I finished my Pet Portrait course and enjoyed every part of it. It really helped develop the skills I needed to take my animal paintings to the next level. I am already receiving commissions generated by posters, business cards leading to my website and word of mouth. Two of my horse paintings were accepted into the Royal Easter Show in Sydney and both sold! This gave me the encouragement to approach two galleries and both were interested. The most rewarding thing has been making people smile and even brought a little tear to someone's eye when they saw their beloved pet in a painting.
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Now that I have completed my Graphic Design Diploma I need to extend my heartfelt thanks for providing such a great learning opportunity for all art enthusiasts and professionals alike, especially for those like me who live in places where such opportunities are not available at all. This was a wonderful experience, and it really enriched me artistically and spiritually. Vanessa was the most amazing tutor that I ever had the chance to know in my life.
I was looking for a little more confidence with my art and I have found it. I have received great constructive feedback throughout this wonderful course. I am going to think about doing the follow-on course... in the meantime I am going to be doing lots more painting and putting some ideas together. Thank you so much for a lovely course!
I really enjoyed doing the Graphic Design course and I have learnt a lot. Achieving the diploma has given me the confidence to continue my interest in art and graphic design. It has made me understand that art is not just about drawing and painting what you see but that you must think outside of the box, research and source ideas and experiment. It was also great to see some of my work on your website.
I was absolutely thrilled yesterday when I received my pet portraiture diploma saying that I had passed the course with distinction. I really can't thank you enough for the excellent tuition whilst I was completing the course, your help and support was invaluable. I really have enjoyed the course and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone looking for online distance learning.
I was delighted to receive a distinction for my work on the Children's Illustration course. A huge thank you to Maggy for her guidance and constructive advice throughout the course. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the assignments and felt that I had really moved forward. This is a really good course and I would recommend it.
After unsuccessful attempts at writing and illustrating children's picture books I found the London Art College course. It was one of my best decisions ever. During my course I entered one of the competitions and was runner up, which resulted in me illustrating Wendy Hesketh's book The Slimy Slug. I received my diploma in illustration with merit in 2011 and went on to do the advanced course. That book has now been published and is for sale on Amazon. I've dedicated the book to Maggy Roberts to say "Thank You" for helping me realize my dream.
IT'S FANTASTIC, INCREDIBLE, GREAT! Thank you very much for all your support. Alan Dedman has made the critiques of my drawings and I like his method, he's a very incredible teacher with a great passion for his work. I just want to tell you that I'm very happy working with him and with all of you too. Thank you very, very much!
I've just successfully completed the pet portrait course and was thrilled to obtain a distinction. My tutor, Melanie Phillips, was extremely helpful and constructive in her comments and advice, and I feel I've learned so much. The course has fitted in so well with my work and other commitments and is the only way I could have studied the subject. I'm really excited that two of my paintings have been put on your website - that's a real honour for me.
Since completing my cartooning course, John put me in touch with someone looking to get a book illustrated as a comic. I have been commissioned by my local council to run comic workshops with groups of teenagers and make a set of comics to be used in schools. I've been given a regular cartoon feature in a local magazine. There are also several other commissions in the pipeline. I've now signed up to the digital illustration course because these courses have so much value - it has actually led to me being able to do this as work, rather than just a secret hobby.
My new year's resolution was to get set up to start selling commissioned pet portraits. I had posters and business cards printed which I have been leaving at shops, vets and boarding kennels. Every week I try to do at least one thing that gets my art seen by more people. I am having discussions about three further commissions at the moment - it's early days for my little enterprise but so exciting! I can't thank the London Art College enough - it has been THE best start for me!
I found myself enjoying more and more the Art world and its history. My assignments covered amazing paintings and sculptures, which gave insights into history and the lives of artists. I was so proud to complete this course that I signed up for the second as soon as I could. Now, once finished, I can enjoy talking about Art and artists with new found knowledge and insight and feel grateful to be able to pass this knowledge on.
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