Year: 2016
This is a lovely sketch from student Andrew Hawkins. Andrew is studying with Alan Dedman on the Drawing and Painting online art course. The drawing and painting course is a Diploma course and it gives students a wonderful grounding in general drawing…
Robert Wilkinson recently passed the Illustrating Children’s Book Online Art Course with flying colours. He gained a distinction for his dedication, commitment and outstanding work throughout the course. He was tutored by Maggy Roberts who supported him on his journey. Robert is…
Jonnie Griffiths recently completed the Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne. Since completing the course Jonnie has been working hard on his drawing and cartoons, trying to promote himself and his work. We have just received an email from…
We have to admit to being in love with Pinterest! We are having fun pinning lots of wonderful things to our boards! Are you a Pinterest user? Why not pop over and follow us and see what we are pinning. Let…
Lets all hope that this isn’t going to be the case for the Summer here in the UK! This cartoon was created by student Chris Jaffe whilst studying with John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course.
Charmian Kaiser completed this wonderful collage while studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. Students are set a number of assignments throughout the course and in this assignment, students are asked to play around with wet in wet…
Alfred Blakers successfully completed the online Landscape Painting Art Course studying with tutor Alan Dedman. Students can experiment with painting landscapes in watercolour and oils. They can work out in the field from life or from the comfort of their own home working from…
Chris McDonald is currently studying with tutor John Byrne on the Cartooning Diploma Course. Among the many wonderful cartoons and story boards Chris has created within his assignments for the course, this cartoon really stood out to us. Its excellent drawn and…
Online Art Courses by the London Art College. Study with us! We provide 30 online art courses for all ages and all abilities. Every student has access online to their own personal tutor who will help and guide them through their art…
Craig Waterworth is studying with John Byrne on the Scifi Fantasy course and has created this amazing piece of artwork. The idea of to morph three animals in sequence and Craig has used an Elephant, Octopus and Leopard. It has…
This very bold digital drawing was created by one of our students while studying on the iPad course. Elaine Richter used a drawing app on her iPad to create this fantastic illustration of a butterfly. The iPad course has now…
Here are the long awaited results of this years official London Art College Cartooning Competition! We have received some superb entries this year, there have been some excellent ideas and we enjoyed viewing all of the entries that have been sent…
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! 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!…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Welcome to the official London Art College Cartooning Competition 2016. Our cartooning competition is open to all of our current students. It has the theme of Knock Knock…. Students can interpret this any way they wish. We are looking for good…
The picture below is my first and only watercolour painting ever. I painted it for the portrait course. When studying watercolour methods in the course notes and videos, I became fascinated with the great variety of techniques that one could use…
My name is and I am currently studying the Cartooning Diploma with John Byrne. I began in life studying General Art and Fine Jewellery/ Silversmithing. I went on to study therapeutic models and advocacy to empower people suffering with disabilities both…
Hello, my name is Gethin Walters and I am currently doing the D2 Cartooning Diploma Course, which John Byrne tutors. I am a teacher by trade but I find it therapeutic when I’m drawing. I have always ‘doodled’ and enjoyed…
My name is Udayana Lugo, and I have just completed my Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma. I am a designer by profession, and I was taught to think through my pencil. I also learnt to try and understand a shape as…
Here is a fabulous poster design by student Joy Deane who is studying on the Graphic Design Diploma Course with Vanessa Weaver. We love the immediacy of the design and love that its in a Christmas tree shape too!
Most artists have faced the dreaded blank page, canvas or screen at some point and experienced that moment of right brain freeze. You want to create something, but you are stuck for ideas. As a conventional artist you can resort…
Linda Clutterbuck studied on the Portrait Painting Course and created this wonderful drawing in Pastel. We love the natural colours used as the background works very well and doesn’t overpower the scene. Superb portrait and excellent work Linda!
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.