Sculpt the figure, 2-day weekend workshop

LEARN TO SCULPT THE FIGURE

17th & 18th January 2206

Figurative sculpture workthops working in clay from a life model at Bath Artists’ Studios

£200

Come along for a creative weekend of figurative sculpture in the School Room at Bath Artists’ Studios. The model will hold one pose for two days which will be enough time for you to complete a sculpture. You will be working in clay directly from a life model, creating a life-like figure.

On the first day you will be tutored by Olga Fladmark and given tips to help with proportions and anatomy and you will be shown how to use measurements to achieve correct proportions. You will use the same techniques were used by the master sculptors and art academies of the past to more easily create a life-like sculpture and these techniques will help you get the basics right.

On the second day you will by tutored by Sue Larner and will concentrate on sculpting by eye using the model as your reference point.

Life sculpture offers a intense learning, practical challenge, artistic expression and an immersive and therapeutic experience. You will produce a sculpture unique to you and in your own style.

We have a large and well equipped school room with sculpture stands and a revolving platform for the model.

In the middle of the afternoon there will be a friendly tea break in the common room.

LOCATION

The School Room, Bath Artists Studios, The Old Malthouse, Comfortable Place, Bath BA1 3AJ. This is a tight turning off Upper Bristol Road, half way between the Hop Pole and Charlotte Street.

ABOUT THE TUTORS

SUE LARNER

Sue Larner, is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and a founding member of Bath Artists Studios. She has been teaching life sculpture and drawing for 25 years and has fostered a small and friendly sculpture community with a devoted following of students who put on an annual summer show of their work. Students have gone on to study sculpture and exhibit and sell their work in galleries. Sue's weekly classes are held on Wednesday afternoons and evenings.

OLGA FLADMARK

Olga is a figurative sculptor living and working in Bath. She studied sculpture for five years at Edinburgh College of Art and learnt traditional techniques, working from the model. Olga also paints, has a degree in Art History from Edinburgh University and has been teaching figurative sculpture at Bath Artists Studios for three years. She teaches sculpture classes on Tuesday afternoons, Tuesday evenigns, Thursday evenings and Sundays at Bath Artists Studios. She also organises the Friday morning portrait group. She is keen to share her knowledge and encourage and inspire others to take up sculpture.

JOINING THE WAITING LIST

If the class is already full, please add your name to the the waiting list on Eventbrite.

CONTACT

Olga’s Contact details:

email: olgahelena298@yahoo.co.uk

BATH SCULPTURE SCHOOL

We run five weekly sculpture classes every week. Students work on figures and portraits, working directly from the model as well as working on releifs from photographs. Work is fired in the kiln on site. Students also work on projects in cement fondu.

SCULPTURE SCHOOL TERM DATES

SPRING TERM 2026

Mon 10 Jan - Fri 27 Mar

Half term: 14 - 22 Feb (1 week, same as Bath schools)

SUMMER TERM 2026

Mon 20 Apr - Fri 3 Jul

Half term: 22 - 31st May (1 week, same as Bath Schools)

AUTUMN TERM 2026

Olga’s term: Tue 1 Sep - Fri 4 Dec

Olga’s half term: 3rd Oct -1st Nov (4 weeks)

Sue’s term: 21 Sep - Fri 5 Dec

Sue’s half term: 21-25th Oct (1 week, same as Bath schools)