PROFILE
Hello. I’m Nicola, an illustrator who lives and works in Hastings, East Sussex.
I graduated in 1990 from De Montfort University with a first-class BA (Hons) degree in illustration and worked as an editorial illustrator. I am experienced in working to commission using analogue and digital methods, following briefs and meeting deadlines. Currently, I am focused on writing and illustrating nonsense verse, and I hope to publish my first book, ‘A Shark with No Teeth’, this year.
Thank you for taking the time to view my website; I appreciate it.
Illustration details and dummy books for ‘A Shark With No Teeth: A Book of [mostly] Nonsense Verse, written and illustrated by Nicola Rowsell’.
Instagram challenge
#birbfest
Backgrounds and environments.
Cover illustration for the NHS Southampton University Hospital trust’s Advanced Care Plan.
Character development, black and white.
Illustration for fashion.
I developed my lion and leopard characters in collaboration with menswear label Hand and Jones. Available at Wolf & Badger.
Personal artist practice and drawing for illustration.
The following interests and activities support my illustration projects. My work with children has been the most formative, and through motherhood, teaching children to read in schools and running art workshops, I found joy in wordplay, writing nonsense, and creating stories.
Sketching on holiday and nature tables.
Papercuts.
Monoprint and collage.
Screenprint.
Monotype.
Writing and illustrating stories for children: authorial illustration.
Writing and illustrating stories for adults: authorial illustration.
Hand Lettering.
Calligraphic and free-drawing.
Junk Modelling.
Pottery classes.
Oil Painting.
Reading.
Observational drawing.
Walking and collecting natural elements.
Archive.
Award-winning art workshops for children.
A plenary approach: storytelling, drawing, costume and book making, printmaking and sculpture, raising valuable art funds for schools, and an interview in The Daily Telegraph.
The Daily Telegraph; interview.
My first commercial illustration commission was in 1990 for GP magazine. I remember the thrill of opening the magazine to see my illustration and name in print.
Thank you for your visit! I hope you enjoyed your time here. Feel welcome to connect with me on Instagram @nicolarowsellstudio where I share my studio life and supporting works, and if you’re part of the Domestika community, you can find me there, too @wolfnicola
Tata for now, Nicola.
