Month: October 2021

Welcome to our scary results for this weekends art challenge on the theme of Halloween!! Our feature image this week is by student Pauline Burke who created a very atmospheric and clever way of portraying

Student Jane Tivey has created two wonderful drawings of her hands for her pastel course assignment. Read about how Jane created the drawings below. Tonal Hand – I decided to try with the back of

Coloured Pencil student Carole Mallatratt had created two wonderful drawings for her Coloured Pencil Course. The task was to set up a still life and then first draw it in graphite pencil to get to

Young artist Alec Anderson (10 years and 9 months old at the time!) created the following drawings whilst studying our Drawing for Children Course 1. Aren’t they amazing! If you have a budding little artists

We have a wonderful collection of paintings to show today. All of our students have created incredible paintings below and we hope that you enjoy viewing them. Scroll down to see the artwork and the

Prior to this course, my experience in art other than a very brief sojourn in my twenties was at school during the 1970’s, where we were left to our own devices and radio 1 playing

Student Lesley Booth has completed the Coloured Pencil Diploma Course with tutor Monica Cilmi. Monika was thrilled with Lesley’s artwork and sent it to us for inclusion here on our blog. We are thrilled she

I have thoroughly enjoyed the Colour Pencils Course and would certainly recommend it: there is so much more to colour pencils than I imagined and Monika has been so helpful and encouraging with her feedbacks.

The UK Coloured Pencil Society’s 20th Anniversary Gala Exhibition. Thursday 14 to Sunday 24 October at Bargehouse @oxotowerwharf in London The exhibition will include 250 works by 150 UK and international artists – making it

Student Philip Hickin has been creating some fantastic artwork for the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course and has just passed the course with a well deserved Distinction. We would like to officially congratulate Philip and

In the past 18 months a lot has been said about the benefits of doing art or simply being creative, and I’m sure I won’t be able to write anything that hasn’t already been written

After finishing my Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma from London Art College, I have written and illustrated a few books and these are published at Apple Books online available for 51 countries to purchase. My latest book