Drawing Workshops (Mixed Media) with Lois Cordelia

**Please note that most upcoming workshops and demonstrations have been postponed due to the current Covid-19 lockdown, but Lois is offering a series of free video tutorials and demonstrations via her Youtube Channel. Thank you for your understanding. Stay safe, stay creative.


Lois is still welcoming commissions - please get in touch!


Fun experimental workshops focussing on improving and loosening up your drawing skills, using a wide range of mediums including graphite pencil, soft pastel, charcoal, coloured pencils, brushpen, acrylic marker pens, and so on (N.B. we may not use all of these in a single workshop). Themes may include portraits, natural forms, intuitive approaches to perspective, and so on. We will work either from actual specimens, or loosely based on photographic references - feel free to bring some of your own. Beginners welcome.

N.B. Workshop prices vary - please click relevant links to see current prices for each workshop venue - many thanks!


Sat 15th Jun 2019 - Perspective Made Easy!, Tindalls CAMBRIDGE
https://www.tindalls.co.uk/art-workshops-in-cambridge/19251-drawing-perspective-made-simple-with-lois-cordelia.html?search_query=lois+cordelia&results=5


Sat 19th Oct 2019 - Mixed Media Pet Portraits (& Wildlife), Tindalls COLCHESTER
https://www.tindalls.co.uk/art-workshops-in-colchester/19457-mixed-media-pet-portraits-with-lois-cordelia.html

Sat 22nd Feb 2020 - Wildlife in Posca Pens, Tindalls ELY
[weblink coming soon - book in-store, or call the Ely branch: 0330 223 3390]

Sat 29th Feb 2020 - Perspective Made Simple!, Tindalls CAMBRIDGE
https://www.tindalls.co.uk/art-workshops-in-cambridge/19551-drawing-perspective-made-simple-with-lois-cordelia.html

Sat 18th Apr 2020 - Perspective Made Simple, Tindalls ELY
[weblink coming soon - book in-store, or call the Ely branch: 0330 223 3390]

Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Drawing Hands in Mixed Media, Tindalls ELY
[weblink coming soon - book in-store, or call the Ely branch: 0330 223 3390]

Sat 11th Jul 2020 - Mixed Media Portraits (Human and Animal), Tindalls CAMBRIDGE
[weblink coming soon - book in-store, or call the Cambridge branch: 0330 223 3390]

Sat 17th Oct 2020 - Loosen Up With Coloured Pencils, Tindalls ELY
[weblink coming soon - book in-store, or call the Ely branch: 0330 223 3390]

Peter ToshPeter ToshMedium: Pastel on mid-tone paper.

Dimensions: Approximately A3. 420 x 297 mm

Date: May 2005

Comments:
Peter Tosh (1944-87) was a close friend and colleague of Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley (1945-81). Together with Bunny Wailer (born 1947), they formed the pioneering group The Wailers. Of this trio, Tosh was perhaps the most sombre, reflective and intense. He seems to capture the spirit of the biblical Sampson, the dreadlocked Nazirite whose mighty strength lay in his long hair. Like Sampson, Tosh was a formidable foe to his enemies, aptly nicknamed the 'Stepping Razor'. Tosh was brutally murdered during a burglary at his home on September 11 1987. Loosely based on a photograph.



Price: Not for sale.

St Giles' Cathedral, EdinburghSt Giles' Cathedral, EdinburghSt Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Medium: Coloured pencil on black paper.

Dimensions: Approximately A3. 420 x 297 mm

Date: 2006

Comments:
Drawn on location.



Price: £Not for sale.



Advent WreathAdvent WreathAdvent Wreath

Medium: Pastel on black paper.

Dimensions: Approximately A3. 420 x 297 mm

Date: Christmas 2005

Comments:
Still life. Traditional German Advent wreath. The four candles are lit in turn on the four Sundays in Advent, in preparation for Christmas. Drawing from direct observation.



Price: £SOLD. In a private collection in Ipswich, England.


Coptic Church, CairoCoptic Church, CairoCoptic Church, Cairo

Medium: Pencil drawing.

Dimensions: Approximately A3. 420 x 297 mm

Date: Aug 2004

Comments:
Drawn on location from thirteenth floor of adjacent hotel. Spire and bell-tower of modern Coptic Church, Mohandiseen, Cairo.



Price: £Not for sale.

MarjorieMarjorieMarjorie

Medium: Pastel on mid-tone paper.

Dimensions: Approximately A3. 420 x 297 mm

Date: July 2005

Comments:
Portrait commission.



Price: £Not for sale.

Mother TeresaMother TeresaMother Teresa

Medium: Pastel on mid-tone paper.

Dimensions: Approximately A3. 420 x 297 mm

Date: July 2005

Comments:
Based on a photograph by Jane Bowen of The Observer. I was particularly moved by the gentle but determined expression of the eyes.



Price: £450



AslanAslanAslan

Medium: Pastel on mid-tone paper.

Dimensions: Approximately A3. 420 x 297 mm

Date: 2006

Comments:
Based on a specimen in the Ipswich Museum, UK. The title was inspired by the wistful gaze of the lion

Aslan in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia.



Price: £SOLD. In a private collection in Jamaica.
Head of ApolloHead of ApolloHead of Apollo

Medium: Coloured pencil on black paper.

Dimensions: Approximately A4. 297 x 210 mm

Date: May 2006

Comments: Based on a classical sculpture of the head of Apollo, ancient Greek god of the sun, music and poetry; housed in the British Museum, London.

Price: £Not for sale.