Early Works by Loïs Cordelia

Community Artist, Speed-Painter, Sculptor - commissions welcome

Early work

It is interesting to see how a child's visual awareness gradually increases, as manifested through their drawing and draftsmanship skills. Included here is a chronological series of my early creative efforts, the earliest dating back to May 1985, when I was not yet three years old, all the way up to 2001, when I was 19. Included below, towards the end of the series, are a few of my first paper-cuts.

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11th May 1985 (aged 2 years and 8 months) - Portrait of Grandma

October 1985 (aged 3 years and one month)

16th July 1986 (aged 3 years and 10 months)

24th September 1986 (aged 4 years)

1987

October 1987 (aged 5 years and one month)

1988

22nd January 1988 (aged 5 years and 4 months)

February 1988 (aged 5 years and 5 months)

20th February 1988 (aged 5 years and 5 months)

25th February 1988 (aged 5 years and 5 months)

14th April 1988 (aged 5 years and 7 months)

4th October 1988 (aged 6 years and one month) - from imagination

22nd July 1989 (aged 6 years and 10 months) - Portrait of my father, from life.

22nd July 1989 (aged 6 years and 10 months) - Portrait of my mother, from life.

22nd August 1989 (aged nearly 7) - from imagination

16th September 1989 (aged 7) - from imagination

12th November 1989 (aged 7 years and 2 months) - from imagination

29th December 1989 (aged 7 years and 3 months)

1990 - from imagination

May 1990 (aged 7 years and 7 months) - from imagination

10th February 1991 (aged 8 years and 5 months) - portrait of my brother, from life

17th February 1991 (aged 8 years and 5 months) - from imagination

18th February 1991 (aged 8 years and 5 months) - self portrait, from life, using a mirror

20th June 1991 (aged 8 years and 9 months) - from imagination

3rd September 1991 (aged nearly 9 years) - Portrait of my father, from life

3rd September 1991 (aged nearly 9 years) - Portrait of my mother, from life

8th January 1992 (aged 9 years and 4 months) - from imagination

12th January 1991 (aged 9 years and 4 months) - from imagination

10th September 1992 (aged 10 years) - from life: portrait of my brother

27th May 1993 (aged 10 years and 7 months) - from imagination

June 1993 (aged 10 years and 9 months) - Family Portrait of my parents, my brother and myself, from life, and using a mirror

July 1993 (aged 10 years and 10 months) - from imagination

29th July 1993 (aged 10 years and 10 months) - Pegasus, from imagination

1994 (illustration for Tales of the Little Hedon Dragon, by Norman Newlove) - pen and pastel pencil, from imagination

1994 (from imagination)

19th February 1994 (aged 11 years and 5 months) - Portrait of my brother David and myself, from life, and using a mirror

30th March 1994 (aged 11 years and 6 months) - from imagination

1st September 1994 (aged nearly 12 years) - Portrait of my Grandfather (from a photograph)

7th September 1994 (aged nearly 12 years) - Portrait of my Grandfather, from life, taking 20 minutes

2nd October 1994 (aged 12 years and one month) - Portrait of my Grandmother, from life

4th January 1995 (aged 12 years and 4 months) Galimimus

Preliminary anatomical sketch for above drawing

5th January 1995 (aged 12 years and 4 months) - Troodon

Preliminary anatomical sketch for above drawing

13th March 1995 (aged 12 years and 6 months) - Kentrosaurus

13th March 1995 (aged 12 years and 6 months) - Tyrannosaurus rex anatomical sketch

25th October 1995 (aged 13 years and one month) - coloured pencil

9th December 1995 (aged 13 years and 3 months) - still-life studies, in various media

1996 - drawing of my room, from direct observation

29th February 1996 (aged 13 years and 5 months) - Redwings in Winter (Watercolour)

25th July 1996 (aged 13 years and 10 months) - Jasper the cat, from life

14th November 1996 (aged 14 years) - Portrait of my father, from life

1997 (drawing from direct observation under a microscope - wings of a wasp)

1st February 1997 (aged 14 years and 5 months) - from imagination: a flower fairy landing

16th April 1997 (aged 14 years and 7 months - Portrait of my brother David, from life

July 1997 (aged 14 years and 10 months) - sketches from life of animals in Bristol Zoo

July 1997 (aged 14 years and 10 months) - sketches from life of animals in Bristol Zoo

7th July 1997 (aged 14 years and 10 months) - pen and watercolour study of garden flowers

18th July 1997 (aged 14 years and 10 months) - sketches of sleeping dogs, from life

18th July 1997 (aged 14 years and 10 months) - sketch of sleeping dog, from life

3rd August 1997 (aged 14 years and 11 months)

5th August 1997 (aged 14 years and 11 months) - drawing based on a dream vision, coloured pencil

1st October 1997 (aged 15 years) - self portrait in torch light, pencil

22nd October 1997 (aged 15 years and 1 month) - Wood Nymph with Harp (my first paper-cut)

1998 paper-cut

1998 paper-cut

1998 paper-cut

1998 paper-cut

August 1998 (aged nearly 16 years) - paper-cut

August 1998 (aged nearly 16 years) - paper-cut

2nd February 1999 (aged 15 years and 5 months)

4th June 1999 (aged 15 years and 9 months) - paper-cut

2001 Portrait from life of my father - charcoal

2001 Portrait from life of my mother - charcoal

2001 Self-portrait, using a mirror. Pastel on black paper. (Unfinished)