Month: July 2022
The theme this weekend is ducks and duckings or ducks in a landscape. Cute as you want it to be! Draw or paint as many or as few ducks as you would like, with a full background or just cut…
We have been indulging in some cakes and sweet treats for afternoon tea in this weeks art challenge. Our featured image is by student Nina Phillips and we love the texture she has created on the tops of her cakes….
I use to paint and draw a lot when I was a child and a young man, but then my professional life took me apart from art. Luckily, the pandemic came and, before the impossibility of going out for shopping,…
I started the Drawing with Pens Course a couple of weeks ago and I have very much enjoyed experimenting with new techniques, different subject matters and a variety of pens and papers.Audrey Quinton
Student Laetitia Senecot has been creating some amazing artwork for her Pet Portrait Diploma course. She has not only created paintings of dogs, but as you can see from the featured image, Laetitia has also created a watercolour of a…
One of the best places in the UK to take afternoon tea is Fortum and Masons. Sadly we aren’t all able to visit there this weekend … although if you do let us know! Instead, for this weekends art challenge,…
As artists we should all make our friends and family a handmade card from time to time. It’s not only unique and personal to the recipient, but they can frame it and keep it as a memento. It can sometimes…
If you are thinking about enrolling on our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma, you might like to take a look at these amazing illustrations by a variety of students who are studying on that very course. Each student has completed the…
We have many budding artists enrol on our courses who have never drawn before. Some take the plunge and take our learn to draw Beginners Drawing Course. Student Paula Monaghan did just that! Here are some of her pen and…
Have you ever wanted to learn how to paint or draw your pets? Perhaps you might like to take up a hobby of drawing portraits of your friends animals. Or learn to draw them to give to your local charity…
This weekends art challenge is all about thinking of another person, a good friend of yours and making them a card. Just because! Think about what they like, along with their passions and what you think they would like to…
A lovely collection of Dream houses for our most recent weekend art challenge. We love them all and quite agree with Julie Smalley and her wonderful drawing of the house on the hill with staff wanted! Absolute bliss! Vera’s beautifully…
We have some beautiful artwork today by Coloured Pencil Course student Gill Barratt. We chose Gill’s drawing of a glass jar with chestnuts as the featured image as it is simply stunning. Scroll down to see it in full. If…
For as long as I can remember I have wanted to learn to draw and finally took the plunge with the Coloured Pencil Course. I have never drawn before and found it quite a challenge. I started this particular course…
What would your dream house look like? Would it be by the sea? On the side of a mountain? Hidden in some woods? What would it be made of? Would it have lots of windows? This is your chance to…
I am a student…from a distance – I’m in Seychelles. I just made my first submission for the Drawing and Painting Course. here are two pieces I have just submitted and I am looking forward to hearing feedback from my…
Welcome to our scrumptious weekend art challenge all about chocolate. It has been world chocolate day so we are celebrating chocolate of all kinds. Everyone has created some fantastic paintings including our featured image of a chocolate Flake bar by…
Maie Adoma has created a number of bird illustrations for her Chinese Brush Painting Course and we have added a few of them below. If you would like to experiment with brush painting and would like tutor support to guide…
It’s been almost a month since I enrolled in London Art College for Drawing and Painting Course. So far I am really enjoying the course. I am so grateful for the feedback I get from my tutor and also from…
This will be a fun challenge for all chocolate lovers out there! We would love for you to celebrate World Chocolate Day by creating artwork on this theme. We have added some photos below, but feel free to head to…