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 you tell that I read a lot of fantasy?)

Creating colourful characters having fun is my way of combating the very grey and wet Vancouver winter. The mice are actually characters stolen from a book I have written and hope to illustrate some day!

I used pencil, ink, watercolours, and Photoshop in making this piece. (My daughter, who is a graphic designer, very kindly pointed out my many Photoshop mistakes!)

More of my art can be seen on my website: ethnedian.com and on instagram @ethnedian

Happy holidays to all!

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 students have hung up their stockings ready for Santa to visit. Let’s hope that they are filled with lots of lovely art materials to play with!! 

Happy Christmas Eve Everyone!

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! 

A beautiful illustration today by student Leila Nabih…