Modeling Torsos with Clay
Search for references and sketching 1
A course by José Manuel Martínez Pérez , Sculptor and Illustrator
Joined May 2022
Joined May 2022
About the video: Search for references and sketching 1
Overview
“Before beginning the modeling of our piece, we must have sketches, photographs, a live model, or any documentation that can clarify doubts in the work process. In this lesson I will teach you how to deal with this process.”
In this video lesson José Manuel Martínez Pérez addresses the topic: Search for references and sketching 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modeling Torsos with Clay. Dive into figurative sculpture and learn to model an expressive male torso, focusing on human musculature and bone structure.
Partial transcription of the video
“Search for references and sketching In this lesson we will look for sculptural references that serve us for sketching and drawings prior to modeling. In sculpture it is basic and essential that there is first a pattern of drawing help us to see the beginning of the work through the structure or essential anatomy of the exercise that we are going to carry out. In this case they would be the rib cage and the pelvis. and the relationship between the two so that the torso at the beginning have a final logical representation of movement and dynamics. The references that I will use during the cou...”
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Course summary for: Modeling Torsos with Clay
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Areas
Fine Arts, Sculpture
José Manuel Martínez Pérez
A course by José Manuel Martínez Pérez
The human body, its ability to express emotions and its dynamics represent the center of the creative work of the sculptor and draftsman José Manuel Martínez. In his career he has been recognized with the 56th Reina Sofía Prize for Painting and Sculpture (AEPE), the "Miguel Blay y Fábregas" sculpture medal and the honorable mention twice in the "Figurativas 2019/2021" contest.
He has materialized public commissions such as the tribute bust to Don José Folgado Blanco (2021), the monument to Alonso Barba (2019), the monument to the Elderly and to the Virgin Bella (2007), among others. His work can be seen at the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona (MEAM) or at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily in Catania (MACS). In addition, he combines his work as a sculptor with that of a professor of anatomy and natural drawing at the Escuela Superior de Dibujo Profesional (ESDIP) in Madrid.
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