Ceramic Figurative Sculpture (ART 74)

1-3 Units
Lecture: .5-1.5 hours
Laboratory: 1.5-4.5 hours
This course is designed for students interested in the anatomical approach to figure sculpture. Students will gain an understanding of professional sculpting terminology, skill and competency in the anatomical application of figurative sculpture in water-based clay. They will become familiar with the workings of the human body in terms of skeletal structure, underlying form, muscle mass, proportion and gesture. Students will use these skills to complete gesture studies, reclining figurative forms, anatomical studies of hands, feet, arms, legs, torso, a skull and a portrait head. Advanced students will learn how to create armatures for portrait studies and figurative works of art. Students will be required to keep an ongoing journal. May be repeated one time.
Transfer: UC/CSU