FIGURE MODELLO SCULPTURE COURSE

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Painting by Stefano Tofanelli, attributed, portrait of the sculptor – Carlo Albacini

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FIGURE MODELLO SCULPTURE COURSE

Course Structure

• Three parts, each lasting 12 weeks.

• Each part includes 24 sessions:

  • Daytime: 5 hours (includes 30–60 min review after model).

  • Evening: 4 hours (includes 30 min review after model).

• Same pose and model/sculpture maintained throughout the course.

• Optional free workshop time 5 hours day, 4 hours evening each week (without model) is included for practice using the instructor’s demonstration sculpture, or subject plaster. Workshop time is scheduled once per week; rescheduling is not possible. Attendance is optional.

Focus & Progression

• First half: Bone structure, alignments, masses, and proportions.

• Second half: Surface anatomy, mass surfaces, and detail.

• Throughout: Geometric patterning of shapes, commensurate planes, and planar rhythms.

• Work is completed in plasteline clay on a constructed armature.

Tuition

• $2,136.00 per 12-week segment (24 classes).

• Options available:

  • Twice a week (day or evening).

  • Once a week.

  • Private instruction.

Course Objectives

• Train perception of patterned shape.

• Develop skill in measuring angles and proportions.

• Understand glyptek shape and its role in form.

• Learn turning rhythms to build strong compositions.

• Build visual scale from life to sculpture.

• Study commensurate planes.

• Learn anatomy (basic → intermediate).

Armature Preparation

• Materials & Armature Prep

  Choose one

  • Option A — Build your own:
    Build an armature before classes begin. A free armature-building workshop is included for students enrolled in the first 12-week session.

  • Option B — Use a loaner (limited):
    Loaners are for in-studio use only and must remain in the studio. If you use a loaner, you agree to replace the aluminum alloy wire and one stainless-steel pipe fitting (Tee or 4-way Cross) at the end of your enrollment.

  You may keep a self-built armature and/or use it for making a plaster cast.

  What to supply – Option A — Build your own:

  Plywood base (bring finished to the workshop)

  • Laminate two 18″ × 18″ × 3/4″ A/C exterior fir plywood panels with wood glue.

  • • While immediately after the two boards are together, curing, pin aligned boards flush together with ~20 resin-coated brads (≈1–1/8 to 1¼” long); countersink so no heads or points are exposed on the board surface.

    • Suggested layout: 16 around the perimeter (2″ in from edges) and 4 midway to center.

  • • Round all edges/corners with sandpaper – easier using a sandpaper holder rubber block and after seal all sides with 4–5 coats of polyurethane until smooth and fully sealed, should feel like a plastic coating.

  Hardware & wire (see full supply list)

  • Stainless-steel plumbing pipe and fittings (including one Tee or 4-way Cross)

  • Stainless-steel machine bolts

  • Aluminum sculpture wire (specified gauges/lengths)

  Bring to the free workshop: finished plywood base, stainless-steel pipe/fittings, aluminum wire, and stainless-steel bolts.
  A detailed supply list is provided upon enrollment.

  Materials: Sculpture Tools

  • Loaner tools (in-class only):
    A minimal set is provided for use during class sessions and must remain in the studio for the duration of the course.

  • Basic personal tools:
    A supply list of core tools (many with an ~1-year lifespan) will be provided. Plan to replace these as they wear out.

  • Optional: make your own tools:
    During designated workshop time, you may craft personal tools. This requires purchasing Lignum Vitae (or approved hardwood) and access to a table saw, band saw, and metal files (rat-tail and half-round).

  • Chavant NSP (Non-Sulfur, soft or medium hardness Brown) or Chavant Le Beau Touche HM (High Melt) clay.
• Studio provides: wheeled sculpture stands, limited loaner armatures (with replacement parts required). Limited loaner sculpture tools on loan only in class

Additional Benefits

• Cross-disciplinary value: Painters, draftsmen, and sculptors all benefit from this study of structure, anatomy, rhythm, and balance.

• Unique reference collection:

  • Antique European skeletons, anatomical models, and plaster dissections.

  • Antique plaster casts of Classical and Renaissance figures.

  • Access to comparative anatomy and art traditions (Greek Classical, Hellenistic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-Classical).

• Learning emphasis: Large masses as the base for details; shadows as a tool to reveal form; understanding weight, balance, and rhythm to avoid oversimplification or cartoon-like results.

• Class size: Limited to 10 students.

• Parking: Free, available on the Square and behind the studio.

More advanced classes available.

Private Sculpture Studio, Drawing & Sculpture Classes, By Appointment – Open Drawing & Sculpture Group Sessions, Commissioned Portrait Bust Sculpture, Fountain Sculpture, Figure Sculpture, & Relief Sculpture Compositions. Private Gallery of exhibited sculpture, by appointment only.

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