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The charity shop approach to creativity

The charity shop approach to creativity

  • Post author:Nicola Schofield
  • Post published:23 September 2023
  • Post category:illustration

How is shopping for clothes in your local Sue Ryder or British Heart Foundation like creating an illustration?

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The Tunnel

The Tunnel

  • Post author:Nicola Schofield
  • Post published:14 September 2023
  • Post category:illustration

Illustration inspired by the little brown bat that lived in "The Tunnel" on my terraced street.

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Angel: Nativity illustration

Angel: Nativity illustration

  • Post author:Nicola Schofield
  • Post published:8 September 2023
  • Post category:illustration

A picture book Nativity illustration inspired by the time I was an angel in the primary school Christmas play.

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AuGhost drawing challenge

AuGhost drawing challenge

  • Post author:Nicola Schofield
  • Post published:2 September 2023
  • Post category:illustration/other work

See all my AuGhost illustrations together and find out which are my favourites.

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Macmillan Prize for Wade

Macmillan Prize for Wade

  • Post author:Nicola Schofield
  • Post published:2 July 2023
  • Post category:illustration/picture books/sketchbook

A deep-dive into the creation of WADE, a picture book by Nicola Schofield, highly commended in the Macmillan prize for illustration 2023

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Watercolour is my happy place

Watercolour is my happy place

  • Post author:Nicola Schofield
  • Post published:6 June 2023
  • Post category:illustration

My journey from original watercolour landscapes to picture book illustrations via a myriad of materials. And why I still keep coming back to watercolour.

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Coffee Drinking Christmas Dinosaurs

Coffee Drinking Christmas Dinosaurs

  • Post author:Nicola Schofield
  • Post published:27 April 2023
  • Post category:illustration/picture books

Coffee drinking Christmas dinosaurs, Reindeer, trees and a sea of Santas, all running in the snow. Sometimes the crazy bits of illustrations come straight from life.

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A hint of net curtains

A hint of net curtains

  • Post author:Nicola Schofield
  • Post published:21 February 2023
  • Post category:illustration/picture books/sketchbook

We can all get too close to our work when we're in the middle of it. We need some distance to be able to judge images for what they are, rather than what we hoped they would be.

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When I was a kid my parents bought Andrex loo roll for a while so they could save up the tokens and get me an Andrex puppy plush for Christmas. There was no other way to get one.
A sketch to final art reveal that I've been meaning to post for ages. There are lots of little details and characters in here that I could have zoomed in on, but everyone loves a squirrel 🐿️
C is for charity shop.
The colourful joys of charity shop clothes shopping 😄
Lots of super bright colourful gorgeousness going on here this week 🤩
My entry for the @picturehooks "oh no!" competition. Two illustrations that show a moment before and after an oh no event. Swipe for the two images.
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