Month: April 2022
This weekends art challenge should be one that everyone will adore. We would like you to draw or illustrate a bear character. There are lots to choose form, here are a few to get you started. Winnie the Pooh, Paddington,…
Welcome to our weekend challenge set on the theme of Earth Day…. on Earth Day! It was not an easy challenge and it really made our students think outside the box. They all did brilliantly! Our feature image this week…
“I didn’t think I had any drawing ability, though the Beginners Drawing Course showed that I was able to learn. Building on this during the Coloured Pencil Course under Monika’s guidance I have continued to improve and gain confidence. The…
Tutor Maggy Roberts has alerted us to the most beautiful illustration from a student on her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Rawan has completed their first set and you can see the college illustration below. Maggy said… Here is a…
Student Gwen Mackie has created some excellent brush painting studies which we are pleased to display here on our blog today. Gwen enrolled on the Brush Painting Course as well as the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and is getting…
It all starts with colour. #ItStartsWithColour All students receive 20% off Chromaflow Pencil Collection Fine art brand Derwent is launching the Chromaflow Pencil collection, with an extended range of 12, 24, 36, 48 and 72 pencils sets. All Chromaflow Pencil…
Today is Earth Day. Every year, more than a billion people celebrate Earth Day to protect the planet from things like pollution and deforestation. By taking part in activities like picking up litter and planting trees, everyone is making our world…
Welcome to our latest art challenge – and what an eggcelent challenge it was! We asked our students to paint an actual egg for easter, if they were unable to paint an egg, a painting of an egg would work…
Student Rebecca Ali has been creating some beautiful botanical artwork on our Botanical Painting Diploma. Her colour swatches are even stunning, they could be framed and displayed! We have added two of Rebecca’s paintings along with some text about each…
Student Jane Tivey completed the Pastel Painting course and these are just a selection from her later assignments. We have added some text to go along with each painting for students to read about the artwork and find out which…
I can’t even believe that time has flown by so fast and I’ve already completed my Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. I never considered myself particularly talented in drawing and painting, nor did I think it would ever interest me….
Welcome to a slightly different Easter challenge, which we hope will be fun. If you have kids or grandkids, why not get them involved too! Fun for all the family! We are setting our students the task of painting an…
Welcome to our most recent challenge where we set the students quite an open challenge this week, to paint or draw anything they liked under the heading of Lush Green. We thought it would be a wonderful springlike challenge. The…
I loved doing the Children’s Illustration Follow on course, it gave me an opportunity to learn about creating storyboards and dummy books, as well as giving me time to experiment with many different mediums. Before I started the courses, I…
I started the course with London Art College whilst I was working as a teacher and had two small children at home. The flexibility of the course was what at first appealed to me. I could take my time and not…
Student Lynn Carter has created some beautiful paintings for her Drawing and Painting Diploma. We love her self portrait, it is just simply stunning. Her paintings below are accompanied by note written by Lynn and we really hope that you…
Spring has arrived here in the UK and it’s nearly Easter. We thought a lovely spring like challenge would be to set our students the task of painting something Lush Green! As long as the predominant colour is a lovely…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. As we are nearing Easter, we thought it would be a great idea to get our students to draw or paint rabbits this week. Could also have been hares too! We have received…
Rene Mansilla has created some amazing artwork whilst working on our Beginners Drawing Course. We have added a selection below, her work is absolutely beautiful. we hope that you find her drawings inspirational. Read Rene’s text to go along side…
A wonderful selection of artwork from student Heidi Seal who created these while working on our Coloured Pencil Course. We love the attention to detail Heidi has created in each drawing, particularly the first image below with the texture on…
Cuteness overload today! We would love our students to paint, draw, mosaic, digitally draw or photograph a rabbit… or rabbits! The choice is yours, be creative! We cant wait to see them, have fun and enjoy!!