Month: May 2022
I have always loved Art. I took it as a subject in high school and then went on to study teaching in university. This meant I wasn’t always able to do artwork in my spare time. As I was nearing…
Naomi Dickins has submitted her fifth assignment for the Botanical Painting Art course and we have added her beautiful paintings below. Such delicate artwork, we are sure you will be as impressed as we are! Naomi said…. I have submitted…
A very special blog post today by London Art College student Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth has been working with tutor Alan Dedman on the Landscape Painting Diploma Course and the images below show Elizabeths four paintings created across one year of…
National Biscuit Day is celebrated on the 29th May every year in the UK. Biscuits – or cookies are a sweet treat that we as a nation absolutely love. Tea and biscuits anyone?!! From Custard Creams, Bourbons, Chocolate Digestives ….to the…
We set our students the task of creating artwork around the theme of ‘Something that they can’t live without’. We have received some amazing pieces of artwork this week. Our featured image is by student Jo Oules. We love the…
Student Elaine Jenkins created these studies while on the Beginners Painting Course. Elaine completed the beginners drawing first and then moved onto experimenting with paint which is an excellent idea. Its good to have a grounding in drawing first to…
London Art College tutor Alan Dedman, our Life Drawing and Painting Course tutor, is about to embark on a full Life Drawing day based in Suffolk UK. Students are welcome to sign up if they are in the area on…
Davina Raffaelli has been creating pen drawings on our Drawing with Pens Course. We have collated a number of her drawing studies and love them! Davina said….These pen exercises and drawings were drawn on Derwent sketching paper, Canon Bristol paper …
Congratulations to London Art College student Dinah Barker for completing and passing the Chinese Brush Painting Course with a Distinction! Dinah very kindly sent us a photo of herself with her certificate which we have added below along with some…
This weekends art challenge is a bit thought provoking. We would like you to draw, paint, illustrate or take a photo of something you cant live without. Perhaps it is someone? Whatever is at the top of your list, we…
Welcome to our latest art challenge and it was a fun one this week! A few weeks ago we asked our students to save their toilet roll or kitchen roll middles. We had a challenge that would involve them, however…
I fell for the Kohlrabi in the greengrocer’s as I was looking for an interesting vegetable to paint. I was especially drawn to the two small central leaves growing amid the other six leaves, almost reminiscent of a little forest…
London Art College student Alison Davies is currently enrolled on our Coloured Pencil Course which is currently tutored by Paul Weaver and Monica Cilmi. Alison has created three beautiful drawings for her course and we have added her boat above…
Alec Anderson created these fantastic drawings while enrolled on our young artists Drawing for Children Art Course. Alec was 10 years and 9 months old when he drew these and wrote that he felt that his drawing had improved since…
We are hoping that this challenge will be quite a light hearted one this week. We found an art challenge that people loved in lockdown on the BBC News here in the UK and we thought it was a great…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set the students a task of doodling with their pens! What amazing and creative artwork we have received. Our feature image this week is by Priscilla Hocking, a very clever and…
Sam Wright created the pastel painting of dogs Archie and Jenson for her final assignment on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. Read Sam’s introduction the painting below, along with seeing her preliminary design mockups in photoshop. I asked my friends…
My name is Denise Harvey and I have just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma with Paul Weaver. I was drawn to this course because for much of my life I believed that I couldn’t draw or paint, but I…
I absolutely enjoyed this course. This approach in painting, in my opinion, is not about technique but honesty and connection with your true self. Taking this course really helped me to understand one of the most challenging seasons in my…
This weeks challenge is a bit different. All students must have access to a ball point pen! We would like to you go and find one of any colour, blue, black or red and see if you can draw a…
Our weekend art challenge this week was to draw or illustrate a bear character. There were plenty fo choose from, or alternatively students could make up their own! We have received some fantastic pieces of artwork, including a superb Rupert…
The coloured pencil course has been so enjoyable and has really boosted my confidence. I am planning on doing the pastel course in August once I have passed my driving test and cannot wait to be Monika’s student again.
My family lives on a farm, and we’ve had chickens for around six years, so when I saw that the Illustration assignment was to illustrate chickens, I knew I wanted to play around a bit with their characterization. In my…
I’m super honoured that Mrs Roberts (Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma) wants my Fred on the Blog! Now, I saw what my course mate have done on the blog in previous occasion, and they all provided lovely draft and nicely worded…