Year: 2017
An extra blog post today as we have received so many wonderful festive images this year. This pastel drawing of a Robin is by student Alison McIlkenny!
Angela’s illustration of the the little girl making a snowman is wonderful. We love her red coat, it all looks very festive. Visit Angela’s Instagram page to see more of Angela’s illustrations.
More festivities with a beautiful Christmas wreath painting by student Elena Statham.
We would like to wish all of our students and readers of our blog a very Merry Christmas. We hope you have a wonderful day! Thank you so student Leila Nabih for letting us use her wonderful illustration today!
We hope that you are all ready for Christmas, you have wrapped all of your gifts and they are tucked safely under your Christmas tree. We have added one of our favourite illustrations today that was submitted for this years…
We are carol singing our way through day 23 of our festive countdown with the help of Leila Nabih illustration!
What a wonderful illustration for todays festive countdown by Leila Nabih.
‘Happy Holidays’ artwork today on day 20 of our festive countdown by student Debra Gibson.
Student Monica Bonvicini created this Christmas illustration along with a quote from Helen Keller. It means “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”. Beautiful.
Santa is on his way…….! Fabulous painting by student Inari Johnson for todays day 18 of the festive countdown.
Leila Nabih has painted this beautiful illustration and we are thrilled to be able to show it on our blgo for todays day 17 countdown. We hope you like it as much as we do!
We put forward a number of students artwork for this years ABCCs Christmas card and Rachel Shelley’s illustration was chosen! We are thrilled for her and so pleased to be able to add it to day 16 of our festive blog.
This is a wonderful painting of a snowman, perfect for our Christmas countdown! It was created by student Elena Statham.
Are you nearly ready to catch a glimpse of Rudolph…..? Painting by student Robert Wilkinson.
Stand to attention for today’s Christmas countdown! Painted by student Elena Statham.
Day 12 of our countdown is a beautiful and colourful wreath watercolour painting by student Elena Statham.
We ‘LOVE’ Angela’s snowman illustration…we hope you do too! Visit Angela’s Instagram page to see more of Angela’s artwork.
A penguin adorns our festive countdown for day 9 painted by Elena Statham. Isn’t his hat wonderful! We all love it and hope you do too!
We are ice skating our way through day 8 of our countdown, with a fabulous illustration by Angela Waston.
A beautiful wreath painted by student Elena Statham. Aren’t the cones wonderful! An incredible painting for day 7!
For day 5 of our countdown, we have a fabulous digital illustration sent to us by tutor Monique Bailey. Her student Emily Kent created it for one of her assignments and we love it!
A lovely wintery painting to warm our hearts of a beautiful Robin painting by student Beatrice Giacomini.
Our festive countdown continues today with a stunning illustration by student Jamie Ann Walton.
Day 2 of our Christmas Countdown is a beautiful illustration by student Angela Watson. You can visit Angela Instagram page to see more of her work at the link below. https://www.instagram.com/angelaruthwatson/
Our Christmas countdown is being started this year by student Elena Statham! A festive wreath to welcome everyone into the wonderful month of December!
Tutor Alan Dedman is currently manning his show in London and so will be away until the 4th of December. We apologise for any delayed critiques during this time. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email us….
Hello, I’m Nahrain Michael from Erbil/ Iraq, I have recently finished my Graphic Design Diploma with a distinction and I’m so thrilled to accomplish this success with one of art fields that I admire and was so keen to learn….
Tutor John Byrne emailed us this selection of cartoons to include on the blog. He was so impressed by one of his students Jos Mascarenhas, and felt that Jos had work extremely well throughout the course. Jos has now completed…
Getting the week off to a flying start with an illustration by student Heidi Lingard. Tutor Maggy Roberts sent it to us for inclusion on the blog and we all feel it is wonderful. Looking forward to seeing more illustrations from…
We are starting a new feature this week called…Spooky Saturday Illustration. Other than the month of our Christmas countdown in December, we will be posting student artwork from the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course Every Saturday. Tutor Maggy Roberts receives many…
We have a wonderful collection of watercolour studies and paintings by student Tessa Baker. Tess has been working on a project studying flamingos and their habitat for one of her assignments. We thought it would be really interesting for our students…
Student Samantha Wing is studying on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. She emailed us her wonderfully colourful illustration, which was inspired by her two children. We are really looking forward to seeing more of Samantha’s work and also adding…
Tutor Maggy Roberts sent us some wonderful illustrations from student Sian Brown which we have added below. Read what Sian sent Maggy long with her illustrations. We love the anecdote about the Kidney Beans and Baked Beans….! The bean people…
We are thrilled to be able to post a wonderful testimonial from student Jane Crocker who has just finished the Illustration Diploma Course with tutor Spencer Hill. We have added some of Jane’s artwork for everyone to see below. We…
Tutor Maggy Roberts received this wonderful email from her student Heidi Hauser who studied on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We are thrilled that Heidi enjoyed her course and gained confidence from it. We love her work and have…
We are thrilled to announce the winner and runner up of this years 2017 London Art College Competition. We received a staggering 130 entries from our students all of which were at a very high standard. You can see all…
My name is Emma Allen. A few years after the birth of my daughter I found myself at a crossroads in my life and wondering what to do next. My childhood dream of becoming an Illustrator had got lost somewhere…
I wanted to submit one of my botanical paintings to the London Art College Competition 2017, as I have done before, however this time I was delayed and did not do it. I read about the Jackson´s Plant Life: Botanical…
London Art College student Ian Scott has been creating pencil studies of his families hands for one of the assignments on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. You can see a few of them below. Once Scott had practiced studying…
Student Adele Gregory is current working on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with tutor Paul Weaver. Adele has been experimenting with watercolour, layering of colours and wet in wet washes. We love the vibrancy and freshness of the painting and…
Hello everyone! Just finished my Spooky poem and right in time for Halloween! I couldn’t wish for the better timing working on it as in every shop, I could see Halloween themed decorations, which is where I found my inspiration…
We have some wonderful and spooky illustrations for todays post created by our students – perfect for Halloween! The illustrating Children’s books Diploma course is perfect for creating illustrations such as these. We defy any of our viewers to be…
This years London Art College Competition 2017 is closed and we have added all of the entries online at the link below. London Art College Competition 2017 Entries We have had some stunning entries this year and I know that…
Hello! Finely I managed to finish two sets of assignments: Sebastian Sink City and Fiery Fred! I thought to share with everyone. The Second assignment took me a while, as I didn’t read properly the instructions on what side the…
We love showcasing student Evelyn Sichrovsky’s artwork. Evelyn completed her Painting and Drawing Diploma Course last year. However we keep adding her work here to the blog as inspiration for our current and future students! Keep drawing!
Tutor Maggy Roberts sent us this superb illustration by one of her students Robyn Dreyer. Robyn said below… I enjoy working with watercolour, it’s always a challenge as you never quite know how the water is going to roll or…
Below is a wonderful coloured pencil drawing by London Art College student John Irving. He is studying our Coloured Pencil Course. We have added the reference photo which John sent in with the artwork for his tutor to view when…
Lillian Lan is enrolled on two of our courses. The Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma course with Maggy Roberts and the Landscape Painting Diploma Course with Alan Dedman. Maggy emailed us one of Lilian’s illustrations to showcase on our blog, which…
Joy Deane has just completed our Graphic Design in Art Course with a Distinction. Tutor Vanessa Weaver was very keen for us to show Joy’s work here on our college news blog and we would like to congratulate Joy for…
Drawing portraits have always been my passion as long as I remember, although, unfortunately, there was a period of my life when due to the health condition I had to give up art altogether. It took me some time and…
This October, Jackson’s are celebrating Botanical Artists by running a free, international, digital competition: ‘Plant Life: Botanical Illustration’. Jacksons are offering the 3 winners watercolour prizes worth a total of £300 RRP, kindly donated by Winsor & Newton, along with…
Amy Curan has just passed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with a Distinction. Maggy was delighted with her final image and wanted us to showcase it her eon our college news blog. Her final illustration is absolutely superb! We…
My whole life I have spent hours in book shops admiring the illustrations of other people, so when my daughter was about 5 years old and showed a great interest in drawing I started drawing together with her. Only then…
This watercolour illustration was created for the first assignment on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma – to illustrate a double page for the rhyme ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’. I wanted to create a dream-like atmosphere that would appeal to young children…
Student Amy Curran has created an illustration for one of her assignments on the Illustrating Children’s Books diploma course. Tutor Maggy Roberts emailed the image to us asking for it to be included on the blog and gallery. Maggy said…….
We have a superb illustration to showcase below by student Heidi Hauser who is studying our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course with tutor Maggy Roberts. The first image below shows the full illustration including Heidi’s registration lines and the gumstrip…
It’s Children’s Illustration week! If you are looking to improve your illustration work, perhaps you want to pursue a career as an illustrator, or maybe you are writing your own children’s book and would like to illustrate it yourself. If…
If you haven’t already entered our London Art College official 2017 art competition, you only have two days left to enter! It can be any medium, any subject and it doesn’t have to be coursework (excluding photography). We have received…
Botanical Painting tutor Shevaun Doherty sent us some of her students work this week to be included on our blog. We have included some crops of her work as the details are superb! Tutor Shevaun Said… Hilde Orye has just…
A wonderful testimonial from Charis Simpson who has been working with tutor Maggy Roberts on our Illustrating Children’s Books Course. We have included a few of her stunning pieces of artwork too. We wish you the best of luck Charis,…
We would like to officially introduce a new tutor to our team – Monique Piscaer Bailey. Monique is going to be helping Spencer Hill tutoring our Digital Illustration Course. We asked if Monique would write a little about herself and show…
These two studies, broccoli and hydrangea, are two of four coloured pencil drawings for my final assessment for the Botanical Coloured Pencil Diploma. I used Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils, blending different coloured pencils to acquire the required colours and tones,…
Are any of our readers struggling with painting? What about mixing colours? Are you afraid to try new mediums? Paula Huckfield took the plunge and decided to embark on our Beginners Painting course to help her with her watercolour painting, along…
We thought we post post a piece of artwork from a student on our Chinese Brush Painting course today. This piece is by student Senur Bicer and we love the depth of tone within the different layers of ink Senur…
Starting off the week with a beautiful coloured pencil drawing by student Amelia Whiffin. When Amelia submitted this for one of her assignments, she also enclosed a photo of the scene she worked from. Many students paint or draw from…
My name is Harjinder Gurnham and I am currently working on the Watercolour Painting Course with tutor Jem Bowden. I painted these last autumn for my second assignment for the Watercolours course. The apples had been just harvested and as…
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