Sculpture

Last year I decided to take a sculpture class. I have never done any sculpture but have thought about it through out the years. My first piece is with one of the right. It was surprisingly an enjoyable experience. No artist critic, somewhat physical and fun to try something new. I was able to acknowledge that I was pretty good at it. The piece on the lower left was done by a man that has been doing sculpture for 40 years.
I could go to class each Friday ready to go.
I was looking for an activity that I could work on both in class and at home. The problem with figurative is you need the live model. I tried working from photographs. Dragging everything home and back to no avail.

 

 Since I enjoyed it I decide to take a second session. Here is the second piece:

 

It is something I would do again but I decided when the session started last week not to enroll again. The instructor is a great artist but got pretty flaky and we had a lot of wasted time,no model, blah, blah. A friend from the class felt the same way and was even more frustrated than I was so I, didn't even show up for the last class so her piece is in my spare bathtub.

It did make me see the value of classes. Think I will look for a  painting or cooking class. I am doing the Artist Way again. One of the components is a weekly artist date. For some reason I seem to have resistance to that suggestion. Guess I solved my own problem.