Month: January 2016
My name is Jenny Drew and I completed the Cartooning Diploma Course with John Byrne. I developed enough confidence to begin cartooning stories of the young people I work with, in my job as a Youth Offending Preventions Keyworker. At first…
My name is Jane Sunbeam and I have just finished my MA in Children’s Book Illustration and I wanted to write how the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma with Maggy Roberts was a really important part of this journey. When I was nervously…
We have just received some exciting news from one of our students Sarah Lister…. “I just wanted to share my exciting news today that I’m illustrator of the week on childrensillustrators.com. 🙂 I’ve forwarded the email to you! Exciting!!!!!” “Childrensillustrators.com (the…
The aim of our Digital Illustration diploma is to provide students with the skills they need to begin creating digital art. Across six projects students gradually increase their digital skills, and to demonstrate these skills we have created an exhibition…
A beautiful painting for today’s post by Marcela Zambrano who is studying with tutor Alan Dedman on the Oil painting course. We love the feel of this piece, its warmth is beautiful the colours work very well. Congratulations Marcela on a superb…
Sean Cocker has just passed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with flying colours. Tutor Paul Weaver Tutor said that “Sean had worked really hard and his final unit was awesome!” We have added some of Sean’s paintings, drawings and…
Another student has successfully completed the new Illustration Diploma. The high standards continue as Julia Feliz has achieved the highest accreditation of Distinction. Julia has delivered a strong portfolio of illustrations in response to the challenging assignments. Examples of her…
My name is Paul Ward and I am studying the Drawing and Painting Diploma. For the final assignment of a painting of a time of day I have gone for one of my favourite places, Hunstanton beach in winter and…
A beautiful painting by student Dr. Suneeta Kulkarni who is studying on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Isn’t this a superb piece!
We would like to wish all of our students and followers a very Happy New Year and all the best with their studies and artwork in 2016! Today’s festive coloured pencil drawing is by Julie Ann Maguire.