{"id":4070,"date":"2019-08-20T02:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T02:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/?p=4070"},"modified":"2019-08-28T14:47:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T14:47:38","slug":"sculpting-the-torso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/2019\/08\/20\/sculpting-the-torso\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculpting the Torso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SJAC is thrilled\u00a0to welcome back classically-trained artist and educator Melissa Kennedy! This summer, Melissa offers a special week-long torso sculpting course. Combining demos and lots of hands-on sculpting time, students will work through observing a live model.<\/p>\n<p>Students will practice the techniques of modelling a small-scale torso in clay from a live model.<br \/>\nInstruction will include ideas such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how to set up a model and sculpture effectively<\/li>\n<li>techniques of observation<\/li>\n<li>finding accurate proportions and body type<\/li>\n<li>understanding the underlying anatomical structure<\/li>\n<li>looking and understanding the gesture of the torso<\/li>\n<li>finding and building specific shapes<\/li>\n<li>compositional decision making<\/li>\n<li>surface quality, texture, and technique<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>August 26-30, 2019 (Mon-Fri) \u2022 9:30AM-4:30PM\u00a0(1 hr break for lunch) \u2022 Cost: $400; all supplies included \u2022 Space is limited, maximum of 6 participants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/index.php\/product-category\/specialty-workshops\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-245 alignnone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27185%27%20height%3D%2743%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20185%2043%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27185%27%20height%3D%2743%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/register_button.jpg\" alt=\"Register &amp; Pay Online\" width=\"185\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/index.php\/about-sjac\/policies\/workshop-refund\/\">Read our Workshop Cancellation\/Refund Policy here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SJAC is thrilled\u00a0to welcome back classically-trained artist and educator Melissa Kennedy! This summer, Melissa offers a special week-long torso sculpting course. Combining demos and lots of hands-on sculpting time, students will work through observing a live model. Students will practice the techniques of modelling a small-scale torso in clay from a live model. Instruction will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-specialty-workshops"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4070"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4287,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070\/revisions\/4287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}