Month: April 2021
Student Thakur Balbeer Singh suggested that we have a set of challenges based on places around the world. Kind of like a world tour! We thought it was great idea and a good chance to for our students to not…
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 those two colours as possible….
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 often the best way if…
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 and wish her all the…
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 pencil and watercolour. For Fiery…
Laura-Inès contacted the college from the National Portrait Gallery regarding their photography competition, the National Portrait Gallery’s annual Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2021. Open to all, this leading international competition celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait…
Welcome to our Colour Challenge. Every month we provide a new colour challenge whereby students can draw or paint anything they would like, as long as it is within those colours. This month it is ‘Orange and Green’! These two…
Welcome to the amazing results of our latest art challenge. We are absolutely delighted with the response to this weeks theme. We were not expecting students to accompany photos of themselves with their abstract portraits, however It was so wonderful…
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 course which was great to…
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 that our students find her…
Welcome to this weeks art challenge! A lot of creativity is required for this one! We would like for you to create an abstract self portrait. Whther you take a selfie first and work from that or draw or paint…
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 that there have been many…
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 you have a style of…
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 here and look forward to…
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 about mark making in the…
Student Elizabeth Robinson has chosen the theme for this weeks art challenge. It is to remember back to your favourite holiday and try to illustrate it, whether it was from a few years ago, or perhaps one that you remember…
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 which you can see below….
Student Emily Gigg has just submitted her first set of work in the Illustration Diploma course. Tutor Steven Hersey was absolutely delighted with her work and is very much looking forward to seeing more from her and helping her achieve…
Botanic Gardens Conservation International has opened an illustration and photography competition for a chance to be on the cover of the Global Tree Assessment, the first-ever conservation assessment of all the world’s known tree species. Enter your best illustration or photo…
My name is Julie. I picked up coloured pencils a few years ago to do pet portraits after purely doing them in acrylics. I am doing this course to go back to scratch, improve my drawing skills and learn how…
Welcome to our latest Alphabet Challenge. If you have been following our blog for a while, you will know that once a month we set our students an alphabet challenge whereby they can draw or paint anything beginning with a…
Welcome to the results of our weekend challenge – your home, inside or out. We feel that this has enabled us to get to know our students a little more. To be able to see views from kitchen windows, back…