- Creative Mix£335.00Course CodeSC2004030TutorEllen Christiansen, Jackie Smith, Nicholas McLeodCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 19th July - 23rd July 2021Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThe Creative Mix is an ideal way to explore a variety of artistic methods. Over the five days, students will work through various exercises in drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to both develop skills and get creative with your own ideas.MORE INFO
- Dynamic Figure Sculpture£335.00Course CodeSC2004038TutorJessica WetherlyCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 2nd August - 6th August 2021Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelBeginner+Fee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis course focuses on teaching students to use the human form to express emotion, energy and character through working on a series of sculptures. Students will focus on understanding how to use different forms and compositions to express the character of the pose and to understand subtlety in the choice in forms, textures and materials. This course offers students an opportunity to work with different materials, to try something a bit different and loosen up your sculptural techniques. It is suitable for beginners to advanced students. Our experienced tutor will show beginners a step-by-step approach to figure modelling, and will work with more advanced students to push their work forward in their own way. Working with small dynamic standing poses in Super Sculpey as well as two seated poses in clay.MORE INFO
- Kiln Formed Glass£335.00Course CodeSC2004007TutorMaria ZuluetaCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 26th July - 30th July 2021Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA comprehensive introduction to the various techniques of kiln formed glass as well as a brief study of the history of glass-making. This is an all round opportunity to experiment with ideas and technical glass making skills from a sculptural perspective that progresses to completing an independent project. The course covers model and mould making using a variety of mould making materials, approaches kiln formed glass techniques and starting points such as open casting, fusing and slumping. You will be taught how to cut, clean and arrange glass in preparation for fusing and slumping into a basic bowl shape. A short project will be set to encourage you to adopt an experimental approach using mould making refractory open cast processes. You will be shown how to use coloured glass to create a 3D sculptural glass form of your own design. You will be taught through demonstration, group and individual instruction and learn from hands on experience. Through looking at both contemporary and historical works you will discover the potential of the medium of glass.MORE INFO
- Life-Size Torso Sculpture Masterclass£750.00Course CodeSC2004052TutorLaura PostleCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 19th July - 30th July 2021Days10Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelIntermediate/AdvancedFee£750LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis 2-weeks long masterclass provides a rare opportunity to work on a life size torso; a course that will enable development of the skills required to produce large scale figure work. Whilst learning to make creative choices associated with cropped figures and creating focus in their pieces, students will have space to experiment with surface texture, modelling flesh and bone. The course will have a strong approach to figure work, with teaching in anatomy and structure whilst allowing room for personal choices, style and artistic impression. Students will develop technical skills of measurement, plumbing, anatomy and clay application, to capture a true likeness, whilst being encouraged to view their sculpture as a work of art rather than a direct copy of a physical form in front of them. Working on such a large scaled piece will enable students to hone their creative and personal skills, to develop an understanding of their own sculptural style and capture individual expression. This course is ideal for those who are at at least intermediate sculpture level. Students will be offered an opportunity to mould and cast a fragment of their sculpture during the weekend 31st July - 1st August for an additional fee.MORE INFO
- Pewter Casting using the “Lost Wax” Technique£270.00Course CodeSC2004032TutorRobert Worley MRBSCourse DatesMonday - Thursday, 16th August - 19th August 2021Days4Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£270LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis practical course is suitable for beginners and experienced artists who want to experiment with metal cast sculpture. Pewter is a metal that can be cast and finished in your own studio, with relatively basic equipment, and without the need of a foundry. Pewter is a silver coloured tin metal alloy which melts at low temperatures. During the course you will model a sculpture in wax, learn how to cast in pewter using plaster waste moulds and the ‘lost wax’ casting technique. Bring your own ideas or come with an open mind and be inspired to work with new materials and sculpture techniques. This is a practical workshop based course with one to one and group guidance from the tutor.MORE INFO
- Portrait Sculpture For All£335.00Course CodeSC2004039TutorEllen ChristiansenCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 9th August - 13th August 2021Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRPortrait sculpture is an immensely absorbing and enjoyable discovery with every new sitter. This week-long course aims to introduce you to the process; to observe and translate your observation into a clay portrait sculpture from a life model.Whether setting out a portrait head from a structural point of view with a clear path of constructive method and/or searching for a more expressive manner of approach, you will benefit from exploring with a professional sculptor to help build upon your own sculptural experience.MORE INFO
- Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with David Klein£375.00Course CodeSC2004053TutorDavid KleinCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 16th August - 20th August 2021Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelAdvancedFee£375LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRPortrait sculpture is an immensely absorbing and enjoyable discovery with every new sitter. This course aims to build upon your previous experience [Intermediate/Advanced] to further how to observe and translate your observation into a clay portrait sculpture from a life model. Refresh, renew or find alternative ways of looking through group and individual discussion with your tutor, David Klein, member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors (MRBS) and the Society of Portrait Sculptors (SPS). Whether setting out a portrait head from a structural point of view with a clear path of constructive method and/or searching for a more expressive manner of approach, you will benefit from exploring with a professional sculptor to help build upon your own sculptural experience. David Klein hopes to impart a few of the tools he has learnt and explore on this course that wonderful tension between finely rendered form and unworked chaos. Portraiture is a search. This search for form, truth and personality requires tools. From the force of the neck into the weight of the head, which in so many ways defines and marks exceptional sculpture. This course will explore the structure, turning points of form, emphasis and simplification.MORE INFO
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