Month: July 2019

Gerald Mckenna

A very bold and stunning piece today by student Gerald Mckenna who is currently working on the Beginners Drawing course with tutor Monica Cilmi. We love it and hope you do too!

Maria Ei Zar

A beautiful watercolour painting today from Maria Ei Zar – ‘Pears in a Glass Bowl’. Maria has a very light touch when it comes to painting in watercolour. Her many delicate layers of fresh colours used to create each pear…

Alicia Van Wyk

Tutor Steven Hersey was thrilled to receive Alicia’s fifth assignment for her Illustration Course and said that it was ‘outstanding artwork’. He asked if it could be added here for students to view. Alicia was delighted for it to be…

Weekend Art Challenge – Eggs on Cloth

This weekends Art Challenge is very challenging! We would like you to set up a still life of eggs laying on a cloth. We have taken some photographs of eggs on a linen cloth however you can use any kind…

Weekend Art Challenge Artwork – Reflections!

Welcome to the reveal of our students artwork on the theme of reflections. So many varying styles and ideas of this theme. It is amazing how students can come up with completely different and unique ideas to convey the word…

Tutor Paul Weaver

2 AWARDS AT PATCHINGS ART FESTIVAL 2019 I’m delighted to announce that my watercolour ‘Underfall Boat Yard, Bristol’ has received 2 awards at this year’s exhibition and competition in ‘The Artist’ Professional category at the Patchings Art Centre in Nottingham.  I’ve always…

Jo Allsop

Today’s post is by a student who completed her course in 2001. We hope that our students and readers find it inspiring!! ————————– Jo Allsopp is a self-taught artist from Leicestershire who owns Sable Studio Gallery which is nestled in…

Natasha Griffiths

My name is Natasha Griffiths and I am studying Digital Illustration with tutor Monique. I’m normally a traditional pet portrait artist, pen and paper but I’ve always been really interested in digital art. This Dachshund was my first attempt at…

Nemu Abe

Nemu Abe has just reached the finishing line of the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a Distinction! Nemu is very talented and produced some excellent work throughout the course. Take a look at some of her work below. We wish…

Artwork Art Challenge – Reflections!

Welcome to our latest artwork challenge all about reflections. We see reflections everywhere, whether it be tiny reflections in a drop of water on a window from the rain, to our own reflections peering into puddle. Reflections can be from…

Weekend Art Challenge Artwork – Bottle and Glass

Welcome to our latest weekend challenge artwork! This weeks challenge was to paint or draw a bottle or jug and fill it half or three quarters with a liquid along with a glass with liquid in sitting next to it….

Julia Meekin

My name is Julia Meekin and I have just completed the Pastel Painting course with tutor Monika Cilmi. From time to time over the years, I have found time every so often to practice art, mostly in watercolors.   I bought…

Elena Peres

Today we have a lovely selection of artwork from Elena Peres, a student who completed our Pastels Course. Elena was able to experiment with a variety of subjects, colours and genres on the pastel course. You can too! Why not…

Emma Jane Rosenberg

Student Emma Jane Rosenberg completed the Pet Portraits Course and has created some absolutely superb pieces as you can see below. A lot of work has gone into each and every painting. We particularly like the cat pastel below, with…

Julie Noonan

Tutor Vanessa weaver asked if we would share student Julie Noonan’s logo design from one of her assignments. It is an idea for a charity, although it’s not an actual brief, the company does exist and the student decided to…

Satoko Handa & Naomi Dickens

Todays blog post has been written by our lovely Botanical Painting Tutor, Polly O’Leary. Satoko Handa has drawn a Tulip leaf for one of her Botanical Coloured Pencil assignments.  It’s a lovely sensitive drawing and I was delighted to receive…

Weekend Art Challenge – Bottle and Glass

Welcome to this weekends challenge. It’s quite a tricky one. We would like you to draw or paint a bottle and glass with liquid in half or three quarters full. It doesn’t have to be a wine bottle and wine…

Robert Kidner

Two stunning pieces today by student Robert Kidner who has just completed the Drawing with Pens Course. Tutor Monica Cilmi was thrilled with his results and you can see one of his stunning drawings below. Well done Robert!!

Weekend Art Challenge – Peppers

Congratulations to all of our students who completed this weeks art challenge – peppers and chillis! We absolutely love them all and are always thrilled when art challenge artwork fly into our inbox each week. We also really enjoy viewing…

Sharron Watson

Here is a beautiful coloured pencil drawing by student Sharron Watson studying with Monika on the Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. Sharron said – The ‘scrap’ challenge. I’m afraid living on a narrow boat we don’t have much in the way…

Lucinda Gabriel

Lucinda Gabriel has submitted a lovely cartoon for a character to represent Equal Opportunities. This is a difficult topic to design for, as it needs to represent people from all walks of life. Lucinda wrote this to support her idea…….

Ron Torn

Student Ron Torn has been creating some amazing coloured pencil drawings whilst working on our Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. Tutor Monika Cilmi was absolutely delighted to receive them and feels Ron is doing excellently in his assignments. We hope that…

Leonie Schottler

A wonderful set of work and testimonial from completed student Leonie Schottler who has just passed the Drawing and Painting course with flying colours. Congratulations on your distinction! Hi Paul, Thank you for your encouraging last critique, the good wishes…

Weekend Art Challenge – Peppers and Chillies!

Welcome to our latest weekend challenge. This one is an easy one! We would like you to draw or paint some peppers or some chillies – or both! Any colour, any shape, any size. Whole, or cut open the choice…

Weekend Art Challenge – Corner of a Room Artwork

Each week we set students an art challenge to keep them busy over the weekends and this week we set students the challenge of painting or drawing the corner of their room. We have received two wonderful submissions. Luca’s beautiful,…

Robert Kidner

Student Robert Kidner has produced some stunning pen and ink work whilst working on the Drawing with Pens course with tutor Monika Cilmi. If students are interested in joining our course, take a look at our course page on our…

Monika Cilmi

Tutor Monica Cilmi has been involved in a wonderful project and we are thrilled to be able to share it here for our students to read. The project is called Elmer’s Big Suffolk Parade organised by Wild in Art in…

Phoebe Sayer

We have a lovely gallery of artwork by young student Phoebe Sayer. We love all of her pieces and it is especially lovely to see the progression and stages in her drawing of her dragon and monster. We hope you…