As a visiting artist, I am sharing model time with a lovely group of second year sculptors - Derek, Frank, Johanna, and October

(alphabetical, not importance order!) at the Florence Academy of Art, till Easter.

The project is a life sized female torso, and after sketching a little macquette in the first week, we made armatures over the weekend so we could get started on the big one this week. Here is a pic of the big shapes after four or five sessions working the clay. We have about 8 weeks left, and it feels great to be studying the form so intensely.