr Browne was principle. You can read about the colleges early years here >> and you can…