Nice To Meet You (again)
A reintroduction to my blog for 2026. Hi, I'm Nicola, a picturebook illustrator and author. Nice to meet you (again).
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025
I just got back from my first visit to the Bologna Children's Book Fair (BCBF) and (like loads of other illustrators) I've decided to tell you all about it. Read on for pop-ups, sketching, Sydney Smith, and The Wall.
Coin Operated Fun (folktale week 2024)
Coin Operated: An illustrated story created for folktale week 2024
Wobbly Taxidermy
Feeling a bit wobbly, I made wobbly drawings of the not so wobbly things in Reading Museum. A roundup of the October session of USk Reading.
Tiny Funfair & A Coffee Van
Urban sketching around Reading town centre on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Drawn Back In
This month I've been drawn back in to drawing from life. Here I share my many life drawing and USk sketches from March.
Autumn Round-up
I've been super busy the last few months, so here's an autumn round-up of some of the stuff I've been up to recently! Folktale Week I'll start with the thing…
Macmillan Prize for Wade
A deep-dive into the creation of WADE, a picture book by Nicola Schofield, highly commended in the Macmillan prize for illustration 2023