Nicola Schofield

@nicolaschofield.com

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Children's book illustrator and author in the UK. Urbansketcher. Creating colourful worlds & characters 🌐 https://nicolaschofield.com ✏️ https://nicolaschofield.com/newsletter/ 💌 Hello@nicolaschofield.com Represented by Sally Kim at ABLA #kidLitArt

An illustration of a boy in a woolly jumper and bobble hat, about to bite into a jam sandwich. He is sitting in front of a beautiful night sky filled with stars and meteors. Text reads "Nicola Schofield.com children's illustration. Rep by Sally Kim at ABLA"
Photo of a half knitted sock in self striping wool.
An illustration of an elderly lady with a determined expression, riding a unicorn shaped mobility scooter.
Photo of the cover of the GN The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang
"starter pack" type illustration of me (Nicola Schofield) as a kid. Accessories include roller skates, a Tamagotchi, spirograph and a point horror series book.
Photo of a tamagotchi half wrapped in a piece of blue fleece material, on a cushion
A photo of a large glass jar in a sunny garden and filled with yarn and water in shades of purple
Watercolour and coloured pencil sketch illustration of a Lobster
ink and watercolour sketch of a pigeon
A postcard picturebook-style illustration of a girl dressed in black hugging a black cat. They both look very happy. They are surrounded by colourful stars.
Lego hook-a-duck and helter skelter
Photo of Miniland in Legoland, Windsor
Kidlit illustration of a cottage in the woods with a magical cat cauldron
Picturebook illustration in green and orange of a lady with two birds on her head.
Stranded colour work knitting on small dpns. The start of a glove in pink and blue
Illustration of a chameleon rapidly cycling through bright colours
WIP knitted gloves on a 9 inch circular needle
A two colour stranded colour work knitted gloves, on a hand.
12 slightly blurry, black and white photos of a child's doll
Photo of two gloves partially knit on very small circular needles. They are colour work using white and fawn, with vertical stripe palms and patterned backs.
Kidlitart postcard illustration of a giant ball of wool with several cats climbing on it and tangled up in it.
Picturebook illustration of a yeti chef proudly holding a pie. The pie has a purple frog leg and a bone sticking out of it. Green goo drips onto the floor, where an eyeball stares at a sick-looking boy.
Hourly comics day illustration showing a girl reading a book. A zoom panel of the book shows a man in the 1800s on the toilet. Which is just a plank of wood and a bucket. The girl thinks this is hilarious.
Hourly comics day illustration showing a lady (me) looking in awe at some very fancy patterned knitted things
Photo of a doll staring out through a window
Thermal instant print black and white photo of a baby doll sitting on a rug.
Illustration of a double decker bus viewed from the front.
Illustration of two people (me and R) sat on the floor of the library, reading books and surrounded by books.
Comic illustration of a bus trip to the library. We saw piles of pears and gherkins and then sat at the front on the top deck
Illustration of a dinosaur cupcake with a starry-eyed lady (me) drooling in the background.
Illustration of a frustrated looking lady (me) sat in front of a cintiq with warning messages all over it.
8am to 9am hourly comics day illustration. A woman (me) ponders what to have for breakfast (riveting stuff)
Kidlitart illustration postcard showing a girl in bed with a giant fluffy ginger cat sleeping on her head.
Illustration of kids spinning around fast on a roundabout in the grass
Picture book illustration of a dragon asleep inside a castle in a pile of gold coins. One cat sleeps on the dragon's leg, while another plays with a mouse toy tied to the dragon's tail. Outside a girl in armour, riding a horse, stares at gold coins falling out of the castle window.
A close up photograph of some colourful knitting. There is a small hole in the red section.
Watercolour and pencil sketch of an angel fish in orange, pink, and blue #sundayfishsketch
Watercolour and pencil urban sketch of the rooftops of buildings in Portmeirion
Pencil and watercolour sketch of a fancy bit of a derelict building.
Watercolour painting of two blue budgies sitting on a tree branch against a textured brown / yellow background hinting at foliage
A grid of nine images. Top middle is a photo of me holding up some abstract gel prints. The other eight are various kidlit illustrations I've made during 2025
Abstract painting of blobs and stripes of colour. They look super nice all together.
Illustration of 8 ice-cream vans flying in a V formation over a wintery landscape
Children's illustration postcard showing a boy on his mum's shoulders standing on a high hill. They are watching a flock of ice cream vans migrate south for the winter.
Watercolour illustration of a boy falling down a long and twisty hole.
Watercolour illustration of a boy swept up in a storm
Watercolour illustration of a boy falling down a deep hole. He has a speech bubbles with red shoes inside
Watercolour illustration of a boy reading a book, upside down, as he falls down a deep hole.
Illustration of a boy in a relaxed posture, falling down a deep hole, and catching raindrops
Watercolour illustration of someone falling down a deep hole
Folktale week 2025 illustration for day 1: Night. An ink and watercolour sketch of a boy falling into a deep hole.
An angry felt snowman, crafted from a toilet roll tube
Cut paper and watercolour illustration showing a semi-abstract figure falling down a deep hole. Hand written text reads I'm joining Folktale week.
Kidlitart postcard illustration by Nicola Schofield of a forest of trees that change in colour, left to right, from prinks and oranges, through shades of green, to black and bare. Small figures and scenes can be seen through the trees in various places.
Black and white line drawing of a llama in a skeleton outfit, holding a pumpkin bucket in her mouth, full of treats.
Image showing the home page of NicolaSchofield.com with lots of kidlit illustration thumbnails
Illustration titled Autumn Tree Seed Friends by Nicola Schofield. It shows a sycamore seed helicopter, a pinecone, a horse chestnut conker, partially in it's shell, and an oak acorn. They all have little cute faces and are happy to see you.
Illustration showing the lifecycle of a butterfly, except it's a cat / butterfly hybrid and so is the lifecycle of a caterfly. The cycle goes furball to caterpillar to two-week nap to caterfly and then back to furball
A picturebook illustration by Nicola Schofield. It shows a merman artist chipping away at a large sculpture of his pet goldfish. Made in procreate using alcohol markers and pencils.
A photo of a hand holding a large shiny acorn.