Rebekah Nichols Illustration

2012-01-31T21:02:00.000-08:00

here are some new organic pieces...

2012-01-27T19:41:00.000-08:00

here is the final.

2012-01-18T18:40:00.000-08:00

sneak peek at a piece Im working on...

Dallas Morning News

2011-12-28T15:44:00.000-08:00

published in the Dallas Morning News, Business section. The article was about giving to charities.

Jessica Rabbit

2011-12-28T15:35:00.000-08:00

finished...

2011-12-22T12:48:00.000-08:00

working on my jessica rabbit...

Seattle Pacific University

2011-12-16T04:59:00.000-08:00

this piece was for Seattle Pacific University's magazine Response, the story was about inner growth.

2011-12-14T08:36:00.000-08:00

from my sketchbook...

2011-12-06T20:38:00.001-08:00

2011-12-06T19:30:00.000-08:00

mixed media

2011-09-10T10:48:00.000-07:00

crop of a piece Im working on...

2011-08-02T14:23:00.000-07:00

mixing digital with watercolor, i love trying to blend the two...

2011-08-01T12:34:00.000-07:00

bleeding black heart...

2011-07-30T19:23:00.001-07:00

playing with ink and watercolor....

2011-07-27T20:58:00.000-07:00

new sketch from my sketchbook...

Saying goodbye to a Garden- the Dallas Morning News

2011-07-20T08:44:00.000-07:00

sketch to final piece created for the Dallas Morning News, Life &Arts section. The story was about a woman saying goodbye to a garden, her mother who died and her mother's garden that was left in her passing....

butterfly dress

2011-06-24T12:24:00.000-07:00

here is the finished butterfly piece...brought the hair out more in the front in the second and little changes here and there. Working digital in with watercolor = fun.

Lulu Guinness Purse

2011-05-18T15:42:00.000-07:00

little piece I did for fun, inspired by a spring line of purses...

Butterfly sketch

2011-05-03T20:16:00.000-07:00

color in the works....

inspired by Alexander McQueen's butterfly dress....need to do refinements but she is my first rough.

preview

2011-04-26T09:32:00.000-07:00

little sneak piece of a piece Im working on, long overdue...final to come...

2011-04-20T10:05:00.000-07:00

playing around in illustrator...

Gwen final

2011-03-28T13:06:00.000-07:00

Here she is finished, as finished as she is going to get right now. Moving on to another piece.

Gwen

2011-03-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

Almost finished, still playing with the flower...much happier with her hair. (Click to enlarge)

Gwen sneak peek

2011-03-25T20:00:00.000-07:00

here is sneak peak, little tweaks still to be done...but its coming along.

Gwen sketch

2011-03-24T17:08:00.000-07:00

this is a sketch Im turning digital, first steps...her hair might prove to be interesting ;)

White Autumn Day

2011-03-02T15:55:00.000-08:00

(all work copyright Rebekah Nichols)

Sweet poison

2011-02-28T09:22:00.000-08:00

flower girls

2011-02-04T08:33:00.000-08:00

from my sketchbook...

Merry Christmas

2010-12-19T21:43:00.000-08:00

Winter

2010-11-17T19:18:00.000-08:00

This is my fantasy winter piece. When I first started sketching ideas out I knew I wanted the woman to represent winter...and show a snow landscape underneath her that would become part of her dress....there is a lot of details in this piece, and it ended up being pretty big. (click on image to enlarge)

twilight vs. dusk forest

2010-11-06T17:09:00.000-07:00

forest

2010-11-04T22:03:00.000-07:00

after adding branches, adjusting color, and adding detail.

personal

2010-10-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

combined digital with watercolor and pencil...she's still a little rough.

2010-09-04T20:40:00.000-07:00

building up more digital work...

American Cancer Society

2010-08-22T13:42:00.000-07:00

This is a piece I just finished doing for the American Cancer Society.
My design was inspired by women and the hope that the ACS has brought to 3 million uninsured women since 1991 to be able to get cervical and breast screenings, making more birthdays possible. Wanted to keep the colors fresh...and create a feeling of hope, and life.

2010-06-28T18:43:00.000-07:00

trying to loosen up with my watercolor...and playing with illustrator and photoshop...

Inflight Magazine

2010-06-21T14:29:00.000-07:00

Here is a job I did for Inflight Magazine..editorial portrait of famed actress Muna Wassef. It was a two day deadline for final, love love doing portraits.

personal work

2010-05-10T18:26:00.000-07:00

Having fun with watercolor and photoshop
...loved doing this piece...more to come...

Broken

2010-04-18T20:00:00.000-07:00

Personal work...

Billboards

2010-04-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

Here are the fall through spring campaigns for St Vital up on billboards!! I really enjoyed working on these projects...:)

Spring Campaign St Vital

2010-04-12T08:13:00.000-07:00

Here is the Spring campaign image that went up on billboards for St Vital Centre mall in Canada...(click to enlarge)

2010-03-20T07:37:00.000-07:00

Playing with watercolor and digital...

Project Guitar

2010-03-19T19:11:00.000-07:00

A couple of designs I did for a guitar...

2010-03-13T14:51:00.000-08:00

a sneak peak of some new work...

2010-02-01T15:25:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of recent posts but Ive been busy with a crazy amount of new work!! :) Cant wait to share it with you all...till then. chau

hair

2009-12-15T13:21:00.000-08:00

Seahorse

2009-12-12T19:37:00.001-08:00

Seahorse for my three year old...

Gingerbread Men

2009-12-09T13:59:00.000-08:00

Christmas is almost here :)

2009-11-23T19:27:00.000-08:00

An old sketch of mine that I found..

St Vital Christmas Campaign

2009-11-13T11:11:00.001-08:00

Here is a final piece I worked on for a mall in Canada for their Christmas campaign, going on billboards on Monday!

Snowflake

2009-10-15T16:00:00.000-07:00

Watercolor snowflake...

Growth

2009-10-12T12:09:00.000-07:00

A sneak peak at a piece Im working on..

Fall Campaign St. Vital

2009-08-19T07:57:00.000-07:00

Here is a piece I worked on with Fusion Communications Group for St. Vital Centre's fall campaign that just went up on billboards on Monday!

Spanish Sons wine label

2009-08-05T14:36:00.000-07:00

My watercolor work on the wine label that I worked on with design powerhouse Turner Duckworth for Click Wine Group. It was a labour of love and a pleasure to work with a design firm such as Turner Duckworth...the wine hits shelves September 2009!!

2009-07-12T21:38:00.001-07:00

2009-06-26T20:34:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to announce that I am officially represented by Arts Counsel Inc. Im looking forward to growing as a creative professional with them.. www.artscounselinc.com

2009-06-11T20:49:00.000-07:00

Color and black and white version...click on image to view larger.

Trees

2009-06-06T21:06:00.001-07:00

Why I love watercolor...there are textures and effects you can only capture with watercolor.

Portraits

2009-05-08T15:31:00.000-07:00

I have done several privately commissioned portraits, here are a few (click to enlarge). I've added some close crops so you can see the detail in the paintings...

cd work

2009-04-08T13:03:00.000-07:00

This watercolor and ink piece I created for a bands album...for a song called "This nights for you" they wanted a night piece of the northern lights.

This watercolor and digital piece was created for another song of theirs titled "Spinning" part of the lyrics..."your words are like fireflies that burn in the night"...

EatingWell Magazine

2009-02-27T13:31:00.002-08:00

This illustration appears in the new issue of EatingWell Magazine..the title of the story "Growing Pains" focuses on a woman's experience working on an organic farm and eventually having to face leaving it all behind.

Our Friends Place

2009-02-05T14:36:00.000-08:00

Eight of my illustrations went into a capital campaign brochure for a women's shelter for Our Friends Place. I worked with creative firm RBMM on the brochures. They are hoping to raise two million for the new housing... a lot of these girls and young women are abused and have no place to go. It feels really good to have contributed to a project like this...the project was about dreams and future hope...

New Work coming Soon

2009-01-19T16:02:00.001-08:00

Sorry about the lack of updates at the moment, its been hectic and I just haven't had the chance. I can tell you that I have been involved in some amazing projects recently.. Also illustrated a piece for EatingWell Magazine which I can't put up until it runs...I will get a ton of new work up as soon as I can! until then...ciao

Night Child

2008-11-22T19:34:00.001-08:00

Here is a piece I did for myself....I was sketching out ideas inspired by a story by George MacDonald "The Day Boy and the Night Girl" that I read in my younger years. I decided to put most of stars in her hair when I was finished painting.

I am going to work on a piece next that incorporates both the girl and boy (from the story), a two piece that flows into each other...

Lawrence.com

2008-10-21T09:46:00.001-07:00

Here is a piece that I did for Lawrence.com about gender in politics. The Art Director particularly liked the heels in one of my sketches in part due to Palin's ubiquitous quote: "heels are on, gloves are off"

I wanted to allude a little to the negative side of the story a bit with the heel about to possibly step on the white house and the suggested darker clouds above the white house.

Beyonce

2008-10-17T14:14:00.000-07:00

Here is a crop of my favorite parts of new piece I put up on my website.

2008-09-17T17:50:00.000-07:00

Wine Label

2008-08-30T20:35:00.001-07:00

I am currently working on an image for a wine label...so all personal work aside. Also be on the lookout for other new work being posted up soon!

Dance!

2008-08-02T16:02:00.000-07:00

Here is a sneak peek at a piece I am in the process of working on....

Travel

2008-07-08T10:00:00.000-07:00

Here is the final piece... I brought in layers of watercolor textures in Photoshop. I had alot of fun working on the swirls and details in her hair and in making the scarf look translucent while still keeping the watercolor texture.

Travel Sketch

2008-07-02T11:56:00.000-07:00

Here is a piece Im currently working on...I worked on the sketch last night and got the composition just the way I wanted...I cant wait to paint it and put the finishing touches on it...

Stage Dreams

2008-07-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

I thought I would try and do another piece similar to that of "Golden Dreams" and it gave me alot problems...
but I learned from it...and so there it is...

New Work Coming Soon...

2008-06-06T12:14:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would let everyone know that I am working on some new work and that I will post soon in the next month or so...See you then!

Sketchbook

2008-05-11T16:47:00.000-07:00

from one of the pages in my sketchbook...

The Dallas Morning News

2008-05-02T17:47:00.000-07:00

Here is the piece that I did for The Dallas Morning News, sketch to finish. The article was about a womans travels and her gratitude towards having seen all the beauty along the way...
I really enjoyed working on this project...and I loved the title with it.

Here is the link to the online article: Gratitude Article

Sunset lake

2008-04-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

I used watercolor and ink and to get some interesting texture with the ink I used sticks, dried flower stems and pods.

Lake

2008-04-24T15:21:00.000-07:00

Here is a watercolor and ink piece I did not too long ago. I love what ink does when it hits wet paper....

"Such an emotive and sublime work! In my opinion, this captures the true essence of the total serenity of a starlit lake twinkling under a summer's evening sky and it contains all the elements of what a perfect watercolor should be." -Michael Sprouse

Pink Lady

2008-04-08T14:06:00.000-07:00

Watercolor and Photoshop...a softer feel to Golden Dreams.

Golden Dreams

2008-04-06T23:13:00.000-07:00

Here is a piece that I originally did in watercolor...and then took into Photoshop. I brought in layers of watercolor and ink texture and tried to build up depth. Its different from the way I usual work, but I found it refreshing and I think it turned out allright.

Welcome!!

2008-03-13T14:47:00.000-07:00

I will be posting new work here as well as any recent news and upcoming events. Please visit my online portfolio at www.rebekahnichols.com

Welcome to my new blog!