Year: 2018
We hope that you have enjoyed you festivities so far this year. It is now the last day to celebrate and we hope that you all have fun and enjoy yourselves. Happy New years Eve! Artwork by Julie Ann Maguire.
It was a Christmas wreath that started our Christmas countdown of 2018 and another beautiful watercolour wreath to bring it to a close. Painted by student Elena Statham.
Happy Holidays to everyone! We hope that you are all having fun wherever you are! Wonderful painting today by student Debra Gibson.
Did you kiss your loved one under the mistletoe this year? If not its not too late! Beautiful mistletoe artwork today by student Cherry Ferris.
We hope that you managed to catch a glimpse of Santa this year. If not, here is a wonderful portrait of him drawn and painted by Inari Johnson…
We trust that all of our students and readers of our newsletter had a wonderful Christmas day! We hope Boxing day will be relaxing for you. A great image today by student Chris Jaffe…
Hello everyone! My name is Ethne Dian and I am a London Art College Student studying the Illustrating Diploma Course. For me, this time of year is about celebrating the Winter Solstice — the triumph of light over dark. (Can…
Audrey Quinton created this illustration for us to use on our Christmas countdown and we absolutely love it! We have added a close up version too. The background watercolour with salt texture is wonderful! We hope that all of our…
Here is a wonderful watercolour painting from our competition winner this year Mike Masson. Isn’t it absolutely fantastic! We love it and hope you all do too!
Today we have two pieces of artwork, the top image is by student Elena Statham. The second digital piece is by Gayathri who has sent this wonderful message to us and all our students and readers below….. Hi All,My Season’s…
Stunning artwork today for our Christmas Countdown from London Art College student Magdalena Piwowarczyk
Here is another beautiful illustration from Audrey Quinton who has just started on our Cartooning Diploma course.
Now you know my secret! Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas! I am really enjoying the Cartoon Diploma Course. It has been of great benefit for me these past few months since I took the course in September. Thank you all…
My name is Gwen Reavley and here is my submission for this years Christmas countdown. It’s watercolour on Hot Pressed paper. Really enjoyed creating the detail of the Robin. Gwen Reavley
I’m Katie Lee , student of Illustrating Children’s Book course. I found that it would be great to share with you my festive artwork devoted to Christmas countdown. I’m beginner illustrator and making only the first steps, and I think College assisted me a lot…
Dear All, Merry Christmas to you all !!I am enclosing my recent Painting for Christmas !! Enjoy !!It is Acrylic painting of Landscape size 20″ X 20″. Subrata Bandyopadhyay
Today’s Christmas Countdown artwork is by student Audrey Quinton. Isn’t it wonderful!!
Todays Christmas Countdown image is by London Art College student Gisela Robinson…
I am Maria Ei Zar from D8 Watercolour Diploma course. Here is my own watercolour drawing for the Showcase of Christmas countdown.
‘Magic surrounds you when robins fly near … they bring Fairie blessings and Red-breasted cheer’ Cherry Ferris
A very bright, colourful and happy snowman for today’s Christmas countdown by student Elena Statham.
Day 5 of our Christmas countdown and student Leila Nabih has created a beautiful illustration for us today!
Day 4 of our festive countdown in December! Today a wonderful illustration by Alankrita Jain.
Day three of our Christmas countdown and today showcases a beautiful painting by Alison Hughes…
Our yearly tradition is to feature students festive paintings and drawings every day of December. We hope that it gets everyone in the festive spirit! Todays painting is beautiful, it is painted by student Elena Statham.
Tutor John Byrne very kindly sent us an email from one of his completed students called Nitin Bhojraj along with some wonderful photos Nitin has taken. Nitin was delighted for us to add the photos and his email here for students…
Blog post by Vanessa Weaver on the Graphic Design Course…. My student Caroline Richards is currently working on my Graphic Design Course and these are her responses to the study unit that mark the culmination of the drawing, composition and mark…
My name is Maria Lusser. I recently have finished the Digital Illustration course. One of the works which I have submitted for the final assignment is a comic drawn as vector graphic. John a little bull is explaining his little…
Our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course is one of our most popular courses. It not only introduces you to lots of lovely mediums, it also enables you to draw and paint a whole variety of subjects. Student Anne Callanan is…
Todays illustration is by London Art College student Gina Maldonado. Isn’t it a wonderful! Gina’s use of colour and design makes for a very appealing illustration.
Today’s Spooky Illustration is by London Art College student Emily Miller…! We love the happy bats flying around the moon. Superb!
Zaniska Lachhani has created a wonderful illustration for her ‘Sebastian’s Sink City’ assignments in the Illustrating Children’s Books course. We have added a full version for you to see below, along with some close up versions too. Zaniska has created a…
Shelby Bledsoe has created a range of wonderful paintings for the Life drawing and painting course. Shelby has used an online photo resource to paint and draw the life models, which is often much easier than heading out to a…
A lovely line drawing in pen and ink today by London Art College student Sarah Giddy. Sarah, who is studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course completed this as one of her assignments. Tutor Maggy Roberts put this forward for…
If anyone reading our blog or newsletter is at the very beginning of their artistic journey, our drawing course could be the perfect first step for you. What ever your age it’s never too late to take up a course….
Christine Pitt completed our Pet Portraits Course a few years ago and we wanted to show some of her exquisite pieces on our blog to help inspire our students. As you can see our Pet Portraits course isn’t just for…
London Art College student Pernilla Nehler completed our Portrait Painting and Drawing course with flying colours. We are thrilled to be able to add some of her work here on our blog to both wow and inspire our students. One…
Student Elena Peres has been experimenting with drawing garlic using pastels for one of her assignments on our Pastel Course. The first study is in full colour, the other is a tonal study in greyscale using only black and white…
Three beautiful oil paintings today by student Mahua Pal who is studying on our Oil painting Course. The oils course is fairly open in that you can paint any subject within the guidelines of each assignment. So if you want…
Shelby Bledsoe has drawn some wonderful studies in preparation for her colour work on our Life Drawing and Painting Course. We love the way that Shelby has shaded the background around her subjects and studies, allowing us to place the…
When you think about painting a landscape you tend to think about rolling hills and trees and looking as far as they eye can see. Representing the landscape with all of it’s beauty is important. However how many of you…
Today’s Spooky Saturday illustration is by student Diana Farmilo. Watch out if you are scared of spiders…this one might make you squeal!!
Have we got any Chinese Brush Painters among us? Perhaps you have always wanted to have a go and would like some guidance in doing so? London Art College student Senur Bicer has been doing just that working on our…
Some of our readers might not be aware that we offer two lovely courses for the young artists amongst us from ages 7 to 14. Talitha Young has completed our Drawing for Children’s courses 1 and 2 recently and here…
Our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course is one of our most popular courses. It is a perfect course for the beginner to be introduced to the world of drawing and painting and its even great for intermediate artists to brush…
Student Chew Mei Hui completed these two superb designs whilst studying our Graphic Design Art Course with tutor Vanessa Weaver. Our graphic design course is suitable for all levels of experience and can really help students to improve their creative skills…
Welcome to our blog post announcing the new tutor of our Illustration Diploma Course! Steven Hersey taught art for many years in a secondary school. Since his retirement from teaching Steven has been delivering workshops and demonstrations at the Lady Lever…
Today’s Spooky Saturday artwork is by Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma student Charley Muhren.
Here is a wonderful photo of some of the tutors and staff who attended our yearly meeting in Bristol in October 2018. A very exiting meeting with lots discussed. Some of our tutors were unable to make it, however here…
We are following on from our post all about the winner of the London Art College Competition 2018. Now we would like to present the runner up – Rob Leuchtenberger! Rob is taking our Life Drawing and Painting Course and has very kindly…
We would like to announce the winner of the London Art College 2018 Competition – Michael Masson. The winning painting was chosen at our yearly meeting where all of the tutors voted for a winner and runner up. Mike’s painting…
Happy Halloween Everyone! Today we have a fantastic blog post by a very clever student of ours called Heidi Seal. Here is her incredible Halloween Pumpkin decoration. Read all about it below. Don’t forget to follow Heidi on Instagram to see…
John Byrne, tutor of the Cartooning Diploma course, asked if we would be able to post Afreen Rubbani’s artwork from his final assignment. Afreen had passed his course with flying colours. Her three final pieces are scratchboard portraits of Donald Trump,…
Maggy Roberts, tutor for the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course, put forward some of student Sarah Giddy’s artwork for the blog. We absolutely love her Sink City illustration and have shown the full painting and some close up details for…
Emily Miller’s illustration is today’s Spooky Saturday! We hope that you love it as much as we do. So much detail and lovely ideas!
A wonderful piece of artwork on this bright and cheery Friday morning. The collage has been created by London Art College student Margaret Desouza as one of her assignments for her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Students are asked to…
Sara Wendy Olivia studied our Beginners Drawing Course recently and created this wonderful still life study in charcoal. Students who are practicing drawing and finding it difficult to create tone within their artwork, charcoal is a great way of gaining…
Hi Everyone, My name is Paul Weaver and I am a tutor on the drawing and Painting Diploma course. I am having an exhibition with my painting friend Max Hale next month in Wiltshire, UK. I hope that its a…
Alison Croft completed the Pet Portraits Diploma Course a few years ago and passed with flying colours. She received a distinction for her final set of work and high marks throughout her course. We have added Alison’s work here on…
London Art College student Sophie Delesque enrolled on our Botanical Coloured Pencil Course a few years ago. A few of her beautiful botanical studies are below. Sophies work can be found on her twitter account Sophie Delesque Twitter and you can…
We have shown Belinda Cullen’s artwork on our blog previously. Belinda completed our Watercolour Diploma a while ago, however we have lots of her artwork on file and we never tire of looking at it – or posting it here!…
Here are three illustrations by botanical student Sabine Krappmann. Sabine completed three different studies of the sunflower using different techniques. The first study is a sepia pen and ink drawing, allowing Sabine to describe the areas using fine pen lines and texture….
Josephine MacLeod is currently working through our Life Drawing and Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. She has completed three excellent paintings for her coursework and we wanted to show them here for our students to see. We love the…
Student John Irvine has created some amazing drawings on the Coloured Pencil Course recently. We particularly like the first drawing below, the cup and spoon drawing. The pattern on the cup is absolutely wonderful. The intensity of the colour in the…
Student Elena Peres created some wonderful studies for one of her assignments on the Pastel Painting Course. We absolutely love the way that Elena has experimented using the same still life set up using different papers and different techniques. Both…
My name is Ana Lucía and I would like to share with you these two works of my final sixth assignment on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course with the London Art College. They are Persea Americana and Beta Vulgaris. Ana…
Today’s Spooky Saturday artwork is by student Carlos Rodriguez Leyva. We love this one, such fluid lines! Congratulations Carlos!