Student Success for December, January & February 2026 (Over 100+ artworks!)

Morning class!

What an incredibly creative few months it’s been for students working through the courses and lessons. From the first-ever paintings taking shape on the canvas, to one student revisiting the same lesson ten years later! And others are going on to win awards at exhibitions. Many of these successes are linked to free tutorials, so you can follow along yourself.

Even if you’re returning to something you’ve tried before, you’ll often spot something new the second time around.

Hope you enjoy the gallery.

Rick Brind from the Absolute Beginners Watermixable Oils Course)

Chantal Gagne

Rick Brind

Chantal Gagne

Luciane Oliveira from the Beginners Oil Painting Course

Some great brushwork here from students on the new oil course. It can take a bit of getting used to the flow compared to acrylics. But what a great job they’ve done!

Laura Fowler

Paul Shearwood

Laura Fowler

Luciane Oliveira

Laura Fowler

Ramonita Vega from the Still Life Masterclass Course)

Andreas-Fournaris

Ann Fokke

Chantal Gagne from the free How to Paint a Warm & Cool Still Life Painting

Nancy W from the free acrylic still life lesson ‘Painting Morning Sunshine)

Mary Mellor from the Simple Colour Mixing Course

Carolyn Gray

Phil Diepenbrock

Pamela Runde

Mary Mellor

Pamela Runde

Laura Fowler

Mary Mellor

Pamela Runde

Mary Mellor

Pamela Runde

Denise Gillie from the Acrylic Portrait course

Denise Gillie

I love seeing different interpretations of portraits; these, with the Zorn palette, also have a great textural quality to them.

Giovanna Paolozzi

Francis Foley

Nancy Cox from the Oil Portrait Course

Nancy Cox

A Whalen

Sharon Bensen from the Market Day Peaches Still Life Course

Chantal Gagne

Susan Kuney

Mary Ann Bromley from the Acrylic Still Life Project E-book

David Lurie, from the Sunlight & Shadows Acrylic Still Life Course

Chantal Gagne from the Free Terracotta Plant Pots Tutorial

James Cogger

Julianne Green from the Floral Still Life Course

Elizabeth Olson

Nancy W

Patricia Shaw

Here, Patricia has shared her underpainting for the Floral study, and you can see how the structure is already being established for the painting’s next layers.