Year: 2022
Welcome to the results of this weekends art challenge. The seasons have definitely changed here in the UK. We have transitioned from a lovely hot summer into a cooler autumn with the leaves beginning to fall. We felt this was…
We absolutely love Aimee’s illustrations from set two of the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma course. Her watercolour wet in wet washes and deep blue tones are beautiful. Aimee’s mice are adorable and would capture any child’s imagination. If you have…
I’ve recently finished the Drawing and Painting Course which I really enjoyed, experimenting with new materials and learning loads of new skills. As a child I loved to draw and paint, often getting in trouble for drawing on things I…
My daughter lives in China and gave me a present of a Chinese Brush Painting set, beautifullypresented in an elaborate box. Monika’s Course was the answer to “how to use the set” and itbrought me to a whole new dimension…
It is Autumn here in the UK and our leaves are turning golden and falling. We would like our students to come up with a painting or drawing on the theme of Autumn. Perhaps some ideas would be a woodland…
Welcome to the results of this weekends art challenge – Patterns in Nature. What a wonderful collection of paintings, drawings and photographs we have today! Our featured image this week is by London Art College student Joan Curnuck. Joan took…
London Art College student Angela Watson, completed the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma and then continued on to complete the Follow on Children’s Book Course. The illustrations below were just a few that Angela created while on the follow on course….
Student Clare Isaac has completed her Beginners Drawing course and has produced some amazing pieces of artwork while working on it. As you can see, drawing for beginners isn’t all about just using a pencil. It is great to experiment…
I am currently taking the Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. Both of these drawings have been done using Luminance and Polychromous. The tree in the Lake District took about 50 hours and the exam preparation took about 35 hours. The tree…
If you head outside, you can see patterns everywhere, whether you live in the countryside or in an urban jungle. Look closely, take your sketchbook or camera and try to note the patterns in every day life. It might be…
Welcome to our weekend art challenge results. This week we asked our students to draw, paint, colour, sketch or digitally render a skyline of their choosing. We have received some very interesting and stunning results! Our featured image today is…
Student Xiao Lan Mellor wrote the message below to London Art College tutor Polly O’Leary when starting the Botanical Painting Course. We of course love Polly’s artwork too! We have added two of Xiao’s beautiful watercolour paintings below and hope…
London Art College student Jenny Pulford completed our Pet Portraits Diploma Course in June 2020. Since receiving her diploma and gaining a distinction, Jenny has gone from strength to strength with her artwork. We have added two of her pieces…
I enrolled on the Drawing and Painting Course to give me a focus during lockdown. Previously, I had experience of pencil and pen drawing, botanical work and watercolours. I found the different techniques and art materials in the course interesting….
The photos below show some stunning skylines. For this challenge though, you can portray any skyline you would like. Perhaps you have an upstairs window that you can look across rooftops, or you live rurally and your skyline is hills…
Welcome to this weekends art challenge celebrating the Owl. We have had some amazing entries this week. Our featured image is by Cerys Susannah Rees who said – Some sleepy barn owls welcoming the weekend and Autumn! It is superbly…
We have some amazing pieces to show you today by London Art College student Christine Emery. Christine is studying our Botanical Coloured Pencil Course and she has painted an array of fruits and vegetables for one of her assignments. Tutor…
Student Jaqueline Ford completed the coloured pencil course with tutor Monika Cilmi and we have aded some of her beautiful pieces below along with text to explain a little about each one. Jaqueline very kindly wrote the following to Monika…
For students who have taken the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course, some have the option of also taking the Follow on Children’s Course too. Beatrice Giacomini did just that and wrote and illustrated a children’s book from start to finish,…
Our London Art College competition is officially open to all of our students! Send us one piece of work that you have created. It can be in any medium apart from pure photography. It doest have to be a piece…
Tutor Alan Dedman is holding a live Life Drawing class in Badingham on Saturday 10th of September. Take a look at Alan’s blog post to read more about it. Students are welcome to attend.
This weekends challenge is really simple! Its all about owls! We would love for you to draw, paint, design, illustrate or create digitally any kind of owl artwork. You have free reign on the style of artwork you create and…
Welcome to the results of our latest weekend art challenge, all on the theme of London! We have some fantastic images this week, our featured image being of a Route Master Bus by student Nina Phillips. We love it! It’s…
Pet Portrait student Shirley Snow has completed her Pet Portraits Diploma Course and created some beautiful artwork in the process. The pet portrait course covers all aspects of learning to draw and paint pets from studying eyes, noses, mouths, feathers…
We have some wonderful artwork today by young artist Milly Oxendale aged 12. Milly took our Drawing For Children Art Course and she has really enjoyed creating these for the assignments. We love the tiger, the colours are superb. If…
Student James Duncombe has been working really hard on his Beginners Drawing Course, putting into practice everything he has learnt at each stage during the course. We have added a few of James’s drawings below and hope that you find…
This weekend art challenge is all about London. If anyone has visited perhaps you have your own photos to work from, along with inspiration from your trip. If not, we have added a few photos below to get you started….
Welcome to this weekends art challenge results all about Orcas. Such a beautiful and majestic creature, we hope our students enjoyed painting and drawing them. Our featured image this week is by Landscape Diploma student Norman Tharby. Norman’s acrylic painting…
Young student Mehdi Rubbani has created some amazing drawings on his Learning to Draw Children’s course. We encourage our young students to draw things that they love, for instance their toys and console games, favoruite objects or trainers and in…
Student Michelle Emmerson is working through our Pet Portrait Diploma Course and has submitted some wonderful work over the months. We have added a few of Michelles work below for you to see. Michelle said of her Tiger pastel painting……
We have a wonderful collection of artwork from the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course below for everyone to see today. It shows how flexible the course is when students can come up with so many diverse pieces that you can…
This weekends art challenge is all about Orcas. We would like you to either draw, paint or illustrate an Orca. You can create a realistic painting or drawing. Alternatively, think more creatively and design a motif of an orca or…
For this weeks art challenge we asked our students to draw or paint some cupcakes. There are plenty of variations in cupcake designs and students could create single cupcakes, a scene or cartoon illustration. We received some absolutely fantastic pieces…
London Art College student Otilija Jasilionyte recently took the Drawing for Children Course and has created some absolutely beautiful drawings during it. We have added some of her work below for everyone to view. The featured image is of Otilija…
Some absolutely stunning work today by London Art College student Catarina Andrade. Catarina is a young student on the Beginners Drawing Course and has really blossomed over the course. The featured image you see above, can be seen in full…
Amazing artwork from Victoria who is working with tutor Polly O’Leary on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course Her work is stunning and we decided to add snippets of Victorias text that went along to Polly work, in case budding botanical…
This weekend we are celebrating cupcakes! These are a lot of fun to paint and draw and even though we have had similar challenges in the past, we never tire of painting, drawing or eating them! We have added lots…
Welcome to our latest art challenge and this week is all about being pink! We challenged our students to try to paint or draw anything, as long as the majority of the piece was pink. Our students have done a…
I loved painting at junior school, and the teacher loved my paintings. She said that I ‘had an eye’. I didn’t really know what she meant, as I thought I had two, but was glad that she liked them. At…
I was asked to be Bradford Teaching Hospitals Artist in Residence which I accepted. This offer was sent to me after my 4th art donation to them and was offered as a way of expressing their appreciation. Below is a…
Student Jane Tivey completed these two superb pieces whilst working on the Coloured Pencil Course with Monika Cilmi. We have added some of the text that Jane wrote to Monika to go along side the images so that studnets can…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we are celebrating the colour Pink! We would like you to paint or draw anything…. but only in pink! Sound easy? You can use any shade of pink you would like, just…
Welcome to the results of this weekend’s art challenge. We absolutely loved the theme of this art challenge, and we hope our students enjoyed it too. Ducks are the most wonderful subjects for drawing and painting, from realism to cartoon…
We have a lovely collection of paintings today from a variety of students. Each student completed these paintings for their Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. There are multiple sets of work to complete during the course, giving students plenty of…
Young student Deimante Krasnauskaite aged 10 took our Drawing For Children course recently. We have collected some of the work Deimante created while on the course for you to see below. We love them all. Especially Simba the cat! Deimante…
We thought we would start the week off with a stunning collection of artwork from our Drawing and Painting Diploma Students. Our feature image is of a landscape with trees by student Nancy Hunter, which we feel is absolutely incredible….
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…
Welcome to this weekends art challenge where we asked our students to think about an object that means a lot to them and try to draw or paint it. It’s been a really lovely challenge as it has generated some…
Amazing paintings today by London Art College student Tess Burn, who studied the Beginners Painting Short Course with us. Isn’t her work fantastic! Especially the Apples in the featured image above and the jug, cup and egg cup still life…
London Art College student Anton McLennan completed our Beginners Drawing Course successfully. Anton’s artwork and drawing skills developed well during the course and tutor Steven Hersey was thrilled with his drawings. We have added a selection below, his pen and…
As someone who has not attempted any form of art work including drawing since I left school many years ago my main goal is to achieve the confidence to pick up a pencil and enjoy drawing. This course was a…
Welcome to our latest art challenge where we would like to to choose a favourite object of yours and draw or paint it. It doesn’t have to be a single object, it could be a collection of objects. We have…
Welcome to our latest art challenge, this was a bit of a different challenge in that we asked our students to draw or take photos of their work areas. It could be created in any format, just as long as…
I chose the view out of the living-room window as it seemed to lend itself well to the task of capturing both inside and outside the room. I really enjoyed this very much and it was on this task that…
Cerys Reese has completed the Pet Portrait Diploma Course and the images below are from her final set. Cerys said on submission… I have set up a Facebook page and have entered the Towi Artists trail where my work will…
I’d been thinking about getting back into art for a while, having done very little since I was at school (30+ years ago), and lockdown seemed like a good reason to have a go again. I’m very pleased that I…