Sunday, February 21, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sculpting Workshop
Between March 20 and 25 Karen Cope will be offering a sculpting workshop at the Ryder Studio School.
Karen is a California-based figurative sculptor, who studied at the Florence Academy. Her latest project is a cross-country teaching tour that she calls "Sculpt Across America", the stated objective of which is to increase appreciation for figurative sculpting across the United States. You can learn more at this link.
Above, "A Serious Connection", by Karen Cope
2 Day Intensive Portrait Sculpting Workshop
March 20th & 21st 2010
10am-5pm *1hr lunch break
Fee $195
Description
Dive into Sculpting the Portrait with a strong foundation. Learn to get a good start everytime by working on a soild process combined with naturalistic techniques to achieve the acuracy you've been striving for.
Karen Cope will be teaching specific methods that will increase your accuracy, anatomy, process and modeling techniques with a naturalistic approach reminiscent of The Old Masters.
3 Day Figure/Torso Sculpting Workshop
March 23rd, 24th, & 25th 2010
10am-5pm *1hr lunch break
Fee $295
Description
In this Figure/ Torso Sculpting Workshop you have the option to work a bit smaller and tackle the full Figure or work a bit larger focusing on just the torso. Either way you'll be learning an approach that will lead you to a solid start every time as well as presented with the techniques to achieve the accuracy and naturalism you've been striving for. Karen will be introducing "The Speed in Which Form Turns" as well as "Triangulation" techniques.
Karen will be explaining specific Sculpting Methods that will increase your accuracy, anatomy, process and modeling techniques with a naturalistic approach reminiscent of The Old Masters.
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Register NOW and get a 15% discount for signing up for both workshops!
Sign up now to secure your spot by contacting Karen Cope at
(818) 913-7187 or email her at figurativesculptor@hotmail.com .
For questions about the studio space you can contact Krista Schoening at kschoening (at) gmail.com
Karen is a California-based figurative sculptor, who studied at the Florence Academy. Her latest project is a cross-country teaching tour that she calls "Sculpt Across America", the stated objective of which is to increase appreciation for figurative sculpting across the United States. You can learn more at this link.
Above, "A Serious Connection", by Karen Cope
2 Day Intensive Portrait Sculpting Workshop
March 20th & 21st 2010
10am-5pm *1hr lunch break
Fee $195
Description
Dive into Sculpting the Portrait with a strong foundation. Learn to get a good start everytime by working on a soild process combined with naturalistic techniques to achieve the acuracy you've been striving for.
Karen Cope will be teaching specific methods that will increase your accuracy, anatomy, process and modeling techniques with a naturalistic approach reminiscent of The Old Masters.
3 Day Figure/Torso Sculpting Workshop
March 23rd, 24th, & 25th 2010
10am-5pm *1hr lunch break
Fee $295
Description
In this Figure/ Torso Sculpting Workshop you have the option to work a bit smaller and tackle the full Figure or work a bit larger focusing on just the torso. Either way you'll be learning an approach that will lead you to a solid start every time as well as presented with the techniques to achieve the accuracy and naturalism you've been striving for. Karen will be introducing "The Speed in Which Form Turns" as well as "Triangulation" techniques.
Karen will be explaining specific Sculpting Methods that will increase your accuracy, anatomy, process and modeling techniques with a naturalistic approach reminiscent of The Old Masters.
.
.
Register NOW and get a 15% discount for signing up for both workshops!
Sign up now to secure your spot by contacting Karen Cope at
(818) 913-7187 or email her at figurativesculptor@hotmail.com .
For questions about the studio space you can contact Krista Schoening at kschoening (at) gmail.com
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, December 7, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Still Life Show
Realist Still Life Paintings from the Ryder Studio
Celeste Ryder, "Still Life With Love", Oil on canvas, 7” x 6”
Kakawa Chocolate House, 1050 Paseo de Peralta
Opening Friday, December 4th 5:30-7:30 PM , Show ends January 13th
Stop on by for chocolate and fine art, or check out our virtual gallery on the Ryder Studio facebook page.
Mercia Moseley, "Siren", 10" x 10", oil on linen
Artists’ Statement
In a world that moves as insistently as ours, still life is like a rest in musical notation, opening up silence and room to breath while participating fully in the rhythm and flow of the composition. The term “still life” binds together two complementary ideas: life (vital, quick, moving) and still (static, quiet, persisting). It is a stillness that comprehends dynamism.
In French and Spanish, still life is called “dead nature” (nature morte, naturaleza muerta). The English term, with its emphasis on life, provides a curious contrast with its romance language analogs. At the Ryder Studio, we work from life (i.e. not from photographs) meaning that our work is a meditation on the presence of the objects in our compositions. By working from life, we hope to draw vitality into our work, bringing a fresh perspective and depth of consideration to simple objects. In this way, we direct our attention to the profundity of the everyday: the movement of a rose, the delicacy of a postage stamp, and the enigmatic translucency of a pearl.
We hope you enjoy our work, and that our still life speaks to you of both tranquility and vitality.
The Members of the Ryder Studio School
Celeste Ryder, "Still Life With Love", Oil on canvas, 7” x 6”
Kakawa Chocolate House, 1050 Paseo de Peralta
Opening Friday, December 4th 5:30-7:30 PM , Show ends January 13th
Stop on by for chocolate and fine art, or check out our virtual gallery on the Ryder Studio facebook page.
Mercia Moseley, "Siren", 10" x 10", oil on linen
Artists’ Statement
In a world that moves as insistently as ours, still life is like a rest in musical notation, opening up silence and room to breath while participating fully in the rhythm and flow of the composition. The term “still life” binds together two complementary ideas: life (vital, quick, moving) and still (static, quiet, persisting). It is a stillness that comprehends dynamism.
In French and Spanish, still life is called “dead nature” (nature morte, naturaleza muerta). The English term, with its emphasis on life, provides a curious contrast with its romance language analogs. At the Ryder Studio, we work from life (i.e. not from photographs) meaning that our work is a meditation on the presence of the objects in our compositions. By working from life, we hope to draw vitality into our work, bringing a fresh perspective and depth of consideration to simple objects. In this way, we direct our attention to the profundity of the everyday: the movement of a rose, the delicacy of a postage stamp, and the enigmatic translucency of a pearl.
We hope you enjoy our work, and that our still life speaks to you of both tranquility and vitality.
The Members of the Ryder Studio School
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