Month: May 2017
Robert Kidner is currently taking our Coloured Pencil Course and follows our blog with interest. He signed up for our blog newsletter which is delivered via email every Sunday. If you would like to sign up to our weekly news, you can do so…
Student Brian Oatley has created a very happy and colourful watercolour painting for his coursework. The flower study below was created for an assignment on our Colour Awareness short course. Our online art course is great for students who want to learn about colour,…
Heidi Seal has created a wonderful drawing of a man holding a huge fish for her Beginners Drawing Course. We are pretty sure that the chap didn’t stand to pose while Heidi sketched him! It was more than likely that Heidi drew the…
Selina Seesunkur has taken photos of a model for one of her assignments for the Photography Diploma Course. The series of three photos shows the model moving down the runway in two different dresses. Selina has captured the movement of…
We have students of all ages working on our online art courses. Talitha Young is a young student who has produced some superb drawings for one of her assignments on the Drawing Course for Children. Aren’t they wonderful! Talitha has first…
Jill Bentley is currently working with tutor Maggy Roberts on our Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Course. Jill has created some superb illustrations in her course assignments and Maggy wanted us to feature Jills ‘When All Is Dark’ illustration here…
Ulrike Miesen-Schuermann created two drawings of her friend for a figure drawing exercise on her course. The two drawings were from one of the set assignments on our Drawing and Painting course. We love the tonal ranges Ulrike has used in both drawings,…
Sarah Wendy Olivia created this beautiful drawing for one of her submissions for her Beginners’ Drawing course. Sarah created a drawing of an old gnarly tree with a brick wall behind and has taken the time to add lots of…
The last blog post of the week and it is a coloured pencil drawing by student Mike Foley. Mike has used some beautiful bright and bold colours in his portrait and we love the texture and intricate detail in the…
We would like to announce a new tutor to our ever growing team here at the London Art College. Ida Mitrani will be tutoring the Botanical Coloured Pencil Diploma and also tutoring some of our students who enroll on our Coloured Pencil…
Shuddhodhan Mane has created a stunning portrait in pastel. There is so much light and happiness in the subject that with only a few lines and tones, Shuddhodhan has managed to capture this personas personality and character beautifully. A wonderful portrait.
London Art College student Michael Van Der Roost has created a superb portrait using watercolour. In the painting below Michael has kept the tones light in the background so the subject can be in full focus. He has also allowed the sunlight of the…
We would officially like to congratulate Carolyn Lopez on completing her Pet Portrait Diploma course passing with a Distinction. Tutor Melanie Phillips said…. “Carolyn has worked extremely hard throughout the course and improved on her skills tremendously with each piece…
Today is the final day of our coloured pencil week. Student Helen Parks has created a wonderful drawing of a street scene and we have also added the photo Helen used below. Helen has taken lots of time over this drawing…
Its day four of the coloured pencil artwork week today and its the turn of student Anna Pavlova. Her collection of ‘things’, which included a light bulb, strong, scissors, and a lock were all things Anna found in her home,…
Today’s artwork – Day Three – is by Robert Kidner who is currently taking the Coloured Pencil Course with tutor guidance from Monika Cilmi. Robert has been enjoying the blog posts from us here at the London Art College over the last…
Day 2 of the coloured pencil artwork week. We have possibly shown this portrait by student Amelia Whiffin before, however it is such an amazing coloured pencil drawing – we just had to make sure our students and readers have all seen…
We had a fantastic response from last weeks Children’s Illustration Artwork week. We are thrilled to hear lots of our readers were inspired. This weeks dedicated artwork week has been planned for quite a while. It was an idea sparked by one of…
We are ending our week of Illustrating Children’s Book students artwork on a scary piece! day five today and its the turn of student Charlotte Kraill, who has illustrated the poem ‘ When All is Dark’. We are loving it’s spooky…
Simple ~ Elegant ~ Beautiful Angela Watson Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma
We are now on day three of our Illustrating Children’s Books artwork week and todays illustration is by Daniel Baciu. Daniel studied the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma with tutor Maggy Roberts and passed with flying colours. You can see one of…
Day two of our Illustrating Children’s Books Student Artwork week. Today’s star student is Nicky Coulton. We absolutely love the wet in wet wash collage Nicky has created. Its bold, bright, colourful and a great composition too. The cut out sun…
We hope our students here in the UK have all had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend. We thought it would be a great idea to dedicate this week to students who are studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course. The course is tutored by…