Weekend Art Challenge Results! – London Art College

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task of creating artwork on the subject of Marine Life. The results are nothing short of spectacular! From elegant jellyfish to playful dolphins, the creativity below is truly inspiring. It’s always a joy to see how each artist brings their unique perspective to the theme and this challenge was no exception. Scroll down to enjoy all of the artwork and thank you to our students who took part. Stay tuned for another challenge tomorrow.

It was inspired by an essay by Kathleen Jamie about the hvalsalen in Bergen, and I approached it like an editorial illustration.
Alice R

Please find attached my submission for Marine Life- Narwhal created using GIMP
Sindhu

Jellyfish with watercolour on Canson rough cold pressed 60% cotton paper.
Ni Ni

Under the Sea – MarineLife – Watercolour
Ozlem E

I’ve drawn a seahorse using dry watercolour pencils with acrylic pens to outline. For the background I’ve used watercolour pencils and I’ve added water to give the effect of being under the sea. To finish off I’ve use a googly eye and cut out fish.
Nina P

This is a bottlenose dolphin made using pencil, watercolour and masking fluid. I have to paint water for my next assignment, so good practice!!
Catherine T

I had another go at the dolphin, and was really pleased with the water but when I removed the masking fluid from the dolphin and it took the paper away too – hence the dolphin shape being cut out!!!
Catherine T

Haven’t attempted anything for a long while, but I painted jellyfish
Lucy C

I actually did the painting of ‘Spurtle the Turtle,’ last year. It lives in a sunken large pool, at Mapperton House in Dorset.

Then, my other two watercolour illustrations are from my children’s book, Cookie’s Caravan Holiday…..(the one that you kindly uploaded a blog about last year)………It’s where Cookie the guinea pig, makes friends with a clever hermit crab called Kevin. She finds out how all the hermit crabs line up in size order, so that they can wriggle out, then move into the new homes and recycle their shells! I saw it on a Sir David Attenborough ‘Planet Earth’ video…..and decided to develop it into my children’s story.

These are the two original drawings before all the text was added….they were set out as a double page spread, showing the smallest hermit crab on the left…with the largest crab, called Kevin talking to Cookie, on the right.
Lynda

Not sure what kind of fish this is. Was playing around with watercolors and colored pencils.
Linn

Marine life. Lion Fish. Gouache and pastel on board.
Dinah B

As a scuba diver, I always want to see sea turtles, they are my fav
Monica T

Sea turtle with watercolour pencils, black and white pens.
Ni Ni

Marine Life at Tago Bay, inspired by Hokusai
Ozlem E

Clown fish or Nemo fish or Anemone fish with watercolour and liner pen.
Ni Ni

It was created in pencil, ink, coloured pen and watercolour
MaryAnn H

(Above and Below) For this challenge, I made two drawings – I was thinking of the artwork from The Yellow Submarine (especially the part in the Sea of Monsters). That movie has always been a huge inspiration to me!
Cheers,
Alicia

We hope that everyone enjoyed this challenge. Stay tuned for a new Weekend Art Challenge posted here tomorrow.

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