tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82652079612779719652023-11-16T07:47:26.179-08:00Mr NicoliniAbby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-30993004065310785252013-09-30T15:31:00.000-07:002013-10-01T01:12:05.287-07:00Mr Nicolini - Tracy Mitchell & Chloe Mitchell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week I'm bringing you two illustrations - illustrated by talented mother and daughter, Tracy and Chloe Mitchell. The pair are studying illustration simultaneously and I'm very glad to be sharing their work with you!</div>
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The first drawing is by Tracy Mitchell. Tracy specialises in decorative illustration, which her piece brilliantly illustrates. She used fine liner on cartridge paper for this piece. I love the nature and animal elements, as well as the crossword in Mr Nicolini's cap - all relating to aspects of his wonderful personality.</div>
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The second piece is by Chloe Mitchell - her illustration is created on calico using fine liner pens and watercolour paints. She has also added offset screen printing in block colours. I think the orange and blue work especially well together, complimenting each other perfectly.</div>
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Abby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-12561263520664078572013-08-21T04:04:00.000-07:002013-08-21T04:04:42.503-07:00Mr Nicolini - Briony Jose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our next Mr Nicolini illustration comes from the newly graduated Briony Jose. This wonderfully unique piece is typical of Briony's creative work - she begins with a pencil drawing, works into them using watercolours and inks and then cleans up in Photoshop where needed. I love how she allows the inks to flow on their own, resulting in really unique illustrations.</div>
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Abby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-86901524717119818932013-06-10T06:38:00.001-07:002013-06-10T06:38:54.439-07:00Mr Nicolini - Deirdre Spain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The next contribution comes from the wonderful Deirdre Spain. I love the warmth of character and use of line in this piece and one of my favourite things about it is the fact Deirdre has managed to include a part of Mr Nicolini's daily life - his crosswords!</div>
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<i>Update: Last week I received an email from Mr Nicolini's great nephew to say he had searched the name 'Nicolini' and found this blog! He also let me know that Mr Nicolini is now a great great uncle! (A fact he was very proud to learn).</i></div>
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Abby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-45760819244257637262013-05-02T04:34:00.002-07:002013-05-02T04:34:51.021-07:00Mr Nicolini - Ochre7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This wonderfully bright contribution comes from Ochre7. I love the line work and playful use of colour in this illustration. Do take a look at his website and Flickr for an incredibly diverse and exciting range of work! </div>
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Abby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-73114778308828574392013-04-16T02:21:00.000-07:002013-04-16T02:21:07.104-07:00Mr Nicolini - Julian Kimmings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">(We're visiting home at the beginning of May and I will be showing Mr Nicolini all of the portraits so far. We shall let you know what he thinks.) Let us know what you think of the portraits so far, we would love to hear from you.</span></div>
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Abby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-85503832240336570172013-04-04T03:53:00.000-07:002013-04-04T04:10:35.446-07:00Mr Nicolini - Tugba Kop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Abby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-38545702896621188512013-03-11T02:18:00.000-07:002013-03-11T02:18:36.379-07:00Mr Nicolini - Tanya Hendrie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The next of the Mr Nicolini contributors is the brilliant Tanya Hendrie. I love the movement and use of, or rather the lack of, colour in this piece. I think it has a wintery feel which is perfect for this very cold March! Check out the rest of her work and let us know what you think!</div>
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Abby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-55067367978114008532013-02-20T05:00:00.000-08:002013-02-20T05:00:55.859-08:00Mr Nicolini - Frances Ives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Abby Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830798520254630436noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265207961277971965.post-20077291779525824482013-02-05T09:30:00.000-08:002013-02-05T06:32:48.715-08:00Introducing Mr Nicolini - Abby Wright<div style="text-align: center;">
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wonderful character of an elderly Yorkshireman, but also brings together
creatives from all backgrounds. It was started by illustrator </span><a href="http://abbywrightillustration.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">Abby Wright</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to encourage creatives to come
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Nicolini, or Nick as he's more commonly known, joined our family more than thirty years ago. He's been with us since and is still living with my mum and feeding the cats to this day. As children he would collect us from school, take us to lunch, go with us to feed the ducks (and subsequently carry me when geese came near!) and quickly became an extremely important member of our
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photographs of him (he's quite the character!) After posting an image
on Instagram saying how much I'd love to illustrate him, it was
suggested that I start a blog, sharing illustrations of him by myself and many other wonderful illustrators. I thought it was a fantastic idea and was astounded by the number of people asking to be involved. As well as illustrators, I hope to involve all creative types in this project - from knitters to writers, if you can find a way to represent him with your talent, we would love to see it!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of Nick's favourite things include reading,
animals, Westerns, boxing, walking the dogs, telling jokes, history,
dinosaurs, beans on toast, crosswords, sharing facts, wildlife books, cats and the Italian food of his roots. Nick turns 81 today (Happy Birthday Nick!!) but still walks the dogs and travels into the
village daily (the village were everybody seems to know who he is). My siblings and I often joke about his permanent frown but don't be fooled - he's a happy, cheeky chappy! When we were young he
would crawl on the floor and pretend to be a horse for us to lead around the living room, run for us to
prove he could and put up with my sister's endless questions of "do you
remember dinosaurs?" A favourite memory is my sister and I borrowing his belongings to create little shops which we would then invite him to visit and be our customer (we took our games very seriously). I remember him often parting with 20p to be able to go and read in peace! Having little family of his own, he has been the best 'adopted' Grandad we could ask for and I can't think of a more appropriate way to honour this fantastic man in my life. I will share the creations with him, I'm sure he will enjoy them!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe Mr Nicolini could be a fun way of getting lots of creatives
together, both new and more established, in the same place. I love
seeing participation blogs and this was a fantastic opportunity to start
one myself. I think it is a great way to not only honour his sweet
nature, but to make sure he is always remembered and never forgotten.
Who knows, maybe we can make him a little bit famous!</span></span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please send an email to </span></span><span class="go"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">drawingmrnicolini@gmail.com if you would like to take part. Finally I would also like to thank </span></span><a href="http://scarlettrebecca.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scarlett Tierney</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for suggesting I started this blog.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="go"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="go"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully you like what you've seen so far and we'll see you back soon for the first of many contributions!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="go"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Abby x</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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