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Introduction to Sculpting

  • Beginner
  • 18 and older
  • $449
  • 16926 Saticoy St, Van Nuys, CA
  • over 8 sessions

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  • $449
  • Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art @ 16926 Saticoy St, Van Nuys, CA 91406
  • over 8 sessions
  • Tuition includes $20 registration fee.
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What you'll learn in this clay class:

This course is designed to introduce students to the tools and techniques to approaching sculpture. Through observation and duplication, students will learn how to observe form and understand ways of breaking it down to its basic elements, such as planar orientation, volume, and how to approach details. The first four weeks we will be copying the eye cast from Michelangelo’s David sculpture. Then for the last four weeks, we will transition to sculpting in the round, by creating an armature and copying a human skull.

Important Things to Note:

Supply List:

Tools
  1. Single wire end modeling tool- No 402A From Sculpture House
  2. Wax modeling tool No 156 From Sculpture House
  3. Lemon zester From Williams-Sonoma
  4. X-acto #1 knife ( Online or any art store)
  5. Calipers (Online or any art store)

Clay
  • Burman Industries 818.782.9833
  • 13536 Saticoy St
  • Van Nuys, CA 91402
  • 8 blocks of Chavant NSP Soft, brown
  • NSP is sulfur-free plasteline (DO NOT GET SULFUR-BASED CLAY)

Armature Supplies
  • 2- Plywood Boards 1/2’’ thickness approx. 12”x 12”
  • 1- Floor flange 1/2” Home Depot Plumbing Department
  • 1- Nipple pipe 1/2” Home Depot Plumbing Department
  • 1- Roll 3/16” Armature Wire Burman Industries
  • 1- Roll of aluminum foil ( any store )

Q&A

Q: Can students under 18 take this class? 
A: A student under 18 will need a waiver signed by a parent/guardian to participate. The waiver should acknowledge that as part of his enrollment in an art school, a student may encounter artwork depicting nudity.

Refund Policy

LAAFA reserves the right to cancel any class, limit class size, change class times or substitute instructors for those listed in the schedule. If a class is cancelled, students will be issued a full refund or may transfer with no fee to another class. If an instructor must leave after a term has begun, and no suitable substitute is available, the student will be refunded a pro-rated amount.

Refunds & Transfers

All classes, uninstructed workshops, visiting artist workshops and artist demonstrations are non-refundable. You may request to drop for credit or transfer into another class. You have two weeks to evaluate each class and decide whether you want to drop for credit (a dollar amount calculated based on the receipt of request) or transfer into a new class. Requests must be submitted before the start of the third session. A $25 drop/transfer fee is assessed. Credit will be valid for a full year and is non-refundable. It can be applied toward any extension course, workshop or visiting artist event at LAAFA. All artist demonstrations are non-refundable and non-transferable.

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