Category: Student Artwork

Welcome to our London Art College competition results. Our 2020 competition is now closed and you can view all of the Entries and Finalists on their dedicated pages. We received some incredible entries this year and it was a difficult…

London Art College student Ariana Harkiolakis is studying our Digital illustration course with tutor Monique. Ariana has explained how she created both illustrations using digital software. We hope that you find it insightful and if you would like to ahve…

Rosy Davis, is approaching midway through the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. She has produced some lovely typographic work, as well as an excellent tonal study. It really demonstrates her versatility with art and design.  The first piece is a…

Illustrating Children’s Book Course tutor Maggy Roberts has illustrated a new Kindle book called ‘Flamingo Fashion’ by Samantha Hunter, the Audible read by Michael Maloney.  The Kindle book is designed for children between the ages of 3-6 and all profits…

Jennifer Parry has just enrolled on the Coloured pencil course. Monica Cilmi, the tutor for the course, was thrilled with her work and said…. One of my new students from the coloured pencil course is amazing. She has just started…

Here is Alicia Van Wyk’s work. She recently completed the packaging study unit in the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course and has achieved a fantastic solution for a new range of fizzy drinks based on Greek gods and goddesses. These…

I have just completed my assessment of a new student’s work. Her name is Quinttyz Lisay, from the Philippines. Her three final pieces for that set are simply outstanding. Pen work, with great imaginative qualities, wonderful technique and an ability…

Congratulations to Jan Graham who’s Winter Berries painting was chosen for this years Association of Distance Learning Colleges (ADLC) Christmas card. We set students the challenge of coming up with festive themed artwork so that ADLC could choose their favourite….

Sue Quinn created these two coloured pencil drawings while studying on our Coloured Pencil Course. We have added the reference photos to go along side the drawings as we have found students find it really interesting to compare the artwork…

Deborah Birt has just completed the course with a DISTINCTION!  Debbie worked very hard and enjoyed trying different styles and approaches with her drawings and paintings. A selection from each of her sets of assignments can be seen below. Paul WeaverDrawing…

My name is Rachel Pesterfield and I have just completed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. The images below were all from my final assignment. I started with a few photoshoots of myself, my daughters and my nieces. I asked…

Tutor Vanessa Weaver has shared some of Petra Trokanova work for our students below to see. Petra is studying the Graphic Design art course and has created some stunning pieces. Vanessa says…. Petra Trokanova is amazing! A very talented artist/designer!…

Pet Portrait – Lockdown Lifeline I signed up to the Pet Portrait course with London Art College back in February as something new and exciting to learn. This was just before the government announced countrywide lockdown. At the time I was…

I’m just on my last assignment for the Pet Portrait Diploma. To date I’ve completed the Children’s Illustrations Diploma, published a book, had some of my work printed on Greetings Cards and in Welsh Country Magazine. I have some experience…

Janki Sanghavi is currently studying on our Illustrating Children’s books Diploma course with tutor Maggie Roberts. Janki asked if her work could be featured on our blog and we were delighted to hear from her. Janki said…. I am an…

Tutor Paul Weaver who teaches our Drawing and Painting Diploma has sent us some wonderful artwork for the blog by student Anna Al Tahir. Paul was absolutely thrilled with Annas work and said the following…. Another of my lovely students…

Student Maria Ei Zar has sent us a step by step painting she has recently completed which is called “Delightful” to show on our blog. Maria painted this in watercolour at size 12” x 9”. We love the way that…

Steven Hersey who tutors our Illustration Diploma has asked if two pieces of artwork by student Leonie Bosse coudl be shown her eon our blog. We love them as does Steven. who said.. I think these pictures have great charm…

Student Rebecca Blake who has been studying on our Coloured Pencil Drawing Course has produced a collection of lovely portraits whilst on the course. Tutor Monika Cilmi has thoroughly enjoyed tutoring Rebecca and knows from working with her that she…

We have three wonderful pieces of artwork today from students who have been working with tutor Vanessa Weaver on the Graphic Design Art Course. Read more about each piece below. The first illustration is by student Alicia Van Wyk who…

The two pieces of artwork below were created by student Alison Davies on her final set of the Coloured Pencil Drawing Course. Alison has written about each piece and also a lovely testimonial which we have included below. We hope…

Three superb paintings today by London Art College student Oxana Hayball who created these whilst studying still life with tutor Alan Dedman. We love the way Oxana is experimenting viewing the objects at different angles. Which do you like best?…

Mari-Ann Berg has created three tonal sketches, a coloured pencil flower study and a garden scene for one of her sets of assignments on the Drawing & Painting Diploma Course. Read about how Mari-Ann created the artwork below. Duck looking…

Abigail OGorman created these beautiful drawings for the Drawing for Children’s Course. Abigail drew her toy dog in pencil and shaded it as a practice and then drew it again and coloured it in. She then collated a few toys…

Monica Phillips created these fantastic pieces whilst working on the Still Life Course with tutor Alan Dedman. We love all of the paintings Monica has painted and particularly admire the way she has handled the glasses and the shine on…

Drawing and Painting Diploma student Veronique Cole has completed her course with tutor Paul Weaver and has passed with a Distinction. We have added a few of Veronique’s paintings and drawings below and hope that you find them inspiring! If…

Hillary Love has completed a fabulous portrait for her final set of work on the Pet Portrait Diploma course. The portrait that Hillary has created, although fairly loose in style, is very accurate with regards to fundamentals of her drawing,…

Jane Tivey chats about how she completed her landscape hay bales pastel painting. We hope you all find it interesting and inspiring! To start with I roughed out the tree line and top field line and then painted the sky…

This is Alicia Van Wyk 47065, who has recently sent her typographic work through – it’s fantastic! What a contrast in these two pieces of work, showing Alicia’s ability to communicate with each target audience. The middle piece is a…

Student Fleur brown has created a lovely composition for two black Labradors for one of her assignments on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course. We have added a couple of photos below, one showing the painting in progress with a prelim…

Tessa Burn recently completed the pastels course and created a variety of artwork whilst studying with tutor Monica Cilmi. The pastels course not only allows you to learn pastels as a medium, but it gives you the chance to experiment…

Student Pauline Garforth has completed the Watercolour Diploma Course and created this beautiful painting of St Pauls Cathedral. We have added the final painting, the reference photo Pauline used and a photo of Paulines colour chart too. Pauline was delighted…

Helen Acosta completed both of these beautiful paintings for the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. The first being a Red Setter in Pastel, the second a Corgi in acrylics. Helen explains a little about each painting below. We hope you enjoy…

The two portraits along with the delicately drawn hand study below have been created by London Art College student David Thomas. David worked with tutor Alan Dedman on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and submitted these for his final…

Following on from Victoria’s post last week, we have a second in the series of her beautiful and very realistic paintings of Braeburn’s. Read about how Victoria painted them below along with the colours she used and her process. “Malus…

Victoria Westmacott-Wrede has created a beautiful set of watercolour fruit and veg for one of her assignments on the Botanical painting course. She explains below how she painted each one and the colours she used. We thought that would students…

London Art College student Elizabeth Taylor has been working on the Landscape Diploma Course with tutor Alan Dedman and has created some wonderful landscape paintings and drawings for one of her assignments. Elizabeths delicate and precise drawing and sketching skills…

We have a wonderful blog post today by student Jane Tivey. She wrote a wonderful accompaniment to her artwork which we have added some of below. We hope that it gives our students and readers an understanding of how Jane…

Rebecca Friend is working with tutor Gayle Mason on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course and here are a couple of Rebeccas pieces from the first and second sets of artwork. We love the oil painting and you can read more…

Sarah Briggs has created two wonderful illustrations for her first set of work for the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We have added them below for you to study. The double page spread illustration gives lots of detail and interest…

Benjamin Magesh has completed the third assignment on the Portrait Painting and Drawing Course and also included some progression shots of the portraits. We absolutely love receiving candid photos by students and we hope you enjoy viewing these of Benjamin…

We have added a variety of pieces of artwork today from student Madhavi Yelnurkar who has been working on the Drawing & Painting Diploma Course with tutor Paul Weaver. Madhavi’s artwork is wonderful and we hope that you enjoy viewing…

Steve Giles is currently working with tutor Gayle Mason on the Pet Portraits Diploma Course. He created these two portraits for his set 4 assignments. One exercises was to add a dog within a scenic background and the other was…

Student Oksana Lupych has just completed the Watercolour Diploma Course and tutor Ida Mitrani was thrilled with Oksana’s artwork. She requested for it to be added here on our blog for fellow students to view. We are thrilled to be…

Karen Bruce completed our Watercolour Diploma Course and produced these stunning paintings for some of her assignments. The colours Karen used are so fresh and vibrant. We particularly love the eye and ear studies that she has completed with some…

London Art College student Sidney Pletschke is working with tutor Steven Hersey on our Illustration Diploma Course. Steven was particularly impressed with Sydney’s assignment, part of which we have added below for our students to view. Steven said….. Sidney produced…

Welcome to our beautiful collages of birds by student Sara Roberts who is studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Tutor Maggy was thrilled with Sara’s main collage and felt it would be a great addition to the blog to…

When I first read the assignment and when I looked at the various works done by students, Sebastian’s Sink City felt like a real challenge. I had never drawn or painted house-cleaning products and I was wondering how I would…

Student Linda Carluschi is taking the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course and completed this beautiful illustration for the Fiery Fred Assignment. Linda said… I studied for five years and worked as a graphic designer for six years. I started to…

Student Yun-Ting Hsieh is currently working on our Illustration Diploma Course with tutor Steven Hersey. Steven was thrilled with Yun-Ting’s preliminary drawings and final painting which you can see below. We have also added some of the text that Yun-Ting…

LAC TUTOR PAUL WEAVER HAS HAD 2 PAINTINGS SELECTED FOR THE ARTIST EXHIBITION – NOW OPEN! Although the Patchings Festival, featuring ‘The Artist’ and ‘Leisure Painter’ Open Competitions, could not take place this year, the good news is that the competition still…

I am using Strathmore Bristol smooth and a mechanical pencil and also b and 2b pencils. My first sheet shows a common Ivy : Hydera Helix and I choose a mature shiny leaf. Also on this sheet is a young…

Student Maria Ei Zar has created a beautiful study of a lobster and has sent us photos of the painting in stages for us to see. She has also shown where her easel is set up along with her paint…

I remember submitting my first assignment for the Illustration Course, I was so nervous. I had never studied art before, and I didn’t know what to expect. I come from a background in which art is seen as a waste…

I have enrolled in the Digital Illustration course (a gift from my husband), in the hopes of expanding my artistic style as well as learning about the technical aspects of drawing digitally.  Although I come with some experience (well self…

Two stunning illustrations today by student Layla Ewen who is studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with tutor Maggy Roberts. We not only love her very three dimensional Fiery Fred painting, but we adore Laylas frog lazing on the…

Lauren Sandall has completed a lovely first set of typographic work for the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. Tutor Vanessa weaver was thrilled to receive them as are we to be able to show them here on the blog. We…

Student Emily Hemmings has submitted her first set of work on the Graphic Design Art Course and produced a terrific set of illustrations for a tourist brochure. Emily has also put together some very effective concept boards, which were a…

Anne-Sophie Laugier submitted this very impressive illustration as her response to the Fiery Fred brief on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Sophie also took a photo of the painting with her watercolour pallet which is absolutely beautiful! We would…

Rosy Davis created these two superb pieces of artwork for the first assignment on the Graphic Design Art course. At this stage, Rosie was learning about perspective and these are her two pen and ink illustrations as examples for this….

Welcome to our big announcement! The London Art College yearly competition is now OPEN! Students can submit ONE piece of artwork they have created. It doesn’t have to be a course work piece. The artwork can be in any medium…

Caroline Richards has completed the Graphic Design Course course and passed with an overall Distinction grade. Caroline has designed a beautiful poster which you can see below, along with her sketches and mockups of how the poster developed. Caroline sent this…

Ian Dance, a student from the Learn to Draw Course has created two lovely drawings in pen. Tutor Monika Cilmi was delighted with his work and we are thrilled to be able to show them on the blog today. The…

Student Sara Sykes has just completed the Illustration Diploma Course with a Distinction. Tutor Steven Hersey said that the distinction grade was well deserved and her work on the course was outstanding. We have added three images below, the first…

Sean Cocker is currently working towards completing the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course with tutor Ida Mitrani. Seans illustrations below are absolutely stunning and we hope that you enjoy viewing them as much as we have. If you are interested in…

Audrey Quinton studied our Cartooning Diploma Course with tutor John Byrne. Audrey has just got in touch, as one of her stunning cartoons has been published in a booklet called ‘Fit For Farming‘. You can read about it online and…

I changed my path at college level from illustration to 3D Design., This gave me a wonderful career but I hope to finish what I started with Illustration. I also wish to learn more to be able to illustrate the…

Student Gayathri G is studying on our Illustration Diploma Course with tutor Steven Hersey. In one of the assignments on the course students are asked to design and redesign some logos. Gayathri created a number of stunning logo designs, including…

Welcome to our blog post today, dedicated to photography student David Feakes. He passed with flying colours this week with a distinction and tutor Rona Cox was delighted. The photos below show two from the portraiture window light tasks, one…

Today we have two beautiful watercolour paintings by student Sylvia Kendrick who is working on our Watercolour Diploma Course with tutor Ida Mitrani. Sylvia has traditionally painted a stunning flower painting entitled ‘Flowers from my Garden’ and a still life…

These beautiful Illustrations are from Gillian Ofodile, who has taken the same subject matter and applied her interpretation of realistic, loose, graphic, collage and retro illustration styles to it. Some lovely experimentation with different styles of illustration. Vanessa WeaverGraphic Design Art…

Having never studied art online, I was a little apprehensive as to how much I would learn, but was truly impressed by the quality and content offered in the watercolour course. I found the assignments fun, yet challenging too. My tutor…

A lovely collection of paintings today by Landscape student Jackie Davies who is being guided with painting and drawing landscapes by tutor Alan Dedman. We hope that Jackie’s use of beautiful soft shades of blues and yellows inspire you to…

For this exercise I used some decorative objects of my toilet sink.At first, it was a little bit challenging but after the final image popped up to my mind, I could cleary see what was requested. Roberta Goncalves da silvaIllustrating…

We have a simply superb collection of paintings today by our Pet Portraits Diploma Course students. We thought it would be lovely to celebrate our animal painting students and also provide some inspiration to our readers too. If you have…