Year: 2020

So to our final festive artwork of the year! Student Pauline Burke has created this wonderful wintery pastel painting of a hedgehog and his pal and we love it. We hope it makes you all smile too. It is a…

London Art College student Rose-Marie Biehlig is currently taking the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course. Her wintery watercolour below is absolutely stunning, her crisp fresh colours are delightful. We love featuring Rose-Maries artwork her eon our blog and we are…

We absolutely love this painting by student Wendy Simmons. It’s stunning. The feel of coldness of the winters day, yet it conveys the crisp warmth in the sunshine and winter light. We also love the limited pallet that Wendy has…

These gorgeous winter bunnies were photographed by student Dora Birgis. Dora is currently taking the Pet Portrait Diploma Course and said… …Oil and photography are probably my strongest subjects and watercolour and mixed media come second…” We hope that Dora…

Todays festive painting is by student Sanduni Beddage. Sanduni said ….” Even we can’t see Santas happy smiling face this Christmas.. he still shows his happiness through his eyes”. We love it and hope you all do too!

A superb drawing in charcoal today of a Poinsettia. Even in black and white it feels vibrant and alive. Gelise said… How about a poinsettia in charcoal! Sort of sums up the end of year with a little lack of…

I have been part of this group for a while since I am (more or less) busy doing the Illustration course, which I love. It has been such a pleasure seeing all your terrific work! So, towards the end of…

We hope that you all have a wonderful festive season, from all of us here at the London Art College. It has been a difficult year for everyone and we hope that 2021 will be a new fresh start for…

Its Christmas eve on our festive countdown and we hope that you all enjoy this beautiful painting by student Vera Jaouadi… Nativity. Christmas is coming. To me it means above all a feast of love and family celebration. And children…

Student Susan Cardozo has created a beautiful painting to use as her family Christmas cards. We are delighted to show it here on our festive countdown on the 23rd of December! A little seasonal 2020, line and wash painting using…

Today’s festive countdown artwork is by student Susue Teramura and is a beautiful watercolour of Mary and baby. Susie has also written a poem to go along side her artwork….. Christmas means hope; Hope that we are seen, Hope that we are…

Our festive countdown continues today with artwork by Cartooning Diploma student Alfred Reid. Alfred created this superb cartoon and we are thrilled to display it, along with his text below on our blog today. HAPPY Christmas blessings to all at…

Priscilla Hocking’s fantastic watercolour is the star of day 20 of our festive countdown! Priscilla said… For me Christmas, is a mixed bag of fun and family plus trying not to get overwhelmed in all the preparations. This was inspired…

Student Shreya Rachapudi has created a beautiful scene for our Festive countdown today. The artwork was created digitally and Shreya said… Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year in advance!!

Student Julie Smalley has created a pantomime collage scene for our festive countdown. We love the drama in the piece, and hope that next year we can head to theatres to watch pantomimes again! Audience, curtains, stage lights & fairy…

Student Elrita Roos explains what Christmas means to her and her family. She has used coloured pencil to create this delightful drawing for our Festive Countdown today….. We like the traditional Christmas, with the Christmas tree, lights, ornaments and presents…

Student Audrey Quinton has created a few illustrations which work beautifully for our Festive countdown. Read what Audrey has to say about her busy Santa below… What Christmas means to me? The excitement of seeing my Advent Calendar as a…

Student Latha has created a beautiful painting for our festive countdown today. She also explains below about what Christmas means to her and her family,… For my family Christmas means sharing. We always enjoy the rich plum cake shared by…

For the festive countdown I have painted Santa Claus… Ho Ho Ho !… Santa is here everyone… I get very excited when I see Santa, this reminds me my childhood days waiting for Santa in the Christmas Eve. He comes…

My name is Charlotte Draper and I’m currently studying the Children’s book illustration course. We live in Cumbria just near the Lake District which tends to play a major part in my artwork as it’s hugely inspirational and somewhere of…

Today’s blog post is by student Katja Felbel who has created a linoleum print. We hope that you enjoy viewing it and reading about the artwork below….. Christmas means to me to calm down, enjoy the silence and having thepeople…

What Christmas means to me. Friends and family past and present I think of as I decorate the Christmas tree with my children every year . I remember when I was about 7, that’s about 30 odd years ago my…

Todays beautiful watercolour painting is by London Art College student Louise Bushell. Louise explains her painting below… I sing in a lovely small church choir, we used to be able to sing like this, but not this year! Christmas carols…

Todays festive countdown painting comes from student Elena Statham. We love the bright happy colours and the lovely design of the tree and decorations. A wonderful display for our blog today! Happy Holiday’s Everyone Elena

Student Jane Terris has created a wonderful watercolour painting below for our festive countdown today. Jane explains her painting below…. Dougie Dan’s Grill is set in the most scenic of locations at Ganavan Sands Oban Argyll. I was reflecting on…

It’s frosty here in the UK this morning on Monday 7th of December and our festive countdown today is by student Julie Smalley. We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing Julies artwork over the last year in our weekend art challenges, they…

The sixth day of our festive countdown belongs to student Pauline Burke who has created this amazing piece of artwork of her own mince pies. They look absolutely delicious and her painting looks good enough to eat!! A Christmas drawing…

The fifth day of our festive countdown and student Sarah Hogan has created a beautiful illustration which you can read about below… What Christmas means to me? For me as a Mum of boys, Christmas is all about innocence, pure…

Welcome to the 4th day of our festive countdown and today is the turn of student Shailaja Rathinavel who has painted this beautiful painting of dogs in a festive scene. Shailaja said….. Pets get very excited and become joyful seeing…

Our challenge to students this month is to create artwork for our festive countdown on the theme of  ‘What Christmas and or New Year means to you and your family’. Today its Inga’s turn, her illustration with text is beautiful…

Welcome to our second day of our Festive Countdown and today’s artwork is by student Vicki Watkins who is on the Illustrating Children’s Book course. Vicki says… This is my idea of Christmas from when I was young. I can…

Welcome to the first day of our London Art College Festive Countdown. Student Beckie Andrews is starting us off with her beautiful watercolour of two adorable penguins. Beckie said…. ‘The best thing about Christmas, is getting snuggled up with Christmas…

Welcome to the last weekend challenge of the year! We are getting ready for our Christmas countdown once again and we would love for you to get involved. We are looking for 32 pieces of fantastic artwork to be featured…

Welcome to the results of this weekends art challenge, on the theme of umbrellas! And what a colourful challenge it was! The paintings below are beautiful and some quite ingenious. We love Sarah’s drawing with a Dandelion as an umbrella….

Martina Zielinska Bentayou has been working on the Illustrating Children’s Course follow on course and has created some stunning illustrations below. Read about how Martina got on with her assignment text below….

Almost two years ago I started with my diploma course Botanical Painting. Flowers and plants have been always part of my interest and I even did draw them a lot. So, discovering the online course was for me a gift…

Visionary and Surreal Landscape – this topic was set towards the end of the Landscape Painting Diploma Course. It was an interesting challenge because I had never attempted this type of painting before. My tutor Alan recommended looking at the…

We have a cheery weekend art challenge for everyone this weekend! We would like for you all to come up with some designs which encompass colourful umbrellas. They can be any size, shape and colour and for any theme. They…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge results. This weeks challenge was to try to paint a subject using only green and white. At first glance this challenge possibly sounded easy, however when you start to design or create artwork…

Elizabeth Taylor is studying with tutor Alan Dedman and this is what Elizabeth sent Alan when she enrolled. You can see a few of Elizabeth’s amazing paintings below. I would love to be able to develop my own painting style…

My name is Stuart Brandt and I am currently taking the illustration course with Maggy Roberts and the follow on course too. I really enjoyed this exercise below! I found my perception not the best, but feel the room gives…

Davina is enjoying discovering how versatile drawing with different types of pens can be. Especially in creating the textures and effects of plants and landscapes. She is currently working with Monica Cilmi on the Drawing with Pens course. Visit our…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. At initial glance this challenge might seem easy – paint anything as long as its only using the colours green and white. However the more you start to think about what is it…

Welcome to our sparkling weekend art challenge results. We have received some spectacular pieces of artwork this week from our theme of Fireworks. Our featured image this week is by Latha Bhaduri Prabakar who said …”For my family, fireworks reminds…

When time and work permitted until retirement, I have been a life long keen amateur painter who hates drawing.  I am mostly self taught from DVDs and books a few workshops and I also did the Pet Portrait Diploma a…

When I first decided to sign up for the London Art College, I struggled to decide which course to take. I eventually decided on the Still Life Certificate as I was leaning towards a realistic approach and it looked to…

My experience so far of the Digital Illustration Diploma Course: If you are reading this post because you are considering taking the Digital Illustration Diploma course, then let me first say that I can thoroughly recommend it. The course content…

I took the London Art College’s Cartooning course with John Byrne. He asked me to keep him updated with any developments in my cartooning after I finished the course. I have just created a website for my work where I put…

Young student Alex Anderson has already completed the Drawing for Children 1 Course and these drawings are form his second course Drawing for Children 2. We absolutely love them and they have all been created beautifully. The toy digger that…

It’s officially fireworks night on the 5th of November here in the UK and many of us would normally be taking children and grandchildren to watch the displays. Perhaps this year with covid there wont be many happening, however we…

Welcome to our London Art College competition results. Our 2020 competition is now closed and you can view all of the Entries and Finalists on their dedicated pages. We received some incredible entries this year and it was a difficult…

Welcome to our scariest challenge to date! We think our students enjoyed this one! Our featured image is by Barbara Schunk and we love it. So simple, yet striking. You can see the full image at the bottom of the…

London Art College student Ariana Harkiolakis is studying our Digital illustration course with tutor Monique. Ariana has explained how she created both illustrations using digital software. We hope that you find it insightful and if you would like to ahve…

Rosy Davis, is approaching midway through the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. She has produced some lovely typographic work, as well as an excellent tonal study. It really demonstrates her versatility with art and design.  The first piece is a…

This weekends art challenge is all about Halloween. Its that time of year again! You can create a scary painting or drawing using your wild imaginations, or perhaps choose to do something a little more traditional with a still life…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge results! We set our students the task of painting or drawing giraffes this week and we have received some amazing artwork yet again. Students have had a busy time with their art material!…

Illustrating Children’s Book Course tutor Maggy Roberts has illustrated a new Kindle book called ‘Flamingo Fashion’ by Samantha Hunter, the Audible read by Michael Maloney.  The Kindle book is designed for children between the ages of 3-6 and all profits…

Jennifer Parry has just enrolled on the Coloured pencil course. Monica Cilmi, the tutor for the course, was thrilled with her work and said…. One of my new students from the coloured pencil course is amazing. She has just started…

Here is Alicia Van Wyk’s work. She recently completed the packaging study unit in the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course and has achieved a fantastic solution for a new range of fizzy drinks based on Greek gods and goddesses. These…

I have just completed my assessment of a new student’s work. Her name is Quinttyz Lisay, from the Philippines. Her three final pieces for that set are simply outstanding. Pen work, with great imaginative qualities, wonderful technique and an ability…

Congratulations to Jan Graham who’s Winter Berries painting was chosen for this years Association of Distance Learning Colleges (ADLC) Christmas card. We set students the challenge of coming up with festive themed artwork so that ADLC could choose their favourite….

Welcome to our new weekend art challenge. We would love for you to study Giraffes. They are simply beautiful animals, majestic and powerful, yet so graceful, dainty and friendly too. Students might like to create a realistic painting or drawing…

Welcome to our most recent weekend art challenge, where we set the students the theme to create artwork on Musical Instruments. They had free rein to create paintings and drawings in any way they would like on this theme. The…

Sue Quinn created these two coloured pencil drawings while studying on our Coloured Pencil Course. We have added the reference photos to go along side the drawings as we have found students find it really interesting to compare the artwork…

Deborah Birt has just completed the course with a DISTINCTION!  Debbie worked very hard and enjoyed trying different styles and approaches with her drawings and paintings. A selection from each of her sets of assignments can be seen below. Paul WeaverDrawing…

My name is Rachel Pesterfield and I have just completed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. The images below were all from my final assignment. I started with a few photoshoots of myself, my daughters and my nieces. I asked…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge! Do any of you play musical instruments? If you do, or you have access to one, we would love you to paint or draw it for our challenge. Set it up with sone…

This weekends art challenge is a little different as we have been asked by the Association of Distance Learning Colleges (ADLC) to provide artwork for this years Christmas card. You can read about the challenge on our previous blog post…

Tutor Vanessa Weaver has shared some of Petra Trokanova work for our students below to see. Petra is studying the Graphic Design art course and has created some stunning pieces. Vanessa says…. Petra Trokanova is amazing! A very talented artist/designer!…

Pet Portrait – Lockdown Lifeline I signed up to the Pet Portrait course with London Art College back in February as something new and exciting to learn. This was just before the government announced countrywide lockdown. At the time I was…

I’m just on my last assignment for the Pet Portrait Diploma. To date I’ve completed the Children’s Illustrations Diploma, published a book, had some of my work printed on Greetings Cards and in Welsh Country Magazine. I have some experience…

This weeks art challenge comes with a difference! We are looking for a festive piece of artwork to be submitted for consideration for this years ADLC’s Christmas card. The cards are for them to send, not for sale. Credit will…

We are excited to share the entries for this years London Art College art competition. They are all now online on our website at the link below! So many amazing paintings, drawings, mixed media and digital artwork. Our students have…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge results. What an absolutely fantastic theme this week. Perfect for autumn – the colour orange! It has produced some amazing results and some very creative ideas from our students. The featured image this…

Janki Sanghavi is currently studying on our Illustrating Children’s books Diploma course with tutor Maggie Roberts. Janki asked if her work could be featured on our blog and we were delighted to hear from her. Janki said…. I am an…