Online Art Courses by The London Art College
Welcome to the London Art College - Providing Art Courses Since 1931
- 30 Drawing and Painting online art courses including Graphic Design and Art History.
- 3 illustration courses including general Illustration, Digital Illustration and Children's Book Illustration.
- Every student has their own friendly personal tutor.
- One of the world's leading art colleges for adult learning art courses for 80 years.
- The courses offer excellent value for money.
As we are a distance learning college we are still open for new enrolments and for our existing students
Art courses for all abilities
Students set their own timetable and decide when they are ready to submit work to the College - you can enrol and start your course whenever you wish. You can study around your work and family commitments at times that suit you. Our art courses can be done either via the post or online - either way we endeavour to make it as simple as possible for you.
All of our art courses are specially designed for home study, allowing students to work at their own pace in the comfort of their own home. We have students from over over 75 countries studying with us online - there is no college attendance. We believe that painting and drawing skills can be acquired by anyone – with proper tuition and practice.
View our full list of Online Art Courses
How do our art courses work?
Our courses are carefully constructed learning programmes, comprising of progressive self-study units, leading to the opportunity to make submissions at various points on the course.
Our courses can be viewed online in full as well as being mailed to you in hardcopy. This means you can have access to the course even when away from home.
Coursework can be submitted to the college online in 'The Art Room' via scans or digital photographs, or alternatively via the mail as postal submissions.
Students are each assigned a personal tutor who will review and critique submissions providing tailored help and advice to students. Tutors seek to get the best out of their students as one artist to another
Students artwork in progress
Would you like your own personal tutor?
Every student is assigned a personal personal tutor who will review and critique your artwork providing tailored help and advice individual to you. The image below shows just a handful of our wonderful tutors who work with our students to help them achieve their goals. All of our tutors are talented painters and illustrators, active and successful, usually with formal teaching qualifications.
Our team have been carefully chosen because of the sympathetic and supportive way they relate to their students. We believe that art is something to be enjoyed and treasured.
If you have always wanted to try your hand at art, or if you are already an artist and want to develop new skills - let us help you!
Read about our Personal Art Tutors
A handful of our talented art tutors who will help and guide you on your art journey
Bonus Video Library Content
All students with online access can view our unique and exclusive video library made especially for our students. The technique videos are supplementary to the courses. Tutor Paul Weaver, a well known artists in his own right, teamed up with a film maker to create videos for the college. Our students, with a wifi connection, can access the videos 24 / 7 to utilise and learn from. Visit our student area to find out what else our students have access to....
Read our Student Success Stories
If you are looking to purchase a course with us, why not read about some of our previous students. See their work, find out how they got on along with their success stories.
Robert Wilkinson and his Diploma after successfully completing the Illustrating Children's Book Diploma Course
The Colleges Accreditation
The college is inspected and accredited by the BSI for our provision of distance learning art courses. The College is also a full Member of the Association of British Correspondence College and adheres to ABCC’s Code of Ethics
Subscribe to our Blog!
Come and join in the fun on our interactive Blog. We set students new art challenges weekly and showcase their artwork too. Our blog posts are compiled into a weekly newsletter once a week which can arrive in your inbox. Simply subscrib on our blog at the top of the page, as shown below.
Discounts for Students!
We work with Derwent.....
All London Art College students can get GREAT DISCOUNTS on Derwent's high quality products. As soon as students are enrolled on any of our courses we provide you all of the necessary information needed to purchase art materials at super discounted prices. We all know that art materials can be expensive, so this way you can save some of your hard earned cash - and you are learning, with our guidance, how to use them too.
The Writers Bureau.......
Well written stories, articles, books and scripts can enhance your artwork making a package more enticing to any potential editors and publishers. The Writers Bureau provides 14 different courses with tuition from professional writers. Courses include: Creative Writing, Writing for Children, Freelance Journalism, Novel and Short Story Writing and Poetry. London Art College students receive a 10% Discount on their courses.
Find out more on enrolment in the 'The Art Room'.
Need Help Choosing Your Course? Contact Us
Do you have any questions? Contact us via email or telephone at any time. Order your course online or why not call us to purchase your course and gain professional advise from our course advisor - admin@londonartcollege.co.uk