Year: 2018
My name is Roxana Calman and I completed the illustration course with Spencer Hill. I found Storyberries while searching the internet, looking for children illustrations and bedtime stories. After I looked over their website I saw that you can actually…
The following has been written by tutor Vanessa Weaver… I have just assessed the first set of work from Charlie Leith on the Graphic Design Art Course and wanted to share it with you. Charlie has submitted some wonderful pieces…
I am Katie Hodson and I have just submitted by final project, completing the online Illustration Art Course at the London Art College. I have always loved art and design, choosing to complete an Art Foundation after my A-Levels and…
My nem is Grace Battiss and I am on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma With Maggy Roberts. . The project gave me a chance to enjoy thinking about what in my life, that I actually know and experience, is always…
I would like to tell you the story behind my collage and a short story about me. Let’s start with the story of wet-in-wet collage. When I was little, I used to climb the highest hill of the village I…
I am Anna from Sydney. I grew up on a hobby farm with lots of animals to keep me company. I would spend hours sitting on the side of the dam crushing up rocks to make colours. I have always…
Continuing our dedicated week of Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course artwork, we have some wonderful pieces by student Estelle van Eeden. Estelle has created three beautiful illustrations – two collage pieces and her double page spread for Row, Row, Row your Boat…
We are starting a dedicated week of Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course artwork as we are receiving some amazing pieces and we feel the need to share some of these on our blog for our readers to enjoy. Starting off the week…
There are no real words to describe how stunningly beautiful this illustration is by student Nola Sindel. So much work has gone into this illustration and her use to watercolour is exquisite. Nola created this whilst working on our Botanical…
We have a blog post today aimed at our Illustrators. Student Linda Tordoff created both of these illustrations for tutor Maggy Roberts whilst studying on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We have added three close up images of the…
Today’s blog post is a bit of a ‘wow’ post! I know our readers and going to view student Belinda Cullen’s watercolours and exclaim – ‘wow’ whilst viewing them! We did! Her studies are simply exquisite and Belinda has a…
A wonderful illustration today by Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course student Elaine Macintyre. We love the concept here, the poor dragon seems to ahve had a mishap with the bears cottage! We do hope they can put out the fire…
A stunning image today painted by student Margaret Kane who is on the Drawing and Painting Diploma course. The painting has been completed in oils on canvas and has been drawn and painted beautifully. The light is stunning. The glass…
Student Janet Hoyland submitted these beautiful pieces for one of her Life Drawing and Painting study units. We particularly like the first colour study below. It captures the model really well and there is a lot of movement and flow…
If any of our readers are interested in studying landscapes, seascapes and skies, our Landscape Painting Diploma Course could be perfect for you. Student Ann Ray has shown below some of her sketchbook work which is really interesting for our…
We hope you enjoy viewing student Julia Feliz Digital Illustration work today! Fabulously bright and colourful!
A very special blog post today showing the artwork of student Michael Ilsley. Michael is studying our Coloured Pencil Drawing Course and has created two absolutely stunning drawings. The first is a view from his window and the second is…
Sophie Delesque has been working on our Botanical Coloured Pencil course and for one of her sets of work she was asked to create three drawings of the same specimen – Anthurium. One study is pure coloured pencil, one is…
We have some fabulous drawings to show you today, by student Edith Steinberg who is studying on our Beginners Drawing Course. Students are asked to predominantly work from life, setting up a variety of still life scenes to draw from….
This post is aimed at our illustrators and I believe they will be hugely inspired by Donata Zawadzka artwork. We simply love her style of painting, the attention to detail, all aimed at captivating a young child’s attention in a…
Christine Towndrow has been studying figs and their design in different mediums for an assignments on the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. Its really interesting to see the same subject handled in different ways in one study. We hope you…
Do you struggle with your colour mixing? having difficulty choosing colours for your artwork? Perhaps you want to learn more about colours and different colour pallets and the history of colours. If these apply to you, our Colour Awareness short…
One of our more unusual courses is our Chinese Brush Painting Course. Student Jade Parkin has been working happily through the course and created some incredible studies which we have added below. Chinese course artwork is mainly painted using different strengths of…
Alison Hadavizadeh created these two botanical studies while working on our Botanical Painting course. Aren’t they beautiful!
Do we have any readers that are looking to learn more about painting, however are a little hesitant in trying out new mediums? If so, our Beginners Painting short course might be perfect for you. Student Linda Charge has created…
A very exciting blog post today of artwork by student Gisela Robinson. Gisela took a photo of her illustration on her drawing board surrounded by her paints and pencils for us to see. You can also view her studies and…
Welcome to todays blog post with artwork by student Deborah Gale. She is studying with Alan Dedman on the Portrait Painting Course, which allows students to study facial features in a variety of mediums. Sometimes it is daunting to produce a full…
Lynne Stuart-James is working on the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course and we have added two of Lynne’s studies today. They are both of the same rose, one is in graphite pencil and the other is rendered using coloured pencil. Tutors…
A simply stunning Pet Portrait painting today by student Donna Thompson. Isn’t it exquisite! We aren’t going to write too much on todays post…we are just going to allow you to stop for a moment and admire it!
Our Pastel Painting course not only allows students to experiment with the medium, but also with different papers too. Paper type is very important when working in pastel. There are a number of different pastel papers on the market and…
Student Karen Murphy studied on our Oil Painting Course and these are two wonderful paintings from her course assignments. Karen has a beautiful and textured style of painting which helps create movement in her work. The background to her still…
A superb painting today by Children’s Illustration student Christine Duckett. Christine has created lots of moment within the scene here with the Fiery Fred character. The bright rich orange colours of the land stand out so well from the deep…
Landscape Diploma student Jackie Davies has painted two studies in acrylic for one of her assignments. The scene is the same, however Jackie set herself the task to capture it at two different times of the day. This enabled Jackie…
A watercolour painting today by student Aurelia Sieberhagen. Isn’t it beautiful! Aurelia is studying on our Drawing and Painting Diploma and has been experiments with watercolour. Her layering techniques on the roses and we in wet washes in the background are…
Amelia Whiffin completed our Coloured Pencil Course and we have a number of Amelia’s drawings to post on our blog in the coming weeks. Her work in simply stunning, and this drawing of a cat under a blanket is no…
Student Diana Leighton created this collage wet in wet piece for one of the study units on the Illustrating Children’s Diploma Course. We love the ducks with coloured jumpers and especially the little frog at the front. We can see…
Do we have any beginners amongst our readers? Anyone here who perhaps would like to take the plunge into a course but are a little worried about getting started? If so we have the perfect course for you! It is…
This weeks Spooky Saturday Illustration is by student Sakuntala Upadhaya Minnie.
Jem Bowden has sent us these two wonderful watercolours by student Anita Bakos who is studying on the Watercolour Diploma Course. Jem Said…. Great fluid watercolour work from Anita Bakos on the Watercolour Diploma course. Combining careful observation of form with…
I have just completed the Pet Portraits Course with Gayle Mason and I was thrilled to find out I received a distinction. I enjoyed the course more than I thought possible and can’t thank tutor Gayle Mason enough for her…
Tutor Stewart Roberts :- I don’t usually submit my student’s work for blog posts but this one seemed to exemplify the idea of examining an artwork firstly without any prior knowledge and then subsequently researching it. The student was Anne Price…
Anne Grimer is a beginner in drawing and painting portraits and she has started using graphite pencil to practice drawing portraits of people. She is working with tutor Alan Dedman on the Portrait Painting Course and is coming along really…
I have just received my Diploma for the Watercolour Course and am thrilled to have gained the added bonus of Distinction. I cannot thank my tutor, Jem Bowden enough for his patient and encouraging critiques. I started the course as a…
Perhaps some of our readers of our blog may not know that we not only teach adults, we also teach children and young artists too! We have two wonderful Drawing for Children courses for ages 7 and above and Alethea…
Beatrice Anderson studied our Pet Portraits Diploma course and these pieces were from her first study set. The course starts with a drawing refresher as it is important to be accurate when drawing and painting animals. Beatrice drew an earthenware…
The drawings below are by student Alison Hughes who studied our Coloured Pencil Course. The first two drawings below are from the still life assignment. Students are asked first to draw a still life in graphite pencil to help them…
Raul Saria has painted two wonderful watercolour paintings which we have added below. The first painting is absolutely stunning. The wet in wet washes are very accomplished and the way Raul has painted the wet road is superb. The second…
Valerie Anstey is currently studying on the Portrait Painting Course and we are thrilled to be able to add her work here on our blog. We have added two of her paintings from her assignments below and we feel they…
Undertaking the Pet Portrait Diploma course, my daughters lovely German Wired Haired Pointer was tragically knocked down by a car. I thought it would be nice if I could do a picture to remember him by. I shed tears when…
I really enjoyed the Science Fiction and Fantasy course and I would recommend it to anyone who is thinking of illustrating Science Fiction & Fantasy art either for a profession or as a hobby. John Byrne is a really great…
We have lots of wonderful paintings and studies to show our students and readers today. They have all be created by Landscape Painting Diploma student Larisa Andreassen. Each painting and study holds their won special qualities however my personal favourite…
This has to be one of my favourite illustrations in recent weeks to land in my email inbox from tutor Maggy Roberts! It’s by student Elena Statham who is studying with Maggy on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. I have…
Do we have any budding graphic designers and digital illustrators here? If we do, Debbies’ artwork should be of interest to you! Debbie Moylan created these pieces for an assignment on the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course and worked on…
Adele Gregory visited the beach and coastline for one of her assignments on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course as you can see below. We have added two of Adele’s artwork and we absolutely love the shell study. Isn’t it…
Two bright and happy digital illustrations today by London Art College student Denise Wood who is studying on our Digital Illustration Course. The illustrations show two very different techniques, one outline and flat colours to create the form of the…
Jue James has created three versions of this particular layout of daffodil studies for one of her assignments on the Botanical Painting course. The first is a simple pen and ink with stipple for shading detail. The second is the…
Angela Service has created a lovely pen and ink drawing from life of a collection of items from her kitchen for one of the assignments on the Learn To Draw Course. This course is excellent for beginners or for…
We absolutely love Dean’s illustration below. How wonderfully happy, colourful and bright – perfect for a children’s story book. Dean Jones created this for his assignment on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma and we hope our illustrating students find it…
We have some superb cartoons for todays blog post by Cartooning Diploma student Chris Jaffe. We probably should have posted the first illustration last Christmas! It is a very well thought out design and your eye first goes to the sprouts…
This weeks Spooky Saturday Illustration is by student Paula Prestwood.
Lots of artwork today from student Craig Waterworth. Craig created these pieces while studying on our Science Fiction and Fantasy Course with tutor John Byrne. The artwork is extremely creative and we are thrilled to be able to include it…
The pantings today are by student Alan Caswell who created these two beautiful pieces of artwork for an assignment on the Landscape Diploma Course. Alan has titled each painting ‘End of a Good day’ and ‘Garden’. We particularly like the…
Three beautiful and bright pastel drawings today by student Ann Edwards who has been working towards her certificate on the Pastel Painting Course. We love the bold colours and mark making that Ann has achieved here in her studies from life….
Two stunning pieces of artwork today from Pet Portraits Diploma Course student Alison Croft. The cat portrait below has been created using coloured pencils and it beautiful. Alison has captured the detail of the fur beautifully. Shading white fur is…