Clara nicoll illustration

A website showing the work of artist and illustrator Clara Nicoll and a selection of her art, murals and illustrations

Fairy Queen cocktail

The commission for this piece was to illustrate fairy queens holding ingredients for cocktails for a bar in Amsterdam. In this case, the ingredients are mint, lemon, bramble in the background and basil (on her pendent). The illustration was mixed media with gold paint for the brambles in the background.

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The commission for this piece was to illustrate fairy queens holding ingredients for cocktails for a bar in Amsterdam. In this case, the ingredients are lavender, pear, tansy in the background and basil (on her pendant). The illustration was mixed media with gold paint for the tansy in the background.

What we love about NL illustration

The Netherlands and the things we love about it. Illustration in graphite, gold ink and digitaled enhanced for a tourism magazine. The brief for this was to go with typical Dutch passtimes but to go beyond the stereotypes that tourists have. As a former resident of the Netherlands, I'm surprised that people believe that the Dutch live like the tourists you see on stag dos in Amsterdam. The stereotypes about the bicycles are all true though. All of them!

Ingredients for a carrot soup illustration

Editorial illustration in graphite and watercolour - ingredients for carrot and rosemary soup. The design for this was a mixture of pencil on top of watercolour to create a muted image.

Reading on a blanket illustration

Lazing on a picnic blanket in the sun with a coffee. Editorial illustration for a travel magazine.

Editorial illustration in graphite and digital with the ingredients for a cocktail inside.

Work in progress

Clara Nicoll working on a Tintin mural for a residential property. The final mural measured 4 metres wide by 2.5 metred in height and was painted in acrylic.

Map of Hoorn with landmarks and numbers to show placese to eat and drink around the city. Illustrated in pencil, acrylic and finished digitally. Commissioned by Hoorn Tourism industry.

Portrait of Debbie Harry in graphite, copper acrylic and indian ink. The brief was to supply the portrait in mixed media in a loose style with a detailed face.

Illustration of a haunted forest

Illustration in mixed media of a sole figure walking through the forest with the potential for a sinister outcome. I wanted to give the illusion of horror but in a subtle way. And with no gore.