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We have two beautiful drawings and paintings today by student Katherine Peverelle. The first Christmas piece below was with Africa in mind. Katherine created it using coloured pencil with touches of silver pen. The second watercolour is of a dog with a Christmas hat. Absolutely adore the warm, rich colour scheme – simply beautiful. Well done Katherine!
Todays Advent is by student Rebekka Volgmann… “Christmas …. time for love, charity, peace, family and friends. I have chosen the ananas to show how easy a simple thing can be interpreted in two different ways. Or every story has two sides. We should never forget in our daily live that everybody might have a Continue Reading
We are very impressed by this wonderful piece created by student Magdalena Piwowarczyk who is staring on our Advent Calendar today. Very wintery and festive, loving the different tones in the sky!
A stunning pastel painting for today’s Advent Calendar by student Heidi Elizabeth. We hope you like it. Stay tuned for another festive piece tomorrow..!
What an amazing drawing for our advent calendar today! The pastel drawing “Christmas Flower” was created by student Mila Zinzen and we are thrilled to showcase it on our blog. Mila said “I was carried away while drawing the shadows on the plate and they turned out to be kind of mystic 🙂 Christmas Magic Continue Reading
Welcome to our weekend advent! Today’s artwork is by artist and cartoonist Audrey Quinton. We absolutely love the techniques Audrey has used in her watercolour painting, very wintery and festive!
We absolutely love Dionne Turnbull’s digital artwork of the character called Bah Humslug! Diane has used him for one of her first assignments for the digital illustration course. Dionne said “Definitely not a self-portrait, I love Christmas!!” So do we Dionne, but we adore your Bah Humslug!
Pete Woolgar starts the day today with a fabulous gingerbread character for our December 5th window. We hope you like him, we think he is superb! If you would like to take part in our 2019 Advent Calendar, drop us a line with your festive artwork today!
Welcome to our 4th of December Advent Calendar! Today’s beautiful artwork is by Eileen Maspero. Isn’t the little Penguin gorgeous! We hope that you stay tuned for tomorrow’s Christmas advent window!
Welcome to day three of our Advent Calendar and today’s artwork has been created by student Ethne Dian. Isn’t it fantastic! So many elements, well done Ethne! come back tomorrow to open the next window…!
Welcome to our Second day of our Festive Advent Calendar! Todays wonderful illustration is by London Art College student Magdalena Piwowarczyk. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s instalment!!
Welcome to the first day of our London Art College Advent Calendar. Elena Statham is starting us off with her beautiful wreath that she created in her Procreate software on her iPad. Wonderful and very clever too! Thank you Elena! I hope everyone is having a lovely start to their December.
We would like our students to take part in our Big Christmas challenge Advent Calendar. It is very simple. Find something along a Christmas theme to paint or draw for us to post on the blog this month. Send as many submissions as you like during the month of December and we will post a Continue Reading
We are speechless! WOW! What an incredible amount of entries for this weeks Art Challenge. It was based on the brief of Exotic birds and we found the students a few copyright free photos to get started. Alternatively they could find their own or use their inspiration to make their own creations. There are so Continue Reading
The coloured pencil course allows students to learn how to create deep tones in their first assignments by comparing and contrasting still life studies in both mediums. Alison Davies completed the mug and spoon exercise beautifully and has understood how to layer coloured pencil to create the tones required on the mug and coaster. The Continue Reading
My name is Yulia and I am from Russia. In the past, I have practiced drawing sculpture heads, like Apollo and Venus. I don’t have any clear artistic goals for now but I do hope to keep pushing my boundaries and see where it brings me as an art-lover. I have always dreamt to be Continue Reading
Science fiction and Fantasy student Sarah Baker has created an incredible painting called ‘Portal’. We love the textures and colours Sarah has created, the concept is superb. Tutor John Byrne teaches the Science fiction and Fantasy Course and you can read about John and the course on our website.
What an art challenge we have for you this week! Its all about colour! Lots of bright intense and vivid tones and hues to portray some exotic birds. You can use any of the photos below which are copyright free, or alternatively find you own photos. Perhaps you have access to a wildlife park or Continue Reading
Welcome to the results of our Art Challenge which we sent our students last Friday. It was to create a drawing or painting in any medium, on the subject of Nuts. We have received some beautiful and very creative pieces of artwork. We love them all especially Vera’s collage! Some of the pieces of students Continue Reading
Portraiture painting student Michael Van Der Roost has been putting his all into his art course and we have three stunning studies here for our students to view. The first two are in pencil and charcoal and the final painting is in watercolour. Michael’s fresh tones of his watercolour are simply superb and his observation Continue Reading