Month: March 2016

Cartooning Competition – Deadline Soon!

The Cartooning Competition is nearly coming to a close. The deadline is looming! John Byrne ,the Cartooning Tutor tells us that this is the optimum time for cartoonists to start thinking about the competition and creating their design – as…

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter! We would like to wish all of our students a very Happy Easter! The illustration below is by student Jamie Hardy, who has just finished the Digital Illustration course and received a distinction from Spencer Hill – Congratulations Jamie!…

Introducing Watercolour Tutor – Jem Bowden

We would officially like to introduce our new Watercolour Diploma tutor Jem Bowden. Jem has been with us a few months now and we are delighted to be able to introduce him here, along with some of his beautiful watercolours. Through…

Coloured Pencil Course – Yvonne Ryves

My name is Yvonne Ryves and I have spent almost two years working my way through the Colour Pencil Course. When I started I had never used the medium before and at first found the slowness of it frustrating especially…

Oil Painting Course – Lynda Dearden

Lynda Dearden is currently studying our popular Oil Painting Course and has produced the fantastic portrait below in oils on canvas. The oil painting course is perfect for students who need a little guidance using oils on canvas or board and…

Portrait Painting Course – Deimante Bruzguliene

This is an absolute superb study created by a student who is currently studying with the London Art College tutor and professional artist Alan Dedman. Deimante Bruzguliene is currently working through the distance learning course  Portrait Painting Certificate Course and has been practicing features of…

Huda Pearn

Huda Pearn is studying with tutor Monika Cilmi on the  Beginners Painting Course and is learning how to use colour. The painting that Huda has created below is excellent. Huda is experimenting with watercolour washes, colour and texture here – and creating depth and perspective…

Janet Parker

This is a lovely piece of artwork from student Janet Parker, who completed our iPad course. We have now developed a full illustration Course and Digital Illustration Course to replace the iPad course, both run by tutor Spencer Hill. If you are looking…

Sandhya Sharma

A fabulous painting today from Life Drawing Course student Sandhya Sharma. The painting that Sandhya has created is absolutely superb and well drawn and rendered. We love the cool colours of the background along with the cloth the model is sitting…

Joanne Johnston

Todays post is of a drawing by a young student on the Drawing for Children course. Trainers and shoes are a fantastic subject for children to draw as they are a fairly simple shape, yet have lots of wonderful textures and…