Written & Tutored by Melanie Phillips (The London Art College)
If you are looking to start up painting pet portraits for clients, your friends or family or just as a hobby, and you need a little help, then this is the course for you! It will brush up on your drawing skills, teach you the fundamentals of the mediums oils, pastel, coloured pencil and pencil, and also talk a little about starting your own business, making a website and general information you need to know before taking on commissions on a professional level.
The course is a distance-learning course written, illustrated and tutored exclusively by myself, in association with the London Art College. Distance learning is very flexible and anyone can enroll worldwide at any time. If you are working full time or part time, the course can be worked around your everyday schedule - there are no deadlines or time limits.
A snippet of a students audio / visual crit
On enrolment the student will receive a a fully illustrated printed course folder with assignments at the end of each section. Students can work through the course until they reach the exercises and they can either send work electronically or in the Mail. Students who send work electronically via the London Art College Website will receive an Audio/Video critique showing amendments on the artwork digitally. Each student is able to login to their own personal secure area in the 'Artwork Submission Area', and their critique will be uploaded for the student to access at any time. They can then download and listen/watch the video in Windows Media Player. An example of an audio and visual critique can be played below.
Students who send work through the postal system will receive an audio critique on cd playable on any cd based audio system - ie a stereo system, DVD player or personal computer.
My Students.....
I am currently collecting photos of my students with their artwork. If you are one of my students and would love to have your photo on both my website and the london art colleges, just email your photos! For further information about the course and full information about enrollment please visit the London Art College
The photo above is of my student Emily Griffith presenting a portrait of Mimi LaRue (Pug) to Tori Spelling (US Actress) and her husband Dean McDermott (Canadian Actor).
They taped this for their reality show "Tori and Dean Home Sweet Hollywood". The portrait was part of Emily's work for the Pet Portrait Diploma which I assessed before Emily handed it over to Tori Spelling.
For more info about the course and enrollment please visit the London Art College
Happy Student Testimonials ....
I
receive so many wonderful letters from my students I have added just a minute selection here from a few that have completed the course and one lady who had just started
"....I cant believe that after 2.5 years I have come to the end of my course, I feel I can now start advertising for commissions. Looking back at my work I can see real improvement in technique. Having not used acrylic before, I think this is now my preferred medium. Thank you for all your help and support, I have got no regrets in studying the course and im excited about the further. This is what I needed to get me started. I would definitely recommend this course...
Thanks again
Russ"
"....I feel I have definitely progressed from when I started, I understand a lot more of the process and requirement to produce realistic likeness. Its exacting fun : requiring a level of love and patience, observation and perseverance, an eye for colour and composition, skill and determination 'top capture them'. I have thoroughly enjoyed the process of the last year or so, and receiving your constructive and supportive comments. Will miss our occasional blethers. THANKYOU once again,
love and best wishes
Rhea x"
"...overall I have loved this time learning with you and thank you so much for all your help and encouragement. i also hope to keep in touch with other students from the college. Am hoping the family will think about giving me cash for christmas so i can save up for another course! My never best wishes to you and nick ...
Annie Robinson"
".....Your course looks extremely well structured and I really hope that I can work though it without other bits of my life getting too much into eh way, I don't have any aspirations for becoming a professional pet portrait artist by would lust like to paint my own pets and those for friends, looking forward to your comments
Catherine"
