Category: Student Artwork

Rene Mansilla has created some amazing artwork whilst working on our Beginners Drawing Course. We have added a selection below, her work is absolutely beautiful. we hope that you find her drawings inspirational. Read Rene’s text to go along side…

A wonderful selection of artwork from student Heidi Seal who created these while working on our Coloured Pencil Course. We love the attention to detail Heidi has created in each drawing, particularly the first image below with the texture on…

Welcome to our weekend art challenge results on the fun theme of Alice in Wonderland! Our students definitely had fun with this one and our featured image this week is by London At College student Melissa Lemon. Scroll to the…

I really enjoyed drawing this mug and spoon task on the first assignment for the Coloured Pencil Course.  It was really challenging at times to get the ellipses right so that the mug looked more realistic. It took me 2hrs…

Watercolour Diploma student Angelique Johanson set herself the task of creating an Alice in Wonderland illustration for her final assignment for the watercolour course. The painting below is the final image, however we have added a couple of her previous…

Pet Portrait Diploma Student Brian Pearson has created two lovely paintings of dogs for one of his assignments for the pet portrait course. We have added some text that Brian sent to his tutor Gayle so that our students and…

Spring is officially here! So our weekend challenge theme this week was of course Spring! And what beautiful spring like paintings we have received. Our featured image this week is by student Aggie Choy who created the painting in watercolour….

For years I’ve wanted to improve my drawing and painting confidence. I mostly painted. My fear of the blank canvass and that voice in my head telling me I couldn’t draw, pushed me towards copying rather than drawing and focusing…

I can remember as a child being very excited to receive anything art related – new pack of pencils,  sketch book, a tin of paints – WOW! Many years later I still get the same thrill. Over the years I…

The great thing about the internet is that you have a window into worlds that you otherwise may not have known existed and its possible to build professional relationships with people on the other side of the globe, leading to…

Here are the results of this weeks beautiful challenge entitled Peace. Our featured image this week is by Ellie Hutton, wonderful colours, movement and delicate detail. Every piece you see below has been created with love. We hope you all…

These two beautiful botanical coloured pencil drawings were created by London Art College student Keith Newman. Keith said of the drawings… I loved undertaking the branch and leaves of the pear with it’s many shades and tones to look at……..

Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Student Anke Reiss has created two amazing illustrations for her art course with tutor Maggy Roberts. Aren’t they wonderful! Anke said.. … by taking the course I hope to learn how to deal with illustrations for…

Jenny Nutbourne has completed the ‘Under the Sink’ assignment on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. We love Jenny’s initial sketches of bottles and bleach from under her sink at home. Her watercolour washes and colours have created very realistic…

Welcome to this weekends art challenge. We felt in light of the current world events it would be appropriate to have a challenge surrounding the word Peace. Paint or draw what you feel. We look forward to seeing what you…

We loved this challenge, it really made our students think outside the box. We asked them to create a cartoon of themselves in anyway they liked and the results are below. If you missed out on this challenge, or you…

Here is a lovely image from Children’s Illustration student Hester Groen de Porto for ‘The cow who went looking for a friend’ assignment. Hester has understood the need for a soft and gentle approach requested in this brief. She has…

My drawing and painting course at London Art College I really regret that this course recently has come to an end. I am very glad to have decided, some 18 months ago, to join this course. I enjoyed it very…

Magda Milewska is one of my best students, not just talented but also so sincere and hard working in her studies. Everything was always done so thoroughly, to be honest I’m sorry to see her finish! Tutor Paul Weaver I…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge results. We definitely have something to crow about today! Aren’t all of these rooster paintings and drawings amazing! We love them all. What a fantastic subject to choose for our art challenge this…

We would like to officially welcome Heather Rooney to the London Art College as our new Graphic Design tutor. Heather will be taking over some of our current students as well as new students enrolling. Students who haven’t submitted assignment…

As a youngster I loved art,  but training to be a Doctor and having a family always got in the way! After retiring I started drawing watercolour birthday cards for friends and family but needed advice and direction. I started…

Brian Spencer has just completed our Photography Diploma Course with tutor Rona Cox. Rona said of Brians work…. “The planning his work went through was amazing and the thoroughness of his note taking of camera settings and his thought processes…

I am having an exhibition to show some of my recent work. The gallery is in Brecon (UK) and I will be showing about 20 pieces of landscape paintings based on Welsh places. Some close to home and some from…

Welcome to our amazing collection of paintings and drawings on the theme of Desserts. By the time you have viewed them all, we guarantee you will be craving something sweet! Our featured image is by student Aggie Choy who has…

Hi All – a while ago, I took John Byrne’s marvellous cartooning class at the London Art College and thoroughly enjoyed it ! John is part of a rather small group of teachers and now mentors who helped me realize…

Gelise has just completed her Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a Distinction. Tutor Paul Weaver said … “Gelise has been a pleasure to teach, always very thorough and creative, producing some great work during the course. The male nude was drawn with…

We hope no one is on a diet….. because it might be a good time to have a cheat weekend! As this weekends art challenge is all about desserts! Perhaps not so much about cake, but more about unctuous gooey,…

Did you all have a lovely Valentines Day? We hope that the cards and paintings that you all created for our Valentines Weekend Art Challenge were well received by your loved ones! What a wonderful collection of paintings and drawings…

I love experimenting with Watercolour and Acrylic Inks. My painting was worked in Watercolour and Acrylic Inks. The sky was worked wet into wet.  The foreground was a heavy wash of pigment with Acrylic Ink dropped in. I then used Florists…

We have a wonderful selection of work today from a very talented student. Margaret Brown has passed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a Distinction and tutor Paul Weaver was thrilled with her work and said…. “Margaret has been…

Another amazing selection of artwork from London Art Student Lauren McPhee who has completed the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course with a Distinction. Lauren can be found proudly on our honour list on our website. We hope you enjoy viewing…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. We are ‘on topic’ this weekend with a Valentines Day theme. Why not create a card for your loved one entitled ‘Be My Valentine’. The ideas are endless and we will leave the…

What a wonderful collection of frog artwork we have received this week! Fantastic challenge idea! We set our students the task of drawing or painting a frog, any kind of frog, for this weeks challenge. We love all of the…

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Student Bronwyn Copeland has completed the Drawing and Painting course with. a Distinction. Her work is absolutely beautiful, in particular the watercolour Magnolia painting below. Tutor Paul Weaver was delighted with her artwork and will are thrilled to be able…

Jenny Nutbourne has been studying under tutor Maggy Roberts on the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. Jenny annotates her drawings when she submits them so Maggy has a full understanding of what Jenny is doing at each stage. We felt…

Ethne Dian is the first student to complete the Chibi Character course. Tutor Monique said – “I am so proud of her. I think she’s brave & her texture & unique style is just wonderful!” Ethne said I just wanted…

More than 10 years ago, when online courses were not so popular as now, my international friend in Scotland told me about London Art College. I kept the name in the back of my mind, not thinking that one day…

I am really happy and very proud to have got a distinction. I really enjoyed the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course and learned a lot. It was so helpful to make these illustrations and get feedback. Some subjects I would…

Jenny Nutborne’s flower project for the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course is absolutely beautiful! We love the delicate flowers in watercolour that Jenny has created. You can follow her process from the initial watercolour studies through through to the finished…

Student Lydia Weber has been working with tutor Monica Cilmi on our Pastel Art Course and has produced some exceptional artwork in her latest set. We adore the vibrancy of each piece, the movement Lydia has created along with plenty…

Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge ….. which was quite the challenge! We asked our students to draw something in either pen or pencil using a continuous line. It might sound easy, but actually its pretty tricky! It really…

Student Angela Willis completed all of these fantastic drawings on the Drawing With Pens Art Course. We love them, Angela has created some lovely lines and texture. Pens are often overlooked as a medium. If you would like to learn…

Pet Portrait student Patricia Clarke submitted her third assignment for the Pet Portrait Diploma Course and has created two superb submissions below. The first was created in pastel and the second Acrylic. We have added the reference photos Patricia used…

Student Rachel Shelly has been studying hands, feet and eyes, whilst working on our Drawing and Painting Course. She has created some wonderful studies which you can see below. We do try to encourage our students to work from life…

Welcome to our first weekend art challenge results of 2022! And we are starting the year off with a Bang! Our challenge this week was for students to represent the words Noisy and Loud and we have recieved some fabulous…

Young artist Kasi Wyatt (aged 14) has been practicing her drawing skills and submitted these for one of her assignment below. She is taking our Drawing for Children Art Course 1. We absolutely love the study of the extension plug,…

Student Davina Raffaelli created these excellent drawings whilst working though our Drawing with Pens Art Course. As you can see from Davina’s artwork, using different papers and pens can give wide variety of textures, colours and results. We love how…

Student Yianna Charalambous completed these stunning paintings on the final set of the Landscape Painting course. We felt that they were more than worthy to be showcased on our blog, we particularly love the old car painting. So much texture…

Here are some wonderful paintings from student Jane Naylor who recently completed Still Life Course tutored by Alan Dedman. We have added some txt to go along side the paintings from Jane which students might be interested in reading. We…

Student Christine Emery has created three beautiful and exquisite drawings for her 5th assignment on the Botanical Coloured Pencil Course. We hope that you enjoy viewing Christine’s artwork in detail and we are sure her set 6 assignment artwork will…

Two wonderful and very colourful paintings today by student Inga Berkenstrater who completed our Colour Awareness Course recently. If you would like to find out what our Colour Awareness Course is all about, head on over to our website to…

Today we have some lovely studies from Kenneth Hustwitt who created these while working on the Drawing with pens art course. Take a look at our course page to read about how you can use pens as an art medium…

We have a stunning selection of students work to show you today. They are all from students who are studying our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. Our students have designed some very creative and well thought out illustrations, along with…

Student Maria Pereira created these wonderful oil paintings whilst studying our Oil Painting Course with tutor Alan Dedman. Maria has created two abstract paintings and we particularly love the textures she has made in the painting below. The pastel colours…

Young artist Asher Wood has completed these two drawings for the Drawing For Children Course 2. They are absolutely wonderful. Asher set up two still life studies, the first was to draw his guitar from different angles as sketches and…

London Art College student Jean-Cristophe Catera has created some beautiful landscape paintings for his assignment on the Landscape Diploma Course. They are all absolutely stunning and we hope that our students are inspired by, not only the subjects and composition…

Student Serena Carter created these wonderful pieces of work while on the Coloured Pencil Course. Serena has explained about the drawings which you can read below, we are so pleased that she enjoyed her time with Monica Cilmi on the…

I want to thank Gayle Mason for introducing me to the dog painting world on the Pet Portraits Course. She has shown me methods I would never have known had I been training myself. Firstly I enjoyed designing my own…

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our lovely students far and wide, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Wherever you will be spending the festive season, enjoy yourselves, relax and keep safe….

My weekend challenge, ‘Christmas’ Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving and of families united. Merry Christmas to all! We absolutely adore Bhawna’s painting of ‘Christmas’ and we hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas…

We are in absolute awe of student Sally Studley’s artwork below. We love it, it’s so beautiful! We wish Sally and her family a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year. Looking forward to seeing more artwork from Sally…

Merry Christmas! My latest Christmas drawing. I‘m enjoying seeing all the Christmassy pictures here and on Instagram. #weekendchallenge We are thrilled you are enjoying the christmas artwork Priscilla and the Christmas collage on Instagram. If our readers haven’t seen our…

A wonderful Robin by London Art College student Rosalind today. We wish Rosalind and her family a very happy an safe Christmas, from all of us here at the college.

We love this one from Audrey Quinton, wonderful watercolour and pen study. we hope everyone is nearly ready for Christmas!!

One year, as a young child, I collected 100 hazelnuts from the garden, and presented them to my Mum to help save some money at Christmas time. This is ‘Posting hazelnuts’.

…..what had never thought about before: Maybe Father Christmas is a rather cool guy? Who knows? No one has ever seen him…

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We are far away from our home so I will send these cards to my mom and sister for Christmas this year.Watercolor on paper.

‘It’s almost Christmas again and I would like to wish HOPE to everyone! My snowman was painted in watercolour, pen ink and acrylics.” We love your snowman Josiene and would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas from all…

“I wanted to draw an image of the traditional way of communicating by post at Christmas.  In this digital world I think it would be sad for Christmas cards and letters to Santa by post disappearing for good.” We agree…

Some wonderful christmas cartoons today by Cartooning course student Alfred Reid. We love them and hope you do too!

“ Winter Fox “ I painted this Christmas card from my childhood memories. Red Fox in the snow reminds me Christmas is on the horizon. I have used acrylics on acrylic paper.

December challenge finally finished. Acrylic paints with white Posca for the highlights. White Posca is great for fine lines like cat’s whiskers on a dark background and can be purchased on amazon.