Month: February 2019

Weekend Art Challenge Limited Pallet Artwork!

We have received some amazing artwork this week for our weekend challenge. We set students the task of creating a painting only using three colours and the variations. As you can see from the paintings below, the results are amazing….

Magdalena Piwowarczyk

Magdalena Piwowarczyk has emailed us some more of her stunning artwork for inclusion on our blog. We couldn’t wait to add it. Magdalena’s artwork is absolutely brilliant. The first image below could even have been part of last weekends pen…

Nola Sindel

Nola Sindel completed the Botanical Painting course a few years ago. We never tire of blogging her work as inspiration for our Botanical students. This is one of our favourite pantings which Nola completed during her course. It is absolutely…

Affinity Photo

We have been contacted by a student who has been using photo editing software called Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. They wanted us to share some links to the software’s website in case other students were interested in using it….

Weekend Art Challenge – Limited Pallet!

Welcome to our Weekend Challenge – Limited Pallet Paintings. The challenge is to create a painting – any subject and any medium – using either watercolour, acrylic, oil, pastel, coloured pencil, collage, mixed media, digital etc and use only three…

Audrey Q

Audrey Q. – Cartooning Diploma Course. I started the course in November 2018. The distance learning aspect was ideal for me because I divide my year between England and Spain. I have been amazed at just how much I have…

Weekend Art Challenge Decorative Pen and Ink Artwork

Here are the wonderful pieces of artwork from this weekend’s Decorative Pen and Ink art challenge. Aren’t they absolutely wonderful! All of our students have created some stunning artwork and some beautiful decorative patterns in them. Katherine Peverelle, Katherine Black…

Photography Diploma Artwork

Today’s blog post is written by London Art College Photography Diploma tutor Rona Cox. “Two students have received distinctions and produced some wonderful work recently. The waterfall photograph below is by Debbie Halfhide and the portrait photograph is by student…

Pricilla Hocking

My name is Pricilla Hocking and this piece is ‘The tortoise who wanted to fly’. I’ve been looking forward to this one all through the course  – I was keen on attempting the shiny reflections and on trying an involved…

Margaret Orchard

My name is Margaret. I am studying the Botanical Illustration Course in Coloured Pencil. Having spent several years working in Watercolour and with Graphite and Coloured Pencil being my favourite mediums, I decided to have a change and try Botanical…

Weekend Art Challenge – Pen and Ink Decorative Art

Welcome to our Weekend Challenge. This week we will be drawing upon your imagination a little with a pen and ink challenge. If you don’t have inks, you can use a biro! We would love to see some decorative pen…

Magdalena Piwowarczyk

My name is Magdalena and I am studying the Illustration Diploma Course. I enclose illustrations from my assignment 1. I must admit I was rather anxious for my first grading and very much surprised by so many kind words from…

Happy Valentines!

Student Alfred Reid created this cartoon for Valentine’s day and we are thrilled to display it on our blog. Happy Valentines day everyone!

Weekend Art Challenge Bottle Artwork!

Welcome to our wonderful blog post filled with artwork by our students who completed our latest Weekend Challenge. Aren’t they all simply wonderful!! Students are able to copy from our photo or they can use their own still life set…

Rachel Hey

“A great solution to the brief  The Cow who went looking for a friend by student Rachel Hey.”Maggy RobertsRead more about Rachel on her website – Rachel Hey and follow her on Instagram Panda_Crafts

Sophie Bliss Kilpatrick

My name is Sophie and since joining the Pet Portrait Diploma Course, I have learnt a tremendous amount and I can definitely see the progress I am making throughout the course. I never thought I would be able to create…

Weekend Art Challenge – Bottle in Sunlight

This weekends challenge is to draw or paint a glass bottle in sunlight. In any media, paint, collage, pencil, digital etc the choice is yours! You can use this photo below if you are inspired by it, or you can…

James Carson

James Carson is 15 and is studying the SciFi & Fantasy Art Certificate Course with tutor John Byrne. This is James’ 2nd year studying with the London Art College. He received a distinction in his Graphic Design Diploma Course last…

Gwenda Reavley

My name Gwenda Reavley and I am taking the Pet Portrait Diploma Course with tutor Gayle Mason. Here is my pastel pencil picture of French Bulldogs Ralph and Hugo. They are my granddaughter’s much loved pets. Great practice for my…

Dessislava Tchaneva-Cozmolici

We have received this beautiful painting from Dessi below, for inclusion on our College News Blog. Isn’t it wonderful! The reflections of the trees in the still water are beautiful. There is so much to look at and your eye…

Weekend Art Challenge Artwork!

Here are just a couple of the images posted on our Facebook group by students, Pauline Burke, Nicola Young and Magdalena Anna Piwowarczyk‎. If any of our students missed the post this weekend, we challenged our students to draw or paint…

Susan Badham

Intro: I am thoroughly enjoy my Pastel course. I believe it has given me the opportunity to be more experimental In my art work with very helpful comments from Monika. My First pice of artwork. The flowing lines of this…

Weekend Art Challenge – Flower!

Welcome to this weeks – Weekend Art Challenge. We challenge you to turn off your TV and pick up your pencil and sketchbook, or your paintbrush and paper. You can even draw digitally on your ipad or tablet. Your challenge…

Kelly Brice

Kelly is studying with Alan Dedman on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and has emailed us some of her pieces from her final set of work. They are so colourful and beautiful and we are really pleased to be…