Month: July 2015

Elena Peres

Elena Peres studied on our Pastels Course and created this wonderful painting of a vase of flowers. We love this! Its so happy and vibrant and it is sure to put a smile on everyones faces! Congratulations Elena on a…

Brenda Brown

Brenda Brown created this painting for the Pet Portraits Diploma Course and what a painting! It captures the viewers eye immediately. The dog feels very three dimensional and works so well with the dark background. Well done Brenda!

Elcin Ozcan

Elcin Ozcan studied our Pastels course and has mastered the medium beautifully. Her work is a delight to view, the light she has painted in this piece is wonderful and we never tire of seeing Elcin’s pieces. Congratulations!

Emma Hollands

Emma Hollands passed the Pet Portrait Diploma Course with flying colours and this is one of her final paintings from the course. Emma handled all of the mediums well and as you can see below excelled at the oils. The…

Josephine MacLeod

Josephine MacLeod is studying on the Life Drawing and Painting course and completed this very rich, bold and intense portrait for one of her study units. We love it! Keep up the great work Josephine!

Joy Deane

Joy Deane has been studying with Vanessa Weaver on the Art in Graphic Design Diploma Course and this is one of her still life studies in pen and ink. The composition is excellent, the way that each item has been…

Emily Ashton

Emily Ashtons’ collage painting is just wonderful! Emily is studying with tutor Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course and it looks as though she is enjoying every minute. This piece is fabulous and very cleverly put together too,…

Hamzah Ahmad

Hamzah Ahmad is studying the Landscape Diploma Course with tutor Alan Dedman and this is one of the paintings Hamzah created for his final study units. We love the peaceful and tranquil scene Hamzah has painted here, I think we would all…

Ann Hulme

This blog post needs no introduction from us, we are just left in awe at Ann’s talent and abilities. Congratulations Ann on having your artwork selected for the ‘Mouth and Foot Painting Artists’ Christmas cards. Read on to be inspired!! ——————————– I met…

Elisabeth Planella

Elisabeth Planella is studying with Alan Dedman on the Oil Painting course and we were immediately drawn to this piece due to the amazing bold colours and composition. We love the black outlines to the objects, it almost gives it…

Alexandra Naidoo

We always love seeing students work from the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course and Alexandra Naidoo has created the most happy and colourful montages here. There is so much going on in this summers day scene, plenty to keep children occupied!

Diane Allen

Diane Allen painted this bluebell wood for a study unit on the Landscape Diploma Course. We love the vivid colours of the bluebells which works beautifully with the sun set colours in the sky. Excellent painting!

Elaine Hughes

Elaine Hughes has been studying the Life drawing and painting course with Alan Dedman and has painted this superb painting in watercolour. We love the fresh and clean results that Elaine has created here, watercolour being one of the most…

Julia Morris

Julia Morris has completed this wonderful painting on canvas for the Oils course with Alan Dedman. She has used an impasto technique with a pallet knife to build up her colours and textures to create not only a stunning and…

Laura Ashton

Laura Ashton has painted the most exquisite painting for one of her study units on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course. We are amazed and the amount of detail Laura has created here and im sure received very high marks form tutor Gaynor for…

Roni Penny

Roni who is an autistic student has just finished the Cartooning Diploma Course with parental help. John Byrne said …”I think this is one of the most touching feedbacks I have received and they both richly deserve a merit diploma! A…

John Byrne

Tutor John Byrne has emailed us one of his recent cartoons published in a June edition of the satirical paper Private Eye. We hope this inspires Johns students.  If any of Johns students have similar cartoons they would like published on…

Sarah Tait

Sarah Tait has painted this for the view through a window exercise on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. We love the limited colour pallet Sarah has used here, it feels very natural and calming. The texture of the wooden…

Marcela Zambrano

Marcela Zambrano is currently studying on the Beginners Painting Course and has been experimenting with colour, texture using paint on canvas. It is so important to experiment and we love this unique piece painted by Marcela. The colours are superb!

London Art College Photography Competition Winner!

The winner of the London Art College Photography Competition 2015 is…… Winner – Eleanor Patrick with  ‘Blue Grotto Cliffs, Malta’ The standard of photography this year was very high; this and the fact that the range of interpretation of the theme…

Kathleen Armstrong

Kathleen Armstrong has painting this wonderfully bright and vivid flower for her Botanical Painting Diploma Course exercise. We love her watercolour techniques here and delicate painting, superb!

Tutor Alan Dedmans Gallery

Tutor Alan Dedman has just launched a pop-up gallery called ‘Gallery Dedman’ which opened in Nailsea, North Somerset on Friday the 3rd of July. The show is comprised of 26 paintings, drawings, prints and an assemblage by the British artist…

Julia Gardiner

Julia Gardiner is studying with Gaynor Dickeson on the Botanical Coloured Pencil Diploma Course and this is one of the studies Julia created for a study unit on the course.

Sean Cocker

Sean Cocker has portrayed a lily plant in pastels for his Drawing and Painting Diploma course. We love the dark tones of the background which allow the white of the lily flower to come forward. Excellent work!

Robert McGowan

Hello Everyone, My name is Robert McGowan and I am the creator of snipegrass-cartoons.com. I did a cartooning diploma course from London Art College with tutor John Byrne circa 2011-2013. I found the course very helpful as I have always…

Sandhya Sharma

Sandhya Sharma is studying with Paul Weaver on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and this is one of the drawings that Sandhya completed for a course exercise.

Sara Sykes

Sara Sykes is studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course and we love this study! We hope it makes you all smile too!

Joan Cleave

Joan Cleave is currently studying the Gaynor Dickeson on the Botanical Coloured Pencil Diploma Course. Joan has rendered this lily beautifully and are are proud to show Joan’s work here on our college news blog. We look forward to seeing more…