Month: August 2019

Weekend Art Challenge – Toys!

This weekends art challenge is all about children’s toys. We would like you to portray either one single toy or a collection – the choice is yours. We have added some ideas below for you. If you don’t have access…

Weekend Art Challenge – Pebbles!

Welcome to this weeks challenge – a very outdoorsy one for the summer – pebbles! We certainly set our students quite a challenge this week as pebbles are not easy to capture in pencil, paint or digital. However our students…

Ailsa Chapman

Ailsa Chapman recently enrolled on our Botanical Coloured Pencils Course. Tutor Ida was thrilled to receive her latest submission. Ailsa said on enrolment… ‘My ambition is to produce work which is of a high enough standard to be accepted by…

Michael Van Der Roost

Michael Van Der Roost created these studies on the portrait course with tutor Alan Dedman. In the superb study below Michael chose to add detail in the face and hands allowing the jumper of the sitter to have far less…

Jean-Christophe Castera

We have a stunning painting today by Landscape Diploma student Jean-Christophe Castera. His painting is full of light along with cool colours in the sky and road. This allows the warm tones of the buildings to ‘pop’ where the sun…

It’s competition time again!!

It’s that time of year again! We have officially opened this years London Art College Art Competition. Students can submit any drawing or painting they have completed – one entry per student. First prize is £200 second prize is £100…

Weekend Art Challenge – Stones and Pebbles!

Welcome to our Weekend Challenge – Stones and Pebbles. We would love our students to create artwork from the photos below. Alternatively if you have access to a beach, river or pebbles in your garden, set up your own still…

Weekend Art Challenge – Copy Your Favourite Artwork

Welcome to our latest weekend challenge. We asked our students to create a copy or their own version of their favourite piece of artwork. We have received a stunning selection of artwork submitted by our wonderful students. If you view…

Oksana Lupych

Oksana Lupych is currently taking the Oil painting course with tutor Alan Dedman and has produced three superb paintings of fruit in different colours and a very unique style. Oksana said…. I am from Ukraine. Oksana is very popular traditional…

Katja Felbel

For this section of my assignment I decided to work on a guinea pig. Maybe I should have done more movement for the comic version of it. For his bird friend I came up with a budgie. I thought they…

Judith Legg

This painting is of Boddam lighthouse in Aberdeenshire. I found painting only as far as your field of vision challenging because it was all too easy to move your eye or head to see beyond the spot you had focused…

Sharron Watson

I can only say that during this course I’ve become somewhat inspired. I’ve taken on subjects that I would never even have attempted before. I tend to be very critical of my work and it’s been a joy to receive…

Weekend Art Challenge – Copy Your Favourite Artwork

This weekends challenge is a little bit different. We would like you to recreate your favourite painting or drawing, either as a copy or in your own style, as homage to your favourite artist. We would like you to show…

Weekend Art Challenge – Seascapes Artwork!

Welcome to another very popular weekend challenge – Seascapes! We have received an amazing number of paintings this week and we hope you enjoy viewing them all. We have added all of the paintings and drawings below with students names…

Lynn Stuart-James

Lynn has completed the Chinese Brush Painting course and passed successfully with a Distinction! We have added some of Lynn’s artwork from her final set below and we hope you enjoy viewing them. Lynn said.. It does not seem possible…

Jutta Kris

Student Jutta Kris has worked really hard on the Drawing and Painting Diploma course and passed with a Distinction! Tutor Paul Weaver was thrilled and delighted with each set Jutta submitted and we have added a lovely selection of her…

Judith Legg

This painting is of the River Ythan and the trees on the bank as it runs through the town of Ellon. I enjoyed painting the trees and using different brushes and strokes to try to differentiate between the different types…

Weekend Art Challenge – Seascapes

Welcome to this weeks seascapes art challenge. We would like you to paint or draw in any medium a seascape. You can work from life if you live near the coast, you can take photos and create your artwork at…

Weekend Art Challenge – Dogs Artwork

Welcome to our weekend challenge all about Dogs. The challenge was set to either draw or paint my own dog Lily, your dog or a dog of your choice. We have been inundated with paintings and drawings so I have…

Sue McAuley

Sue Macauley has passed the Drawing and Painting Diploma with flying colours and has been awarded a well deserved Distinction! Tutor Paul Weaver was thrilled with her work and has expressed his delighted at Sue doing so well on the…

Matteo Sammaruga

Pastel Painting student Matteo Sammaruga has submitted some wonderful abstract work for his pastel course and we have added it below. Tutor Monica said… “Well done Matteo. You have done a great job and your progress is fantastic. Also being…

Nur Baiyina Bahari

Nur Baiyina Bahari has completed her Illustration course with tutor Steven Hersey receiving a distinction. Some of Nur’s final project can be seen below. Steven was delighted with each image and the concept and said…. Superb. Utterly delightful and beautiful…

Weekend Art Challenge – Dogs!

Welcome to this weekends art challenge! We thought that we would encourage all of our students who enjoy painting and drawing dogs, a chance to show us their dog portrait skills. But this challenge isn’t just for our pet portraits…

Weekend Art Challenge – Eggs Artwork!

Our egg-citing weekend challenge this week was all about eggs! Shelia Browns oil painting with a pallet knife is simply egg-cellent! Loving the texture! Lynette Dobsons coloured pencil drawing of eggs on cloth is simply stunning and Avril Walkers egg-squisite…