Modelling, casting and other techniques
Ref: SWE10358
Beginners/Intermediate
£306Throughout the course, you should expect to set up, model and finish a clay study of a nude figure. You can expect to see your personal style developing, and the tutor encourages each student’s response to the model, but even more importantly, the course aim is to develop key sculpting skills, especially:
- Improved observational skills
- An increased understanding of basic human anatomy
- Some confidence about how to handle clay, and to plan and make a structurally-sound sculpture
- Increased confidence in making decisions to make interesting forms in clay
- The ability to stand back and assess your work, and move forward towards a conclusion
The tutor will move around the class throughout the day, teaching mostly one-on-one, but with some group demonstrations of technique, for example;
- How to use different tools to create different effects
- Some aspects of figure modelling
- Hollowing out the figure in preparation for firing
There will also be a short session of quick sketching exercises to help stimulate your observational and looking skills. The ability to draw is not a pre-requisite.
Arrival Day - this is the first date listed above
Courses start early evening. Residential students to arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm.
6.45pm: Welcome, followed by dinner (included).
8 - 9pm: First teaching session, attendance is essential.
Daily timetable
Classes 9.15 - 5pm, lunch is included.
From 6.30pm: Dinner (included for residential students).
Evening working - students may have access to workshops, but only with their tutor's permission and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.
Last day
Classes 9.15am - 3pm, lunch is included.
Residential students are to vacate their rooms by 10am please.
(This timetable is for courses of more than one day in length. The tutor may make slight variations)
Arabella Brooke trained at The Art Academy in London from 2001-2004, and now lives and works in West London. She is a member of the Chelsea Art Society, and exhibits regularly at a range of galleries and art shows across the UK, including the Discerning Eye and the Society of Portrait Sculptors. Her work is held in private collections in Europe, Hong Kong, the USA and the UK.
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.