Month: May 2014

Children’s Book Illustrator Wanted…

We have a request from Blake Hall Publishing who are looking for an illustrator to create artwork for a children’s book. If any of our students are the successful applicant let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated…

Patchings Success for Julie Ann Maguire

Patchings Art Festival is celebrating its 21st year between June 5-8 in Nottingham. Julie Anne Maguire hs contacted us to ask if we would display her most recent piece which will be displayed at Patchings! Julie said….”As a recent CP student…

Winner of the Sparrows with Vertigo Competition!

We would like to announce the winner of the recent competition we ran in conjunction with author Jim Pinnock and his novel ‘Sparrows with Vertigo’.  Congratulations to Dale French with his winning design below! Students were asked to create both…

The Saddler’s Daughter

Linda Clutterbuck contacted us recently as she entered one of her final paintings she produced on the Portraiture course with tutor Nicholas Beall, into a competition. We asked if it would be ok to post her news on the college…

Nina’s Row, Row Row Your Boat…..

Nina Bromley is currently studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma. Nina has sent us her first illustration for the course along with some text about the illustration and we are thrilled to add it here on…

Zeina’s Tranquil Illustration….

My name is Zeina Shehade and I am studying the Illustrating Children’s book diploma with Maggy Roberts. For this challenging last assignment I had a vision of a tranquil place where you could be totally relaxed, doing the all the…

Shea’s Graphic Design Illustration

Shea Beck, a student who is currently studying on our Graphic Design Art Diploma Course with Vanessa Weaver, recently submitted a superb piece for one of his course assignments. Vanessa asked Shea if it would be ok to add it to…

London Model Management – cartoonist wanted

We have a request from London Model management who are looking for a cartooning illustrator to create artwork for a manual. If any of our students are the successful applicant let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated…

Daniel Blau’s Photography Competition

We have a request from Daniel Blau who are running a photography competition. If any of our students are the successful applicant, let us know! As always the London Art College is not affiliated with this offer and students enter at their own…

Jim’s Testimonial – Understanding 20th and 21st Century Art

We have received a wonderful testimonial from Jim Hamilton, who has recently completed both History of Art Diploma and its follow on course Understanding 20th and 21st Century Art with tutor Stu Roberts. thank you Jim for taking the time to write this and…

Transport for London Competition

We have a request from Transport for London who are looking for a student to take photos for a competition they are running. If any of our students are the successful applicant, let us know! As always the London Art College is not…

Heathers recent commissions…

Heather Robertson, who is currently studying our Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma with Maggy Roberts, contacted us recently as she has been commissioned by her local church to complete a series of paintings for them. Heather has so completed two paintings to date…

Come and ‘Like’ Our Facebook page!

We have an ever growing and very busy facebook page and we would love our students to come and ‘like’ us if they are a member of Facebook. We post student artwork daily and students also post their own artwork to…

Commission Request

We have a request from Niki who is looking for a student to commission some works in a style similar to Beryl Cook (example image below). If any of our students are the successful applicant, let us know! As always the London…

Jenny Drew – Cartooning Students Story!

Jenny Drew, who recently completed the Cartooning Diploma and is now studying with Spencer Hill on the Digital Illustration course, has kindly written about her experiences and her work. We are thrilled to hear Jenny is doing so well and…

Draw it…with Spencer Hill!

Mel Giedroyc hosts a new TV show where two celebrities pair up with a different daily contestant in order to help them win a cash prize. Our very own Spencer Hill, tutor for our digital illustration course and Illustration for iPads, is…