Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we asked our students to create a piece of artwork using charcoal. They could choose any subject, just as long as charcoal was the main medium. It’s not the easiest of mediums…
Student Beckie Andrews has been working on her first few assignments for the Illustrating Children’s Books Course and we have added them below for our readers to view. Aren’t they wonderful! Beckies style or drawing and painting is excellent and…
Two beautiful watercolours today by student Rita Frost. Rita’s artwork is excellent, she has a superb artistic style. Her watercolours are fresh and spontaneous and we love them! We hope that you enjoy viewing them as much as we have!
Some wonderful pieces of artwork from London Art College student Rebecca Smith who is studying the Illustrating Children’s Book Diploma Course. Rebecca has completed her first set and wrote the following to tutor Maggy Roberts which she submitted her work,…
Welcome to our latest art challenge! Time to get MESSY!! Draw anything – any subject and any style as long as it is in pure charcoal. We would like you to only use charcoal, don’t be tempted to use pastel…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task of drawing or painting their front door. Actually, it could be any door into their house, front, side or back, just as long as it was…
We are thrilled to be able to show London Art College student Susan Zajaczkowska’s artwork here. Susan completed our Drawing and Painting Diploma and has produced some wonderful work for it. Her tutor Paul Weaver was delighted as you can…
My husband bought me the London Art College Drawing and Painting Course for my birthday last year. I’ve always ‘dabbled’ and during Lockdown completed a number of pet portrait commissions. But I wanted to push myself into tackling other subjects…
There’s nothing like a major life event ( in my case an impending 50th Birthday) to make you re-evaluate what you hope to achieve in life. I had always enjoyed being creative but lacked the knowledge and direction to pursue…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. We would love for you to share a drawing, painting, or even a photo or your front door. Obviously don’t give too much away about where you live, perhaps just focus on your…
Welcome to our weekend art challenge results, where this week we asked our students to draw and paint sheep, lambs or both. What a lovely subject for everyone to tackle, the artwork that has been produced here is wonderful. Our…
Tutor Paul Weaver I am delighted to announce that I will be exhibiting again with my good friend and fellow artist Max Hale. This will be our third show together, featuring a wide selection of new work in various media….
Student Sarah Agrawal has now completed the Painting and Drawing Course with tutor Paul Weaver. Sarah has produced some amazing pieces of artwork for the course which you can see below. Paul was delighted with Sarahs work and awarded her…
London Art College student Mariya Matviyenko, studied on our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and has completed with flying colours. Her tutor Paul Weaver was absolutely thrilled with Mariya’s artwork and we have to agree – its absolutely stunning! We…
I started the Digital Illustration course because I drew photo realistically in pencil and wanted to get colour into my work. I also wanted to create my own composites rather than just copying photos and this course did just that….
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge all about sheep and lambs. This one you have free reign, you can go realistic , illustration, cartoon… or create artwork from wool itself! What about creating artwork using scraps of wool from…
I always wanted to try my hand at drawing with coloured pencils, after having seen some marvellous work by some artists. I saw one particular American coloured pencil portrait artists work and it was breathtaking. In fact, I was…
Fiona Davidson has submitted a set of work for the Botanical Coloured Pencil course and we are delighted to showcase them here. The two drawings Fiona has drawn are superb, very rich and deep colours, plenty of layering with the…
If you are new to drawing, our beginners drawing course might be perfect for you as an introduction to pencils and sketching. Student Elizabeth Browne has created some wonderful pieces of work while she is studying our course and we…
Welcome to our latest art challenge all about designing wallpaper. We asked our students to think outside the box this week and produce something a little different. It’s good to go outside of your comfort zone from time to time….
We would like to send our hearty congratulations to our Graphic Design tutor, Heather, who has given birth to a happy and healthy baby boy on the 18th February. He’s called Timothy and weighed 6lbs 11oz. Both Heather and Timothy…
London Art College student Michelle Giroux has created some beautiful pieces of artwork for the Chinese Brush painting Course recently. We are thrilled to showcase them here on our blog. I hope that they inspire studnets and readers to have…
Student Sarah Pannell is working on our Pastels course and we have added a few of her pastel paintings below. The course is tutored by Monika Cilmi who welcomes all of her students and puts them at ease. If you…
I started the Drawing & Painting Diploma with a hope of two main things. 1. as an escape from the sadness of loosing my mum to dementia, whom I had been primary carer for over the past 3 years 2. and…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This one is a little different and we feel it will really make all our students stop and ponder for quite some time. It’s not as easy as you think! We would like…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task of painting or drawing ‘Moonlight’. We have received a wonderful array of artwork and if you missed this challenge – you can still have a go!…
London Art College student Hydie Tan created these paintings whist working on the Pet Portrait Diploma Course. We absolutely love them all, especially the Red Panda. Isn’t it completely adorable! If you would like to learn how to draw and…
London Art College student Benjamin Magesh has created some absolutely stunning paintings while working on the Landscape Diploma Course. We hope you enjoy viewing them and also reading about each painting and the assignments below. If you are interested in…
London Art College student Maria Pereira has now completed her Landscape Painting Diploma Course with tutor Alan Dedman and we have enclosed a selection of her final paintings and a lovely quote from her below. We wish her every success…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge and this week we would like you to study moonlight! You have free reign here as it could be a landscape, cityscape, seascape, over trees or mountains… or the moon coming up over…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This week we set our students the task of drawing or painting a horse and foal – or just a horse or a foal. We have received some beautiful paintings and drawing below…
London Art College student Andrea Williamson has completed her Botanical Painting Diploma Course and these are Andreas final paintings. We are so thrilled to be able to show them here on our blog and we wish Andrea the best of…
London Art College student Aimee DelValle has been busy with her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course. These are her latest illustrations. We love the mice sketches, it’s great to be able to see characters in their developmental stage along with…
Student Bhawna Sinha has created three amazing watercolours which we felt were a must to showcase here on the blog today. Bhawna’s use of strong but vibrant colours really shine through in all of the pieces and we hope that…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we would like for you to use the theme or horses and foals as the subject matter. You can depict them any way you wish. We are interested in seeing how the…
Welcome to our weekend art challenge where we set our students the challenge of creating a piece of artwork with only three colours. Some wonderful and very clever pieces of artwork today. Our featured image is by student Christine Mitchell…
We have collected some artwork from the ‘Scary Brief’ on the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma Course today. Each piece has been taken from same brief, however if you study each one, they are all extremely different. There are endless ideas…
Some beautiful work from student Tracey Mold who completed these pieces while working on our Pet Portrait Diploma Course. As you can see by the stunning rabbit illustration, the course isn’t just for pets. Students can draw or pain any…
We have a lovely collection of artwork today from the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course. One of our most popular courses by far. If you are looking to start a new hobby in art, this is a good course to…
If you are studying the Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma you may have come across the scary briefs assignments. Student Angelique Johanson has completed this section of the course and we have added Angelique’s finished pieces below, along with some of…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. We would like you to use three randomly chosen colours to create an art piece with them. You can use any medium of your choice but we would really like you to stick…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This week we asked our students to put a spring in their step and study footwear! It could be any footwear from clompy working boots, to delicate ballet shoes. We have received a…
London Art College student Abigail Severn has completed her Pet Portrait Diploma Course and we have added her final painting along with a few other practice pieces she completed throughout the course. Her final painting, which is the featured image…
London Art College student Sophie Murphy is working through her Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma course with tutor Maggy Roberts. Maggy alerted us to Sophie’s beautiful illustrations and we are thrilled to be able to showcase her work here on the…
Some of the happiest memories I have of my mum are the many pictures she painted at home, which have now been passed down to her children. She was a gifted artist like her mother before, and worked most of…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. Wed like you to look down. What do you have on your feet? A pair of shoes? Slippers? Trainers? Perhaps a fancy pair of stilettos? We would like to you create a piece…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge! We set our studnets the task this week in creating ‘eyes’ in detail. It could be an eye from any animal or human, they could even draw their own eye if they wanted!…
London Art College student Maria Ei Zar is an exceptional watercolourist and we are thrilled to showcase one of her pieces below. Maria has provided us with the stages of her work too which we hope our studnets will be…
My name is Astrid Nielsch, I am an on-again-off-again artist with a love for digital illustration and oil painting. I grew up in Germany – and in Brazil for a few years – but have been living in New Zealand…
We have a wonderfully talented student on the Watercolour Diploma Course at the moment. She is working with tutor Steven Hersey and he is helping her refine her techniques. Steven is very impressed with her work and said …. “I…
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge. This week we would like you to create a piece of artwork around the human or animal eye. You might even want to draw or paint your own eye! Post your entries on…
Welcome to the results of our latest weekend challenge and we hope that you enjoy viewing this amazing collection of cows. More like a herd of cows! This has to be one of our most popular challenges we have set…
Thank you so much for the Art course. I am proud to have this diploma. I feel blessed because I have learnt so much by practising Art with you. When I look at my drawings now I can see how…
As a child I always loved to draw and dance. As I reached my teens the dancing became a huge part of my life and eventually I became a professional ballet dancer so art took a bit of a back…
I studied art at school but never took it any further once I started work. One of the positive things that came out of the 2020 lockdown for me is that I started to do some drawing and painting again,…
Welcome to our newest weekend art challenge. Cows are a very popular subject to paint and draw at the moment, so why not give the subject a go for yourself. You could create a realistic piece, a mix media piece,…
Welcome to the results of our first weekend art challenge of 2023! This challenge was all about painting or drawing fairy’s and we have received a wonderful array of artwork. We also have some new students submitting too! We love…
I am Nyangoma Borg and I have a passion for art. I joined the Digital Illustration Diploma Art Course to broaden my knowledge in art and I had wanted to expand to digital art. With this course I learned a…
London Art College student Virginia Jimenez Sanchez has submitted her first set of work recently on the Illustration Diploma Course with tutor Steven Hersey. Tutor Steven said…. Virginia’s first et of work is brilliant – wonderful technical ability throughout and…
These are three of my favourites that are based upon true events – with a little artistic licence? Stu Roberts – History of Art Tutor Edward Hopper Buy on Amazon – The Narrow Land In the late summer season of…
If you are UK based and would like to attend a private Life Drawing class run by our very own tutor Alan Dedman, please contact Alan to secure your place and see below for more details. This drawing class follows…
Welcome to the first weekend art challenge for 2023! We are easing everyone in gently by having a really lovely, happy subject – Fairies! Draw, paint or why not dress up and take a photo of yourself. Whatever you choose,…
I am another lockdown-baby-artist…still feel guilty that I had such a lovely time in lockdown, but also feel so privileged to have had a chance to enrol on the Drawing and Painting Diploma Course and learn new skills and improve…
Cartooning tutor John Byrne alerted us to the Young Cartoonish of the Year competition. If you enter please do let us know so that we can do a blog post on you! We wish all of the entries the best…
I enrolled on the London Art College Drawing and Painting Diploma two years ago, and I am so glad I did. Right from the start, my tutor, Paul Weaver, was very supportive and encouraging, giving me confidence as I worked my…
We have a Fiery Fred treat for you all today. A beautiful collection of Fiery Fred illustrations from a variety of students. They are all so varied, some fabulous ideas and different takes on the same theme. We love them…
Jill has been working on our Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma and have created some absolutely wonderful illustrations for her latest submission which we thought you might all like to see. Jill has written about the work too which might give…
We would like to wish all of our students and readers of our blog, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. All the very best for your artwork in 2023!
Student Jane Reid has created some absolutely incredible Caksicles! Although not strictly a Christmas card, we were just so impressed at the amount of detail and creativity that has gone into them, they were a must to show here. Amazing…
Julie M has created a number of Christmas cards this year and we have been thrilled to have the chance to showcase them on our blog this festive season. Here are the final two cards, we love the cat peeping…
We hope that everyone has been enjoying the Christmas Card Countdown so far. Today we have an exquisite pencil drawing by student Eric Waller. His skills as a pencil artist are second to none. Eric drew this beautiful drawing and…
We have some fantastic cartoons for you today for our Christmas Card Countdown. Student Alfred Reid studied our Cartooning course and has created a series of Christmas cartoons that we love. Alfred also sent us a photo of himself as…
A beautiful Christmas card today by Julie. Do you have a christmas card that you have drawn or painted that you would like us to showcase here? Just email it to us and we will add it for you!
We have two fabulous cards today by the very talented Emma Miller. Her creativity is endless with her fantastic artwork and cartoons. We love the Brussel Sprout Christmas tree, each sprout has such character! The robins are so very cute….
We have a lovely dog portrait Christmas card today by Pet Portrait Diploma student Sian Perry. Sian painted two lovely happy spaniels with big shiny eyes in watercolour, to wish us a Merry Christmas today!