Month: June 2016

Botanical Coloured Pencils Course – Mollie Melhuish

Todays post is all about Mollie Melhuish who is currently studying on our online art course Botanical Coloured Pencils Course. Tutor Shevaun Doherty emailed us the wonderful coloured pencil drawing below. Mollie completed this drawing as one of her submission…

Learning Pen and Ink – Video of the week!

We have had a set of learning pen and ink videos on YouTube recommended by one of our students. The videos have been created by professional US based artist Alphonso Dunn. The video below will interest London Art College students who are learning pen…

Illustrating Children’s Books – Angela Watson

Today’s post has been very kindly written by one of our students Angela Watson. Angela is studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Diploma Course with Maggy Roberts. Angela has written and illustrated ‘Emily and Ziba: The Shimmering Cave’ and so we asked…

Landscape Diploma Course

Larissa Andreassen, who is from Norway, studied at the Moscow School of Architecture and Design. She went on to complete a number of courses with us at the London Art College including the Landscape Diploma Course. All of our art courses are…

Book Illustration – Dawn Treacher

Dawn Treacher studied with tutor Maggy Roberts on our Illustrating Children’s Book Online Art Diploma Course.. She has recently been working on a book illustration with publisher, Cranachan Publishing. Read below how Dawn was commissioned and the process behind completing the book illustration. We…

Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Diploma Course – Celia Carlile

Today’s college news post is a very exciting one. Celia is an award winning Artist and Illustrator who studied our Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Diploma Course. The course tutor is Maggy Robert and Celia had access to Maggy’s help online…

Graphic Design Online Art Diploma Course

Emily Stafford is currently studying our Graphic Design Online Art Diploma Course. One of Emily’s recent assignments was to design new packaging for Darjeeling tea. Emily not only designed the packaging in sketches on paper, but she also made a…

Beginners Leaning to Draw Video by Brendon Shaefer

This weeks video of the week is a Beginners Leaning to Draw Video by artist Brandon Shaefer. Students who follow our college news blog are inspired by some of the beautiful pieces of artwork that we post here on the blog. Some students…

Watercolour Online Art Diploma Course

Anthony Tilt is currently working through our Watercolour Online Art Diploma Course. He has recently created these three wonderful watercolour paintings for his assignments. We thought we would showcase them here on our college news blog as inspiration for our students….

Colour Awareness Online Art Course – Arlya Tuckey

Arlya Tuckey is currently studying our Colour Awareness Online Art Course with tutor Alan Dedman. Arlya is studying with us from her home in Australia and is also completing our Diploma in Drawing and Painting too. Choosing, mixing and identifying colours is…

Still Life Oil Painting by Mokhtar Ibrahim

Mokhtar Ibrahim painted this beautiful still life oil painting below. He is currently studying the Drawing and Painting Online Art Diploma Course and the Oil Painting Online Art Course with us. Mokhtar quite often posts his artwork and questions on our student forum….

Still Life Online Art Course – Ailsa Long

The London Art College run a popular Still Life Online Art Course. Student Ailsa Long has been creating colour studies both as practice pieces in her sketchbook and more finished studies as you can see below. This one was completed to…

Photography Online Art Dipoma Course – Alan Schreiber

Did you know we have a Photography Online Art Diploma Course available to our students? One of the most used pieces of equipment for artists is a camera – whether it be an old fashioned film camera, an up to the…

Drawing & Painting Online Art Course – Leanne Smith

Todays Drawing & Painting Online Art Course post is about a fabulous painting by student Leanne Smith who has just completed the Drawing and Painting Online Art Diploma Course. Students are set a variety of briefs throughout the course and…

Drawing with your Eraser – by Aaron Blaise

Aaron Blaise is a proficient artist and has made many ‘how to draw and paint’ videos, which are available to view on his YouTube Channel. We have chosen the one below for our ‘Video of the Week’ this week. It shows how…