Category: Student Artwork

We have a lovely collection of work today by London Art College Student Davina Raffaelli who has just completed the Coloured Pencil Course with tutor Monica Cilmi. We wish Davina the best of luck with her future artwork and art…

We have two wonderful students today who have produced some beautiful pieces of artwork for our Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. Geoff Ofodile and Ehlgee Guiamoy have impressed our tutor Vanessa Weaver, we have added the images below along with…

We love the artwork that student Emily Hemmings has been producing on the Graphic Design in Art Diploma Course with tutor Vanessa Weaver. Vanessa said… Emily Hemmings has produced the following selection of work on the graphics course. It shows…

Student Dianne Pike completed these two paintings whilst working on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. You can also read Dianne’s comments about them below. We love them both, they are very different, the first being rendered in Acrylic, the second…

The following paintings and study sketches were created by student Jacqui Hogan who completed these while on the Watercolour Diploma Course. We love Jacqui’s thought process and you can see this by viewing her study sketches below, working out how…

Student Glenda Brown has created two amazing pastel portraits of people while working on the Pastel Painting Course with tutor Monica Cilmi. They are absolutely stunning – we think you will agree! If you would like to learn how to…

London Art College student Elizabeth Taylor created this wonderful painting while studying our Landscape Diploma Course. We have added two of Elizabeth’s preliminary sketches to go along side and they are absolutely stunning too. Her drawing and sketching skills are…

Student Emma Arthur has completed the Chinese Brush Painting Course and these are her final paintings. We are thrilled to be able to display them here and have added some text to go along side to enable our students to…

Student Andrea Williamson created these two lovely illustrations whilst studying on our Botanical Coloured Pencil Course. We love them, particularly the pineapple, so much work has gone into their creation. Botanical illustration does take some patience and practice, however we…

Student Carole Mallatratt has completed the Coloured Pencil Course and you can see her final artwork and below along with the text about the images too. We would like to wish Carole all the best for her future drawings and…

Student Rachel Malpass has submitted her final set of work for the Scifi and Fantasy course. We absolutely love the these and characters she has created and you can read all about them in the text by Rachel below. “I…

As a warm-up challenge for my final Watercolour Course Assignment I decided to re-do the paintings that were, in my view, a milestone/watershed moment in this year’s watercolour journey. These being the Mushrooms from assignment #3 and Braye Bay beach…

The following pastel painting was the final piece created by student Dianne Pike for her Pet Portrait Diploma Course. Dianne wrote the following about her artwork and also a thank you to Gayle for helping her during the course. We…

Student Susan Cardozo is working on the Still Life Drawing and Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. Two very interesting paintings Susan created were of her shed tools, one in daylight and one in moonlight. Different lighting and different colours…

Mari-Ann has just completed the course with a DISTINCTION. She worked diligently through the course and produced some sensitive work, her pencil studies are particularly good. Tutor Paul Weaver NovemberFor this picture I sat down and used Daniel Smith watercolors to…

Jane Tivey created this fantastic drawing of fruit for one of her exercises on the Pastel Painting course. Jane explains about the artwork below, we hope that our students find it informative and helpful. I chose to do fruit for…

I am a fine artist who paints in oils. I chose to have no formal art college education but I studied Art History at the School of Oriental and African studies, University of London. It was during this time when…

I have a passion for art and was looking for a structured course to help me learn. The pandemic presented an opportunity for me to enroll and study at LAC. LAC’s course helped me to study and think. The study…

Student Oksana Lupych has created her final set of work for the oil painting course and we have added a selection fo paintings below for our students to view. Oksana has explained a little about her paintings and also a…

The old barn was part of my third assignment for the coloured pencil course.  This was my choice for a building which I felt would also demonstrate perspective, the sky also was a challenge but once started I had to…

Set 3 Assignments- Coloured Pencil Course – written by student Jennifer Parry  Portrait – I decided to try pastelmat for this piece and even though I am not pleased with the outcome, I am really pleased with the amount I…

Welcome to this weeks art challenge where we set our students the task of creating a painting or drawing of any subject using only the colours ‘Blue and White. Perhaps it sounds a simple challenge however once you start, it’s…

Portrait Painting student Yulia Kerme has completed her set 3 assignments and we wanted to include a few of her paintings here for everyone to see. They are absolutely beautiful and we love to see the in progress style photos…

Student Daniel Hall has been creating some amazing work on the Illustration Diploma course and we have added a few of his pieces below. We love the chickens especially! We would like to wish Daniel all the best for his…

Student Sean Cocker has been working on the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course with tutor Ida Mitrani and these pieces are from Sean’s final set. Ida was delighted with Seas work, and gave him an excellent critique and help to send…

I have always been drawn to art, but for some odd reason it took until nearly three years ago for me to take the passion seriously. I would often find myself doodling small characters or monsters in the corner of…

London Art College student Debbie Davidge is currently working on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Her artwork below is absolutely superb and Debbie explains both below…. The Evacuee Child, A4, is from an Assignment, done in Indian ink and…

Lynne has just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a distinction, her drawings are particularly strong with excellent shading. Lynne carries this understanding of tone into her paintings as well. We hope that you enjoy viewing them all below.

Do you have a love of Manga and everything kawaii? Would you love to learn how to create your own original Chibi characters from scratch?  If you are jumping in your seat with excitement, this is the course for you!  Our…

Rachel has just completed the course with a very well deserved distinction and tutor Paul Weaver was thrilled with all of the work she completed throughout the course. Rachel completed the Drawing and Painting diploma and we wish her the…

I felt this was a difficult assignment, except perhaps the Japanese technique where open lines and simplified shapes are used.  Mastering ink painting is a long term process and feel I have a long way to go before I get…

We haven’t featured any botanical students here for a while and so today we have some amazing and very delicate artwork by student Georgine Somer. Each piece she has created is absolutely stunning and we hope that you enjoy viewing…

Here are my first-ever attempts with acrylics! I loved the colour mixing and working with paints with a completely different texture to the water colours. I found it much easier to work with them with the water – using them…

After a lot of deliberation I managed to come up with this painting of the red pepper/ onion and white garlic. I am still using my favourite paper Fluid 100 hot press 140lb/300gsm 12” x 16” because I feel comfortable…

Student Helen Walton has just completed our Beginners Drawing Course and she created some really lovely drawings for her final set. We have also added some text from Helen too and we hope that students enjoy reading it. Hands –…

Student Peter Barnett completed these pieces of artwork for the Oil Painting Course tutored by Alan Dedman. Peters work is very varied and the course has allowed him to experiment with different painting techniques and subjects as you can see…

Wendy Harknet has submitted two wonderful paintings for her Botanical Coloured Pencil Course and we have added them below along with the text that goes along side. It explains how Wendy went about creating the artwork for her Hellebore and…

Danielle Kantola completed our Watercolour course and these paintings are from her last set. Daniel explains a little about them in her text below. We wish Danielle the very best of luck in her future watercolour painting, we are sure…

Student John Peace created these two paintings on our Still Life course with tutor Alan Dedman. John set the objects up in his home, and painted them from life. Drawing and painting from life is often the best way if…

Catriona Henderson has just passed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a Distinction! Tutor Paul weather said Catriona was … “a hard working lady and a pleasure to teach!” We are thrilled for Catriona and wish her all the…

For the exercise I used my own gerbil as a model. I thought it would be fun to make a tower of naughty gerbils working together as a team. Or are they? I used 4B pencil and watercolour. For Fiery…

Steven has just completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma course with a Distinction which is great news. Paul Weaver said that “He put a lot of effort into his studies and really improved as he worked through the course which was great to…

Today’s blog post is another amazing watercolour called ‘The Himalayan Lotus’ by student Dilnawaz Tarapore who is studying on our watercolour course with tutor Ida Mitrani.

Student Catherine Verdoene is working with Ida Mitrani on the Botanical Coloured Pencil course and has produced some beautiful illustrations which we have been able to showcase below. Catherine’s artwork is exquisite and we hope that our students find her…

Some topical cartoons from student Sam Lee who has recently completed the Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne. If you are interested in learning how to create cartoon similar to this – or if you have a style of…

Today’s blog post shows the most beautiful watercolour painting called ‘ Blossoms’ by student Dilnawaz Tarapore who is studying on our watercolour course with tutor Ida Mitrani. We are absolutely delighted to showcase Dilnawaz’s artwork here and look forward to…

Mark making and being inspired by a favourite artist by student Sarah Jay. This piece is called Alone from both photographs and imagination. Staedler fine nib pens and white paper around A3 size. Very much about mark making in the…

Student Emily Gigg has just submitted her first set of work in the Illustration Diploma course. Tutor Steven Hersey was absolutely delighted with her work and is very much looking forward to seeing more from her and helping her achieve…

Botanic Gardens Conservation International has opened an illustration and photography competition for a chance to be on the cover of the Global Tree Assessment, the first-ever conservation assessment of all the world’s known tree species. Enter your best illustration or photo…

My name is Julie. I picked up coloured pencils a few years ago to do pet portraits after purely doing them in acrylics. I am doing this course to go back to scratch, improve my drawing skills and learn how…

I have loved all kinds of art since my school days and when I took early retirement 2 years ago I decided to try my hand at the LAC Drawing and Painting course to see if I could improve things.The…

Student Michael Masson has created a number of stunning paintings during the time he has been studying with the London Art College. Below is a lovely collection of paintings he completed whilst on the Painting and Drawing Diploma Course. Such…

I retired four years ago having spent the previous thirty five teaching in a Special School. The children I worked with learnt most successfully when information was presented in a visual form so I spent many hours adapting materials and…

Student Eva Chen has been creating some amazing pieces of artwork for her assignments on the Illustration course with tutor Steven Hersey. They are all so wonderfully laid out with text and we really hope that our students enjoy reading…

I have completed the colour pencil course, it was hard work but satisfying and enjoyable.I enjoyed drawing the variety of subjects and receiving constructive advice from my tutor, I feel my pictures have improved owing to my tutors advice and…

My name’s Anastasiia and I just finished my drawing and pencil course. I found the London Art College online when I was searching on purpose some drawing courses to become an art adventurer. The course for sure helped me to…

Art had finished for me when I left school.  Now retired I have been lucky enough to travel and see some wonderful things.  However, our last cruise in March 2019 went disastrously wrong off the coast of Norway.  Having survived…

A big thank you to Monika Cilmi, my tutor on the coloured pencils course. I have finally finished my amazing journey. The support and encouragement she gave me has inspired me to book onto the illustrations course. Plus Monika gave…

I tried a lot of subjects in the Illustration Diploma Course. I think each topic is interesting, such as drawing comics based on text, creating picture books, or creating illustrations of your own choice of lyrics. In my opinion, the…

Sadly the well known and much loved illustrator Victor Ambrus passed away recently at the age of 85. Victor was a Hungarian-born British illustrator of history, folk tales, and animal story books. He was also well known for his appearances on the TV…

Student Alyson Fairchild is working on our Beginners Drawing Course with tutor Steven Hersey. Steven was extremely impressed with Alyson’s artwork and so we have added some of her drawings below. We love her detailed pen and ink work especially….

Sue Harper is a new student to the London Art college and has recently enrolled on our Coloured Pencil Art Course. She has just completed her first set of artwork, a few of which you can see below. Tutor Monika…

Student Robyn Hoskins has created two amazing illustrations for her set 5 work for the Illustration Diploma Course. Tutor Steven Hersey was particularly impressed with them and asked if we could show them here on our blog. We were delighted…

Student Benjamin Magesh has just completed the Portrait Painting course with flying colours and passed with a distinction. We have added Benjamin’s final set of paintings below and we know that you are going to be hugely impressed with his…

At the beginning of lockdown in March 2020 my 94-year-old mother had come to live with me. I was looking for something that we could do together and came up with drawing and / or painting. Although my mother did…

Some images have come to light on Facebook regarding a student from 1954! Salvu Scerri signed up for our Press Drawing course and you can see a photo of him below, along with the letter and part of the course…

Illustrating Children’s Book student Cheryl Day has completed two stunning pieces of artwork for her first set of artwork. Tutor Maggy Roberts was delighted with them both and asked for them to appear on our college news blog. We have…

My favourite watercolour artists are Ann Mortimer and Geoff Kersey, I do really like their evocative realism style of painting, but I also love Hazel Soan’s loose style. For this assignment, I made a painting that depicts a group of…

London Art College student Olga Polianska has very kindly written about her artwork below. Olga studied on our Painting & Drawing Diploma Course and passed with a Distinction with tutor Paul Weaver. Lake:This work is inspired by the unusual shades…

The ‘Australia’ prompt for this weekend’s challenge brought a welcome opportunity for me to look back in time. Since my retirement three years ago, and until travel was halted by the global pandemic, I divided my time between Cornwall, UK,…

Pet Portrait student Jenny Pulford has completed her set 5 artwork for the Diploma course and we have added some of it below for you all to see. Jenny has very cleverly taken three separate photos, one each of her…

Student Rob Pilsworth created both of these wonderful paintings while studying on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. Rob’s style of painting is superb and our art course allowed him to develop his style and given him time to work…

Tatjana Tarasenko is studying our Oil Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. The following pieces are from one of Tatjana’s recent sets of artwork and you can follow her text about experimenting with a pallet knife along with viewing the…

I was a complete beginner before taking this course, sketching in pencil for fun. I wanted to improve but I struggled to know what to do to reach the next level. I had no structure to my practice and only…

Fiery Fred in watercolour and Indian ink. Felt pens. Paper – Opus cold pressed watercolour paper. Mother always said a dragon should never burp in public. Now Fred knew why. “I think I can smell smoke,” the villager said as…