Portrait modelling from the life model, a 2-day weekend course, suitable for all levels

During the 2-day workshop you will, with guidance and demonstrations from your tutor:

• Model a small figure (approximately ¼ life size) in Terracotta.

• Build up a basic form in clay.

• Learn about proportions of the body, and how to reproduce them to scale.

• Use modelling tools to construct and shape the limbs and other details.

• Create surface details: hair, skin etc.

• Finish and prepare the piece for the kiln.

Dates

Saturday, 19th & Sunday, 20th October, 11am – 5pm

Cost

• £275 for two days

• We offer two income-based concession tickets at half price, which can be booked directly. If you would not be able to attend at the full price due to financial considerations, then this concession option is available.

Teacher is Ben Swift 

Ben is a ceramic artist and ceramics teacher based in Dulwich. His work explores both figurative, geometric and organic subjects with emphasis on process: construction, throwing, casting and fabrication, thus creating rhythms, textures and forms. These are expressed through the treatment of a variety of media. Most often he employs ceramics but he also combines constructed metals and found objects. Recent work has begun to compose disparate elements as assemblages.