Good Morning Drawing - August

Date Saturday 6th August 2022

Time 10.30am - 1pm

Cost £20

Places are limited, please book in advance

In this workshop artist Lois Hopwood will encourage you to take a holiday from your own style and work in the style of someone else. Drill down into what they do how they do it , the materials they use, how they employ a figure in their work, the relevance of colour, line and composition.

Workshop outline
Figure drawing with a clothed model in four 15 minute poses.

Use your figure drawing to make a picture using the Mis en Scen - the set that we have created in the studio. Mis en scen- is setting the scene with textiles furniture props etc.

In previous workshops we have looked at Matisse , Egon Schiele, Modigliani and Frida Kahlo. In these classes we will look at Gwen John, Ben Nicholson, Bonnard and Matisse.

About Lois

Lois trained in Fine Art at Newcastle University. Drawing is at the heart of her work. In 2009 Lois’s work featured in Re:drawing at Oriel Davies and in 2010 she won the ING Drawing prize at the Mall Galleries, London. She has an MA in Screen Design from the National Film and Television School (RCA), and combines these two disciplines in her large scale landscape drawings. She exhibits regularly and runs workshops in Mid Wales and the borders.