Student Success for May, June & July 2025

Morning class!

What an incredible Summer it’s been for students following the courses and lessons!

From new experiences with Urban Sketching, breakthroughs in portraits, to a Still Life in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition! Amazing work.

Nicole Keep
(from the Absolute Beginners Drawing Course)

Nicole Keep

Nicole Keep

Sonja Mason
(from the Urban Sketching Course)

Sonja Mason

Sonja Mason

Sonja Mason

Nancy Cox
Creating multi-layer portraits, love the use of the muted greens on the skin tones on the Acrylic Portrait course

Nancy Cox

Nancy Cox

Ann Fokke

Ann Fokke

Monika Frankler
(from the Oil Portrait Course)

Monika Frankler

Sharon Dutton

Julie-Ann Blanchard
(From the Simple Colour Mixing Course)

Julie-Ann Blanchard

Ann Fokke
(From the Floral Still Life Course)

Julie Ann Accornero

Anqi Zhao (such confident bruhsmarks)

Katie Johnson

Philippe Carriere

Denis Gaudette
(From the Absolute Beginners Acrylic Painting Course)

Francis Foley (embracing the palette knife!)

Andreas Fournaris

Julie Cowman

Philippe Carriere
(From the Acrylic Still Life Project E-book) (just love the reflection in the cup)

Philippe Carriere

Philippe Carriere

Julie Ann Accornero
(from the Still Life Masterclass Course)

Elizabeth Hunt

Donna Shipway

Julie Ann Accornero

Maya Rich
(from the Market Day Peaches Still Life Course)

Kathleen Ferno
(From the Modern Still Life Course) (the pears have such life and movement)

Adrian Charlton

Philippe Carriere
(From the Coastal Canvas Course)

Ben Owen

Martin Bourne (superb use of black for the green mixes)

Ben Owen

Ben Owen

Ben Owen

Rick Brind
(From the Absolute Beginners Acrylic Painting Course)

Karen Drew (love the sesne of scale and details on the path)

Francis Foley

Karen Drew

Francis Foley

Karen Drew (love the crispness of the house next to the painterly foreground)

Margaret Kolodzie

Mary Mellor

Julie Ann Accornero
(From the Venice Light & the Landscape Course)

Rick Brind
(From the How to Paint a Monet Landscape Course)

Philippe Carriere

Nancy Henschel (the colour reflections work brilliantly)

Kylia Eastwell
Here you can see the underpainting, and then more details added to this Vermeer Mastercopy (from the Absolute Beginners Watermixable Oils Course)

Heather Mills

Sue Mrozinski
(from the Cornish Lane oil tutorial)

Ann Fokke
(from the free Terracotta Pot Course)

Anqi Zhao
(From the free impressionist apple tutorial)

Donna Shipway

Philippe Carriere

Philippe Carriere
(from the free apple still life lesson)

Clare Dales
Congrats to Clare for being exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition!

Ann Fokke
(from the free floral study tutorial)

Laura Fowler

Pat Davidson

Ruth Hannley

Samantha Locadia
(from the free acrylic still life lesson ‘Painting Morning Sunshine)

Anqi Zhao

Sue Mrozinski
Yes, I now do feel peckish
(From the free How to Paint a Still Life in Water-Mixable Oils)

Sue Mrozinski
(From the free How to Paint a Simple Still Life using Oil Paints)

Philippe Carriere
(From the free Easy Fishing Boat Painting)

Philippe Carriere
(From the free Fishing Boats in St Ives Harbour)

John Kackloudis

Peggy Brassie
(From the Free How to Paint like Monet lesson)

Philippe Carriere

Peggy Brassie
(From the free Acrylic landscape painting techniques)

Katie Johnson
(from the cherry still life painting lesson)

Mary L. Tabor

Maya Rich
(From the free How to glaze with Acrylics video)

Anqi Zhao

Carmen Martin
(From the free How to Paint a Sunlit Room Interior with Acrylics)

Martin Bourne

Maya Rich
(From the Aperol Spritz free tutorial)

Maya Rich
(From the free How to Paint Glass & Reflections with Acrylics)

Patricia Johnson

Phew, I think a glass of that Malbec would go down wonders! hope you enjoyed them

This Post Has 15 Comments

  1. Rebecca Gacek

    Woweeeeee best EVER…totally blown away….AND you are definitely an amazing teacher…..but you must have been as amazed as well…how thrilling….thank you for sharing…color composition….but mainly likability…….which is rare in such a large body of work

    1. Will Kemp

      Thanks Rebecca, pleased you enjoyed seeing them.
      Wil

  2. Marilyn Gray

    I love the diversity of expression in the images but please mention elipses when drawing or painting circles. I find them very difficult to get right! I love the website and the skill exhibited by your contributers. Keep up the good work, best wishes, Marilyn Gray.

  3. Shirley Fargo

    Mr.Kemp, completely enjoyed reviewing your student work. Thank you for sharing their it, illustrating your great skill as a teacher.

  4. Tom Owen

    Great Work‍‍

  5. Peg

    Will, I really enjoy seeing all the students’ work; it really inspires me to keep trying! I love seeing the different interpretations of the tutorials. You instruction is excellent and your comments are very encouraging!

    1. Will Kemp

      So pleased to hear that Peg, glad you enjoyed them.

  6. Jill

    Absolutely amazing work by your students. You are obviously a great teacher and I have enjoyed your YouTube videos in exploring my beginnings with art which I now love with a passion. Thank you for your generous contributions.

  7. Sue

    Really enjoyable and very inspiring overview. Great work all round.

  8. Philippe

    It is always a pleasure and a learning experience to see fellow students’ paintings posted, thank you Will for taking the time to put these together. I think there are truly skilled artists who have emerged from the beginners’ courses, among whom I especially admire are Martin Bourne and Mary L Tabor. (those cherries, Mary, wow!!). Their works among many others inspire me, and I often come back to the Student Success pages when painting for guidance. A great teaching method.

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