Beginning Figurative SculptureCAPA Fall 2019

Desmond ZhengProf. Oliviero Draghi

Model: Eye of Michelangelo’s David

Week I Progress: Sculpted base. Eye and brow started. (Top and Side View)

Week II Progress: Eyelids and brow definition done. Depth to eye established.

Week III Progress: Iris cut in eye, definition added to eye

Final: Eye smoothed and measured with model (right).

Model: Busto di Costanza Bonarelli di Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Week I Progress: Created base to sculpt bust from and started carving facial structure.

Week II Progress: Worked on carving figure of head and features of the face.

(Front and Side Views)

Week III Progress: Worked on features of hair and facial structure (cheekbones). Began carving

dress and lower half of bust as clay dried. (Frontal and Anterior View)

Week IV Progress: Finished major features of face, started carving hair and dress.

(Frontal and Anterior View)

Final: smoothed features and carved hair to a similar likeness given the time constraint.

(Frontal and Anterior Views)

Actual Bust from Bargello Museum, Firenze

Slipware decoration workshop held by Giovanni Garuglieri

Wax molding Jewelry workshop with Marla Desii, Campucc10

Model: Bust relief of Rooster by Bartolomeo Ammanati

Week 1 Progress: Created base and added features such as comb, beak, and wattle.

Week II Progress: Redid structure after viewing sculpture at Bargello, began implementing detail work to comb, nostrils and eye base. (Isometric and Front Views)

Final: added mottled details and streaks of feathers and smoothed out beak, comb, and eye features.

(Isometric and Side Views)

Actual Bust of Ammanati’s Rooster from Bargello Museum, Firenze