Maryborough Art Society Winter Workshops
Tuesday June 26th to Sunday July 1st 2012
"Creating a Likeness in Clay"
withKate French
The Workshop
Create a "Portrait Likeness" in clay. Kate will impart the secrets of her unique, self- developed sculpting method in this six day workshop. As a class participant, whether you are a complete novice or an experienced artist, you will learn the techniques to create your own personalized sculpture. You will hand-build the form of your sculpture using Kate's easy, methodical, technique. Then, particular emphasis is placed on the understanding and capturing of varied facial features, followed by techniques to animate those features with expression. Each step of the process is clearly and thoroughly demonstrated. Past students of this popular and informative workshop, have been delighted with the outcomes of their efforts, and have frequently gone on to produce high quality works under their own steam.
The Artist
Kate French has been working in sculptural field for over 2 decades. She has a particular love for, and specializes in both the production of and teaching of Portraiture. Over the past several years Kate has been teaching her unique sculpting technique to a variety of students from different backgrounds… from complete beginners to arts professionals, who come to do her workshops for inspirational refreshment and professional development. Kate's technique is one that lends itself to all ceramic sculptural forms as it is fast, strong, easy flexible and is applicable to anyone with the desire to either learn from the very beginning, or develop their existing skills.
Other examples of Kate's work can be found on her website. Simply click HERE.