about the course
Two DAY SCULPTure COURSE - sculpt your favourite animal with professional sculptor, christine baxter.
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO TRY YOUR HAND AT SCULPTURE? THIS 2 DAY COURSE IN plaster MODELLING IS AN IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTURE, AS WELL AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER YOUR SKILLS FOR THE MORE EXPERIENCED. Free sculpt direct onto your armateur, your favourite animal in plaster. Great fun and easier than it looks!
PENGUIN, CAT, DOG, GORILLA, WHAT DO YOU FANCY MAKING? YOU WILL BE CREATING a scale sculpture of an animal of your choosing. Once you're booked on the course, we will liase with you in regards to the chosen animal. This will ensure we have the correct armateur and equipment. YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH PROFESSIONAL QUALITY EQUIPMENT throughout the course.
YOU WILL THEN take your plaster sculpture home with you.
FEEDBACK FROM previous SCULPTURE COURSEs (clay work);
''I WANTED TO SAY A BIG HUGE THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE FOR THE SCULPTURE COURSE LAST WEEKEND. I THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY JOY IN USING CLAY BUT I CERTAINLY HAVEN’T! CHRISTINE BROUGHT JUST THE PERFECT PITCH OF TEACHING AND HELP TO THE CLASSES, GENTLY POINTING OUT SHAPES AND SHADOWS THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN WITHOUT HER. SHE CREATED THE MOST PERFECT ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH TO TRY WITHOUT JUDGEMENT EITHER FROM HER NOR THE OTHER STUDENTS WHICH I FOUND VERY RELAXING AND CERTAINLY BOOSTED MY CONFIDENCE. I SHALL CERTAINLY BE BACK FOR ANOTHER COURSE, AND WILL RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY TO FRIENDS. I LOVED IT.'- TRISHA LONCRAINE, 21ST NOVEMBER 2018.
'JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ENORMOUSLY FOR THE COURSE TUITION. I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND LEARNT SO MUCH OBVIOUSLY. WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY FUTURE COURSES...' - GAYNOR EVANS, 18TH FEBRUARY 2019.
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED, BRING EITHER A PACK LUNCH OR THE RESTAURANT/ CAFE AT RAGLAN GARDEN CENTRE IS ONLY 5 MINUTES AT THE TOP OF THE LANE AND COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO TRY YOUR HAND AT SCULPTURE? THIS 2 DAY COURSE IN plaster MODELLING IS AN IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTURE, AS WELL AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER YOUR SKILLS FOR THE MORE EXPERIENCED. Free sculpt direct onto your armateur, your favourite animal in plaster. Great fun and easier than it looks!
PENGUIN, CAT, DOG, GORILLA, WHAT DO YOU FANCY MAKING? YOU WILL BE CREATING a scale sculpture of an animal of your choosing. Once you're booked on the course, we will liase with you in regards to the chosen animal. This will ensure we have the correct armateur and equipment. YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH PROFESSIONAL QUALITY EQUIPMENT throughout the course.
YOU WILL THEN take your plaster sculpture home with you.
FEEDBACK FROM previous SCULPTURE COURSEs (clay work);
''I WANTED TO SAY A BIG HUGE THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE FOR THE SCULPTURE COURSE LAST WEEKEND. I THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY JOY IN USING CLAY BUT I CERTAINLY HAVEN’T! CHRISTINE BROUGHT JUST THE PERFECT PITCH OF TEACHING AND HELP TO THE CLASSES, GENTLY POINTING OUT SHAPES AND SHADOWS THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN WITHOUT HER. SHE CREATED THE MOST PERFECT ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH TO TRY WITHOUT JUDGEMENT EITHER FROM HER NOR THE OTHER STUDENTS WHICH I FOUND VERY RELAXING AND CERTAINLY BOOSTED MY CONFIDENCE. I SHALL CERTAINLY BE BACK FOR ANOTHER COURSE, AND WILL RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY TO FRIENDS. I LOVED IT.'- TRISHA LONCRAINE, 21ST NOVEMBER 2018.
'JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ENORMOUSLY FOR THE COURSE TUITION. I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND LEARNT SO MUCH OBVIOUSLY. WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY FUTURE COURSES...' - GAYNOR EVANS, 18TH FEBRUARY 2019.
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED, BRING EITHER A PACK LUNCH OR THE RESTAURANT/ CAFE AT RAGLAN GARDEN CENTRE IS ONLY 5 MINUTES AT THE TOP OF THE LANE AND COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
materials
all provided! However, we recommend wearing comfortable clothes which you don't mind getting messy.
Please also bring with you several images of your chosen animal, from all angles.
additional information
CHRISTINE STUDIED INITIALLY WITH MIKE GILLESPIE (EPSTEIN'S ASSISTANT) AND THEN AT CAMBERWELL SCHOOL OF ART, LONDON. SHE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN TAUGHT FORMAL TRADITIONAL WORKING METHODS, APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES THAT HAVE STOOD HER IN GOOD STEAD THROUGHOUT HER LONG CAREER IN SCULPTURE.
“WE WORK DIRECT FROM THE MODEL, CLOSE OBSERVATION AND MEASURING AND USE OF THE PLUMB LINE AND CALLIPERS, CLAY MODELLING FROM LIFE IS LEARNING TO DRAW IN 3D, YOU START WITH YOU BASIC MEASURES, MAKING OBSERVATIONS FROM ALL ANGLES AND VIEWS, THIS METHOD HELPS YOU RELATE WHAT YOU SEE TO THE ACTUAL VOLUME AND APPLICATION OF YOUR CLAY, IT IS A GREAT METHOD FOR BEGINNERS BUT ALSO AS A TOOL FOR YOUR FUTURE PRACTICE. THE PROCESS HELPS DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS IN SEEING AND ASSESSING ANGLES AND MEASUREMENTS, OVER TIME YOU WILL FIND YOU DEVELOP YOUR EYE YOUR FREEHAND DRAWING SKILLS.” - CHRISTINE BAXTER.
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED, BRING EITHER A PACK LUNCH OR THE RESTAURANT/ CAFE AT RAGLAN GARDEN CENTRE IS ONLY 5 MINS AT THE TOP OF THE LANE AND CAN BE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.