Nicky is an artist, designer and lecturer based in the North West of England. Since 1994 he has owned and managed Chester boutique studio Lemondrop Creative. In 2017 his illustrations for Marvellous Days Out achieved international recognition.
Nicky is an artist, designer and lecturer based in the North West of England. Since 1994 he has owned and managed Chester boutique studio Lemondrop Creative. In 2017 his illustrations for Marvellous Days Out achieved international recognition.
The Mid Cheshire Line and Nicky Thompson have come together again to create the MY CHESHIRE Poster Awards 2020.
Designed for Cheshire children aged between 4 and 11, the competition is our very modest response to this difficult time.
If you are a teacher or parent and you want a lovely little art project for your children to do at home (including a bit of social history), then download the teacher resource below. We have some brilliant prizes and when this is all over we will be having a prize-giving giving event at a Cheshire station, where the winners will see their works of art displayed on the station platform.
The Mid Cheshire Line’s John Hulme said: ‘We hope this project will help teachers and mums and dads by providing an interesting art project to work on with their children, and it will give everyone an opportunity to look at Nicky’s iconic artwork and the history behind them.’
The awards are sponsored by Marketing Cheshire.
THE RULES
Simply download the template below, print it out and draw (or paint/collage/print/whatever you want) a picture of your favourite place in Cheshire in the space provided, and don’t forget to include your name and age. Then take a photo of your work and email it to comp@nickythompsonart.co.uk (no bigger than 5MB).
Nicky said ‘It could be anything from your favourite animal at Chester Zoo to a deer at Tatton Park, from the fabulous Jodrell Bank to a beautiful place that you go to with your family, the only rule is that it is in Cheshire!.’
There are two age categories (4-7 & 8-11). There will be a first place and two runners-up in each category. The winners and runners-up will all receive a professional set of coloured pencils. The two overall winners will have their artwork displayed at a Mid Cheshire Line Station.
The artworks will be judged by Nicky Thompson, John Hulme (Member of the Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership and President of Cheshire Best Kept Stations) and Katrina Michel (Director CH1 ChesterBID).
The deadline for entries is 1st May 2020. Winners will be contacted by email.
Good Luck!
