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Current Residence: London, UK
Interests: Drawing, Painting, Advaita, Juggling, Running, Bonsai Trees, Manga, Vegetarian cooking, Physics
Favourite movie: The Last Emperor
Favourite artist: Michelangelo, Vermeer, Sargent, Hopper, Charles Robinson, Arthur Rackham, Craig Mullins
Favourite poet or writer: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Favourite style of art: Freehand drawing
Shell of choice: Nautilus or those little yellow ones you find in the shingle around the Isle of White.
Tools of the Trade: Pencil, Pen, Ink, Brush, Finger, Mouse, Tablet, Pointy thing, Blunt thing. Thing. Stuff.

Website: http://www.marknicoll.com

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~fluorescentbeauty Oct 8, 2009, 11:24:14 AM

Hi there, I came across your gallery, and was wondering, might you be related to Richard Nicoll? haha, of course, your work is fantastic, I adore your sketches - it's something I wish I was able to do. Also, I noticed one of your paintings had a caption saying you did it during a foundation course in the chelsea college of art in London, and it is my dream to study there (I'm applying for next year). I just wanted to know, how much of your work was done for the foundation year/for A levels or portfolio stuff? It would be very helpful to me to see what sort of standard I have to be at.

~Nicoll Oct 8, 2009, 1:20:36 PM

Hi Lara,
No relation to any Richard Nicolls as far as I know - perhaps via a distant branch in the family tree, but who knows?

It's just those two life paintings early in my gallery I did in my foundation year, and the painting of the Holloway Odeon which was for my A-level mock exam.

I wouldn't worry about 'standards' though – just focus on doing what you want to be doing. The main thing is that you enjoy being creative and having ideas, and that you have work to show to show and discuss at the interview.

At a certain point I decided what I really wanted to do was to learn to draw well, for communicating my ideas. These days that's not particularly common, and although art colleges pay lip-service to drawing, it's not focused on with anywhere near as much rigour as you might expect.

The truth is, if you want to develop a high standard of drawing it's all down to you. Keep sketchpads and draw every day, join life classes, study in museums and look at the work of the artists you most admire (especially the masters). In fact, the internet is an excellent place to find a tutor to help guide you in that respect (eg. art forums such as conceptart.org)

Good luck and all the best,

Mark

=cadydid Sep 19, 2009, 10:22:24 AM

Thank you so much for the watch!!

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_{Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever. It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.
- Aaron Siskind}

~SydneyXoXoX Sep 8, 2009, 1:41:43 PM

_{Hey,
I just wanted to stop by and say that your artwork is breathtaking.
Amazing job : )}

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_{Just a clock to beat and a hand to choose - The Cab}