Tutor - Richard Mossman

2-day workshop

Saturday 10 February, 10.30am - 4.30pm

and Sunday 11 February, 10.30am - 3.30pm

Working from a draped fabric, learn to construct the drapery in clay bas relief sculpture. Modelling onto a board, learn to interpret the natural folds in the cloth and represent them in clay, thus enhancing one’s understanding of how fabric and drapery interact with the subject onto which it is placed.

Please bring an apron or wear clothes and footwear suitable for a studio environment. 

Students are welcome to take their clay sculpture home, but there is an extra cost of £50 for the clay and bust peg on which the model head will be built, payable directly to the tutor at the end of the class.

Sculptures created in this class are not the type for firing. The clay will eventually dry and crack and fall apart, but kept damp and under plastic wrap it will stay workable indefinitely. Should students wish to preserve the portrait created in the class forever, a cast would need to be created. Depending on levels of interest, we are in the process of exploring the possibility of holding a class to teach casting.

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Participants must be 16 or over.

If eligible, discounts must be applied when first purchasing your class and cannot be given retrospectively. Please contact us if the discount code is not working.

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or mental health issue which you feel may affect your participation in your chosen class, please either email drawingschool@rwa.org.uk or call 07745694563, prior to booking, so we are aware of any needs you may have.

Refund/transfer and Cancellation Policy: We are unable to offer full or part cash refunds, but you are eligible for an RWA gift voucher or transfer, provided you notify us more than 14 days before the start of your class with us. If we cancel a course or workshop for any reason, then participants will be offered a different date, course/workshop or RWA gift voucher.