Author: London Art College

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

“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

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.

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

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

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