Eisteddfod 2012

If you're at this years Eisteddfod in the Vale of Glamorgan, (4th-11th August) then you may very well see some of my new prints up for sale.
Last year I exhibited and sold new pieces at the 'Celf a Chrefft' exhibition, which is held within the Eisteddfod grounds, and this year I'm returning with my new selection of prints.
With the sale price of £12 each, these signed mounted prints are of limited availability, so grab them quick if you want one...

Here's a little 'sneaky look' tweet that Laurence King Publishing uploaded the other day. It's a page of the 'Vintage Fashion Journal' I illustrated, which is due to be on sale later in the month x

Just spent triple figures on stamps. Got some mega mailing to do..tempted to just post myself somewhere tropical instead.

If you ever use pencils, you NEED one of these Derwent Pencils 'battery operated sharpeners' in your life #timesaver #newbestfriend

•D.I.Y.N.A.I.L.S•

The day I met the loveliest nail lady in the whole wide world :)
We've been in chatting via emails for months, but on a recent trip to Glasgow, I finally got to meet the beauty that is Tammy - the face and talent behind DIYNails.tumblr.com
Here's the result:

She sells some brilliant nail decals on her site, which I've been lucky enough to try out, and she's not lying when she says they're easy to put on...I've got some personalised ones on the way too.
C A N N O T W A I T

We're planning to collaborate on a couple of things later on in the year (shhhht) but for now I just wish she'd move closer so she could do my nails every day :(
For updates on beautiful nails, here's her tumblr: http://diynails.tumblr.com/
and her twitter: https://twitter.com/DIY_Nails

x

undercoat.net

Big thanks to 'undercoat' for this lovely feature. There's some hot stuff up on this blog, well worth a gander I'd say x

http://www.undercoat.net/niki-pilkington-glorious-truths/

★NEW WORK★

Here are four new illustrations for your eyes. They'll be exhibited & up for sale at Oriel Plas Glyn Y Weddw's summer show (Llanbedrog) which opens its doors to the public at 2pm on Sunday the 15th of July. Prints and cards will also be up for sale very soon. Hope you like them...

<3

Today's colour palette #neon #neon #neon

•SPECIAL DELIVERY•

Over the next few weeks I'm going to be working with Derwent on a very special new project. That's all I can say for now, but I'm very exited about these lovely coloursofts that arrived through my letterbox this morning. It's drawing time I think...

If you'd like to know my latest news and views, here's an interview I just had with the delightful Chloe Norred from D2G APPAREL..
> H . E . R . E <

Thank you Derwent

I popped a couple of prints & some limited edition postcards in the mail for the Derwent (www.pencils.co.uk) team last week, just to say thank you for all of the constant support & beautiful products they give me. If you're not already following them, they're on twitter and are definitely worth a follow (@derwentpencils). I'm @nikipilkington just incase you fancied a little gander ;)

Here's me doing some finishing touches with my Derwent 2B x

* Previews *

Here are some close ups of my newest work. These new pieces will be up on my site very soon, and will be for sale at in Plas Glyn Y Weddw's summer show in a few weeks...

Albelli

Big thanks to Frances Duran at Albelli for this blog post about my lovely printed canvas I received a couple of weeks ago. Here it is if you fancy a quick read..
HERE.HERE.HERE
I have a bit of an Albelli shaped announcement coming soon too, I'll keep you posted x

It feels like everyone in the whole world is out playing in the sunshine except me at the moment- I've got my head down & my Derwent pencils out & I'm drawing this: #WIP

TA-DAAAA!! I just made a rosette. It'll be part of one of my new illustrations coming very soon...

Right now I'm working on a new set of illustrations for Plas Glyn Y Weddw's summer show. Here's a little bit of one of them so far:

•Happy national postcard week•
My postcard competition is now over *sad face* but here's a list of all the Facebook & Twitter winners:

HARRIET GREY
CRAIG MORRISON
HAZEL CASTLE
NIKI FERGUSON
LAURA TAYLOR
EMMA HAINSWORTH
ANNA VICTORIA RATCLIFFE
JADE MEE
KATE PHILIPSON
PAULA ELLEN LONDON
LAURA KERRY
SAMANTHA ROGERS
HAZEL SES DORURES
ANTAYA
JOANNA HOBBS
GETHIN WAVELL
LAUREN STEWART
CRAIG MINCHINGTON
LAURA-LOUISA BETTS
ARIANWEN MERERID JAMES

A signed limited edition postcard is being packed up right now & will be on its way to you very shortly...
Big thank you to everyone that entered!

*GIVEAWAY*GIVEAWAY*GIVEAWAY*

I'm giving away 4 of these signed limited edition postcards every day this week.

2 on my twitter page (RT & FOLLOW to enter): twitter.com/nikipilkington
& 2 on my facebook page (SHARE & LIKE to enter): facebook.com/nikipilkingtonillustration

You can retweet/share as many times as you want to increase your chances.
Good luck lovelies xx

albelli.co.uk

L O O K what ⋆ ALBELLI ⋆ sent me! It's a 40 x 60 canvas print of my illustration. I <3 <3 <3 IT!!
On their site, you can order photo books, calenders, canvas prints (beautiful quality!!), greetings cards & loads more - definitely well worth a look. Thank you Albelli x