Due to a high level of interest in our January Torso Modeling Workshop, we’ve added a second set of dates in April to run this workshop:

New to Jhess Studios*, this three day intensive is designed to give students the opportunity to focus exclusively on the core of the body. Understanding the torso is vital to establishing gesture, proportion, and design in the pose. Students will work from life, modeling clay at 1/2 life scale on a wooden armature, For more information , please visit the JHess Studios website. 

UPDATES:

SOLD OUT as of 11/1/2018. Contact me to be on the waiting list.

*New to Jhess Studios*, this three day intensive is designed to give students the opportunity to focus exclusively on the core of the body. Understanding the torso is vital to establishing gesture, proportion, and design in the pose. Students will work from life, modeling clay at 1/2 life scale on a wooden armature, For more information or to register, please visit the JHess Studios website. 

This workshop is SOLD OUT as of 8/26/18. Please contact me to be added to the waiting list. 

For the first time on TUESDAY evenings at JHess Studios, we'll be offering Long Pose Figure Modeling. Working from life, students will model the figure in plastiline clay on a wire armature at a 28 inch scale. The pose will be consistent throughout the 9 week class, giving students the opportunity study the standing pose in depth..  Registration is now open for this and our other classes. 

Armature and clay are included in tuition, modeling tools are available for use in class. Click here for more information or to register.  

*FULL as of 9/30.

Registration is now open for our Fall session of weekly classes at JHess Studios in downtown San Francisco.

In this session, I'll be offering Portrait Modeling on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9:30 pm. Students work from life in small groups, creating a life size portrait study. The armature and clay are included in the tuition, so that students may take home the piece to fire or cast it independently. 

On Saturday afternoons, I'll be offering our Figure Ecorche sculpture class, which will last for 3 full sessions, running through the end of March. We offer Figure Ecorche every other academic year. In this class, students will sculpt a skeleton in anatomical position and then apply muscles and other soft tissue structures individually to arrive at the human form. The armature and clay are included in the tuition. 

UPDATES:

BOTH CLASSES are FULL as of 7/10. Please email me to be on the waiting list.