Dates: 8 Sunday classes in 2025:
Jan 5, 12, 26 Feb 2, 9, 16, 23 Mar 2 (no class Jan 19)
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
non-member cost: $650, includes tuition & model fees only, students are responsible for materials, max class size 12. Payment is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled or a replacement is available from the waiting list. This class and the wait list is now full, however, we hope to have more classes with Alicia and others in 2025, please contact paul@dogtownsculptors.org to receive e-mail notifications on new classes and workshops.
Instructor: Alicia Ponzio studied sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art and has taught at Florence, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, SF Academy of Art, her own San Francisco studio, and given numerous workshops around the world. She’s received several notable portrait commissions as well as awards and recognition from the Portrait Society of America, National Sculpture Society, and others.
Class Overview: This class is open to all levels. Instruction includes demos, lectures, and constructive critiques.
Class 1: 1/2 life-size scale portrait sketch in oil clay, two models.
Class 2: 1/2 life-size scale portrait sketch in oil clay, two models (different models from Class 1).
Classes 3-8: 3/4 life-size scale portrait in water clay, two models at each class, same two models at all 6 classes.
Materials:
Armatures
2 sketching armatures 1/2 scale: $25
1 larger armature 3/4 scale: $45
3-Piece Package deal: $60 (roughly 15% savings)
Armatures can be purchased from Alicia’s web-store (password protected for dogtown class students), or students can make their own armatures, but they have to be the same scale and style. Contact paul@dogtownsculptors.org to get the link and password to purchase portrait armatures from Alicia, or get images/notes on building your own armatures.
Clay
Oil Clay (for two 1/2 scale portrait sketches): 10 lbs, J-MAC Classic Medium, any color you prefer. Alicia indicates it’s better if we all use the same oil clay. Available from various online sources.
Water Clay (for one 3/4 scale portrait): 25 lbs, use a water clay body you know and like that is well suited for modeling. If you haven’t used water clay before, Alicia recommends and is currently using “Sculpture Raku”. WED and Soldate 60 are two water clay bodies often used at the studio. WED is not available at ClayPeople, but you can get it at Douglas & Sturgess. You can order 25 lbs of any water clay for the class available from ClayPeople at cost through Paul.
Tools
See Alicia’s recommendations on tools here.
Contact Paul with any questions.
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