Category: Student Artwork
These posts show student artwork from our Online Art Courses and the artwork that students produce while working on them. Learning how to paint or draw, graphic design, colour theory, Chinese brush painting, history of art …and more!
A lovely wintery painting to warm our hearts of a beautiful Robin painting by student Beatrice Giacomini.
Our festive countdown continues today with a stunning illustration by student Jamie Ann Walton.
Day 2 of our Christmas Countdown is a beautiful illustration by student Angela Watson. You can visit Angela Instagram page to see more of her work at the link below. https://www.instagram.com/angelaruthwatson/
Our Christmas countdown is being started this year by student Elena Statham! A festive wreath to welcome everyone into the wonderful month of December!
Tutor Alan Dedman is currently manning his show in London and so will be away until the 4th of December. We apologise for any delayed critiques during this time. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email us….
Hello, I’m Nahrain Michael from Erbil/ Iraq, I have recently finished my Graphic Design Diploma with a distinction and I’m so thrilled to accomplish this success with one of art fields that I admire and was so keen to learn….
Tutor John Byrne emailed us this selection of cartoons to include on the blog. He was so impressed by one of his students Jos Mascarenhas, and felt that Jos had work extremely well throughout the course. Jos has now completed…
Getting the week off to a flying start with an illustration by student Heidi Lingard. Tutor Maggy Roberts sent it to us for inclusion on the blog and we all feel it is wonderful. Looking forward to seeing more illustrations from…
We are starting a new feature this week called…Spooky Saturday Illustration. Other than the month of our Christmas countdown in December, we will be posting student artwork from the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course Every Saturday. Tutor Maggy Roberts receives many…
We have a wonderful collection of watercolour studies and paintings by student Tessa Baker. Tess has been working on a project studying flamingos and their habitat for one of her assignments. We thought it would be really interesting for our students…
Student Samantha Wing is studying on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. She emailed us her wonderfully colourful illustration, which was inspired by her two children. We are really looking forward to seeing more of Samantha’s work and also adding…
Tutor Maggy Roberts sent us some wonderful illustrations from student Sian Brown which we have added below. Read what Sian sent Maggy long with her illustrations. We love the anecdote about the Kidney Beans and Baked Beans….! The bean people…
We are thrilled to be able to post a wonderful testimonial from student Jane Crocker who has just finished the Illustration Diploma Course with tutor Spencer Hill. We have added some of Jane’s artwork for everyone to see below. We…
Tutor Maggy Roberts received this wonderful email from her student Heidi Hauser who studied on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We are thrilled that Heidi enjoyed her course and gained confidence from it. We love her work and have…
My name is Emma Allen. A few years after the birth of my daughter I found myself at a crossroads in my life and wondering what to do next. My childhood dream of becoming an Illustrator had got lost somewhere…
I wanted to submit one of my botanical paintings to the London Art College Competition 2017, as I have done before, however this time I was delayed and did not do it. I read about the Jackson´s Plant Life: Botanical…
London Art College student Ian Scott has been creating pencil studies of his families hands for one of the assignments on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. You can see a few of them below. Once Scott had practiced studying…
Student Adele Gregory is current working on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with tutor Paul Weaver. Adele has been experimenting with watercolour, layering of colours and wet in wet washes. We love the vibrancy and freshness of the painting and…
Hello everyone! Just finished my Spooky poem and right in time for Halloween! I couldn’t wish for the better timing working on it as in every shop, I could see Halloween themed decorations, which is where I found my inspiration…
We have some wonderful and spooky illustrations for todays post created by our students – perfect for Halloween! The illustrating Children’s books Diploma course is perfect for creating illustrations such as these. We defy any of our viewers to be…
Hello! Finely I managed to finish two sets of assignments: Sebastian Sink City and Fiery Fred! I thought to share with everyone. The Second assignment took me a while, as I didn’t read properly the instructions on what side the…
We love showcasing student Evelyn Sichrovsky’s artwork. Evelyn completed her Painting and Drawing Diploma Course last year. However we keep adding her work here to the blog as inspiration for our current and future students! Keep drawing!
Tutor Maggy Roberts sent us this superb illustration by one of her students Robyn Dreyer. Robyn said below… I enjoy working with watercolour, it’s always a challenge as you never quite know how the water is going to roll or…
Below is a wonderful coloured pencil drawing by London Art College student John Irving. He is studying our Coloured Pencil Course. We have added the reference photo which John sent in with the artwork for his tutor to view when…
Lillian Lan is enrolled on two of our courses. The Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma course with Maggy Roberts and the Landscape Painting Diploma Course with Alan Dedman. Maggy emailed us one of Lilian’s illustrations to showcase on our blog, which…
Joy Deane has just completed our Graphic Design in Art Course with a Distinction. Tutor Vanessa Weaver was very keen for us to show Joy’s work here on our college news blog and we would like to congratulate Joy for…
Drawing portraits have always been my passion as long as I remember, although, unfortunately, there was a period of my life when due to the health condition I had to give up art altogether. It took me some time and…
Amy Curan has just passed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course with a Distinction. Maggy was delighted with her final image and wanted us to showcase it her eon our college news blog. Her final illustration is absolutely superb! We…
My whole life I have spent hours in book shops admiring the illustrations of other people, so when my daughter was about 5 years old and showed a great interest in drawing I started drawing together with her. Only then…
This watercolour illustration was created for the first assignment on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma – to illustrate a double page for the rhyme ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’. I wanted to create a dream-like atmosphere that would appeal to young children…
Student Amy Curran has created an illustration for one of her assignments on the Illustrating Children’s Books diploma course. Tutor Maggy Roberts emailed the image to us asking for it to be included on the blog and gallery. Maggy said…….
We have a superb illustration to showcase below by student Heidi Hauser who is studying our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course with tutor Maggy Roberts. The first image below shows the full illustration including Heidi’s registration lines and the gumstrip…
It’s Children’s Illustration week! If you are looking to improve your illustration work, perhaps you want to pursue a career as an illustrator, or maybe you are writing your own children’s book and would like to illustrate it yourself. If…
Botanical Painting tutor Shevaun Doherty sent us some of her students work this week to be included on our blog. We have included some crops of her work as the details are superb! Tutor Shevaun Said… Hilde Orye has just…
A wonderful testimonial from Charis Simpson who has been working with tutor Maggy Roberts on our Illustrating Children’s Books Course. We have included a few of her stunning pieces of artwork too. We wish you the best of luck Charis,…
These two studies, broccoli and hydrangea, are two of four coloured pencil drawings for my final assessment for the Botanical Coloured Pencil Diploma. I used Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils, blending different coloured pencils to acquire the required colours and tones,…
Are any of our readers struggling with painting? What about mixing colours? Are you afraid to try new mediums? Paula Huckfield took the plunge and decided to embark on our Beginners Painting course to help her with her watercolour painting, along…
We thought we post post a piece of artwork from a student on our Chinese Brush Painting course today. This piece is by student Senur Bicer and we love the depth of tone within the different layers of ink Senur…
Starting off the week with a beautiful coloured pencil drawing by student Amelia Whiffin. When Amelia submitted this for one of her assignments, she also enclosed a photo of the scene she worked from. Many students paint or draw from…
My name is Harjinder Gurnham and I am currently working on the Watercolour Painting Course with tutor Jem Bowden. I painted these last autumn for my second assignment for the Watercolours course. The apples had been just harvested and as…
London Art College student Cheryl Day has painted Camouflaged Merecats for one of her assignments on the Oil Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. We love the natural colour pallet Cheryl has used and it really allows the Merecats to hide…
Starting off this week with a fabulous Illustration by student Jamie Ann Walton who completed this for an assignment for the Illustrating Children’s books Diploma Course. It is one of our most popular courses and we love posting artwork on our…
An on the spot study by student Diane Allen who created this sketch for her Landscape Painting Diploma Course tutored by Alan Dedman. We hope this encourages all of our students to get outside this weekend and paint ‘Plein Air’. Leave your…
Student Alison Hughes has created two drawings for one of her assignments on the coloured pencil course. Alison worked from life however also took a photo of the scene so that her tutor course see what she was drawing. This is…
Galina Arthur has been creating some stunning artwork on our Portrait Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. Our portraiture students might like to also watch this speed painting video on YouTube for inspiration. It has been created by artist Ben…
We hope all of our UK students had a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend and they put it to good use and did some drawing and painting! We thought we would start the week off with a fabulous illustration by Sarah…
Post by Student Saima Jalil It was a pleasure to receive your mail along with copy of my Certificate stating ‘Distinction’ in Oils. I am highly obliged and thankful to the entire team of London Art College who designed the…
Hello everyone, I’m John Crompton and I am studying the Watercolour Diploma with Jem Bowden. My watercolour painting below was done on NOT paper, using Artist quality watercolours. I prefer to work from imagination rather than from nature. I wanted to do…
Ida Mitrani, our tutor for the Botanical Coloured pencil course has said…. One of my students, Zoe Blarowski, has completed her course in Botanical art with coloured pencils. I have added two of her final drawings for the blog and…
My name is Ana Mariela Gutierrez and I am taking the Cartooning Diploma with John Byrne. I was in slight depression after my cat died. She had been with me for 14 years, from the time I came to UK….
The final post of the week showcases a wonderful painting by Alison Hadavizadeh from the Botanical Painting Course. If you have always wanted to draw and paint flowers, fruit and vegetables, hop on over to our website to read more about…
Aisha Mussawa has created this drawing from life for an assignment on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. The course teaches you the fundamentals of drawing and painting and it give you the opportunity to experiment with lots of different mediums…
Young artists Pooja Rajesh has created a fantastic drawing of his trainers for one of his assignments for the Drawing for Children course. I think we would all love to own trainers like these!
Tutor Maggy Roberts has emailed us this wonderful illustration by student Helen Gibson, how is currently taking our Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. Helen has used a number of different techniques within her illustration to shade using her pen and…
I studied with Maggie Roberts for the Children’s Book Illustration Diploma and was awarded a distinction. I went on to do the follow course and wrote the picture book, Mouse Pirate. Through the follow on course I worked on the…
So the last time I wrote about the Derwent Graphic pencil range was after completing my Lion drawing. You can find my website and blog about it here – melnewingart.co.uk. This time I have two pictures which I would like to…
Chani Mores has created a superb drawing for her assignment one exercises for our Drawing for Children Online Art Course tutored by John Byrne. Chani has used some lovely bright colours to shade her pepper..and also created a shadow on the…
Starting off the week with a wonderful illustration by student Elaine Macintyre, who completed this for her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma.
A stunning illustration today from student Angie Atheron. Angie has create this illustration for one of the assignments on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We have not only added the full illustration, we have also added two close ups…
Elena Peres has created some stunning studies of garlic for her Pastel Painting Art Course. She has used different coloured pastel papers to experiment with, which has helped shade her studies when drawing them in different lighting conditions. Elena has…
Are any of our students reading this, studying on our Botanical Painting Diploma Course? Student Jill Bishop has created this beautiful illustration for one of her assignments. If you have created a botanical piece recently and would like to share…
Anneke Van Dijk-Broerse studied on our Pet Portraits Diploma Course and created this beautiful coloured pencil drawing of two gorgeous dogs, plus background, for her final assignment. The brief was to create a portrait with two dogs sitting in a…
Starting off the week with a fantastic drawing by young artist Chani Mores. Chani created this drawing of one of her favourite toys for the Drawing For Children course. Isn’t it wonderful! Our young students are encouraged to create drawings…
I’m Lorena Nannini and I’ve just attended the Oil Certificate Course; I’ve been tutored by Alan Dedman. I’ve always been painting as long as I can remember; I hadn’t the opportunity to attend any art course so I am a…
Student Magdalena Grabek has created a stunning illustration for the assignment, “At last just the right home.” Maggy Roberts, tutor for our Illustrating Children’s Books Online Art Course, emailed it to us for inclusion on the blog and website gallery. There…
A wonderful piece of art work today by student Jitna Bhagani who is studying with Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. We love the design of the piece and the swirls in the sky – beautiful!
We are starting the week off bright and cheery with this lovely poster designed by Graphic Design student Kinga Rozsnya. Are you taking our online art Graphic Design Course? Why not email us your artwork and posters for us display…
Student Joseph Firman has been designing a poster to advertise London for tourists on the Graphic Design Art Diploma Course. We love the bold striking colours Joseph has used which is very eye catching. Also the decorative background in the…
Today’s blog post shows the beautiful and colourful photograph by student Alison Smallwood. Depicting Summer.
Student Jackie Davies has been studying skies for an assignment on her Landscape Painting Diploma Course. Jackie has not only been working in her sketchbook creating sketches and colour studies of skies, she has also been creating some finished paintings…
We love this painting by student Alison Smallwood. It watercolour painted on stretched cold pressed watercolour paper and the overall colour pallet Alison has used is very natural. Alison looking down on the flowers, makes for a wonderful and interesting…
Hi, my name is Elena and this is my first assignment for Illustrating Children’s books course wet on wet collage and Row your boat. At the beginning it took me ages to find the theme for the collage, and I…
We love this painting by student Ann Rae and felt we had to show it here on our college news blog. Ann is studying on our Landscape Painting Diploma Course and has captured an artist painting a portrait of a man…
Beautiful painting for todays post by Patricia Albery who completed this for her set 5 study unit on the Botanical Painting Diploma Course.