Year: 2021

Student Peter Barnett completed these pieces of artwork for the Oil Painting Course tutored by Alan Dedman. Peters work is very varied and the course has allowed him to experiment with different painting techniques and

Wendy Harknet has submitted two wonderful paintings for her Botanical Coloured Pencil Course and we have added them below along with the text that goes along side. It explains how Wendy went about creating the

Danielle Kantola completed our Watercolour course and these paintings are from her last set. Daniel explains a little about them in her text below. We wish Danielle the very best of luck in her future

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge which this month was one of our colour theme challenges. This month it was – create a painting using the colours Orange & Green, keeping as close to

Student John Peace created these two paintings on our Still Life course with tutor Alan Dedman. John set the objects up in his home, and painted them from life. Drawing and painting from life is

Catriona Henderson has just passed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a Distinction! Tutor Paul weather said Catriona was … “a hard working lady and a pleasure to teach!” We are thrilled for Catriona

For the exercise I used my own gerbil as a model. I thought it would be fun to make a tower of naughty gerbils working together as a team. Or are they? I used 4B

Steven has just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma course with a Distinction which is great news. Paul Weaver said that “He put a lot of effort into his studies and really improved as he worked through the

Today’s blog post is another amazing watercolour called ‘The Himalayan Lotus’ by student Dilnawaz Tarapore who is studying on our watercolour course with tutor Ida Mitrani.

Student Catherine Verdoene is working with Ida Mitrani on the Botanical Coloured Pencil course and has produced some beautiful illustrations which we have been able to showcase below. Catherine’s artwork is exquisite and we hope

Welcome to our weekend challenge results for our theme – Holiday / Vacation! This has evoked some wonderful memories of holidays that students once took – and will of course again soon. We can see

Some topical cartoons from student Sam Lee who has recently completed the Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne. If you are interested in learning how to create cartoon similar to this – or if

Today’s blog post shows the most beautiful watercolour painting called ‘ Blossoms’ by student Dilnawaz Tarapore who is studying on our watercolour course with tutor Ida Mitrani. We are absolutely delighted to showcase Dilnawaz’s artwork

Mark making and being inspired by a favourite artist by student Sarah Jay. This piece is called Alone from both photographs and imagination. Staedler fine nib pens and white paper around A3 size. Very much

Welcome to our weekend art challenge, all centred around the letter D. We challenged our students to draw or paint any subject or object starting with the letter D. We have had some amazing submissions