Expression of Interest: Human Anatomy for Sculpture

Expression of Interest: Human Anatomy for Sculpture

Expression of Interest

Please note by registering your interest you are NOT applying for a course.  This is to gauge the interest of crew in attending this type of course.

Proposed Course: Human Anatomy for Sculpture

Proposed months of delivery: January or February 2026

Duration:  2 x day in-person workshop

Cost: Free

Venue: In-person, eastern region venue tbc.

Course Tutor: Alan Clarke

Course Profile:

This course would run over 2 consecutive days.  

The course would aim to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to work over a pre-made and pre-posed armature. Participants would build up all the major and some of the minor muscle groups, resulting in a complete ‘skin-off’ human figure in 3 dimensions.

The course would cover all aspects of human anatomy as it affects the outward appearance of the figure and its movement.

A live model will be present for reference.

Proposed Course Content:

  • Modelling 3-dimensional form from observation; the form and structure of the human body, including major and minor muscle groups and skeletal anatomy.
  • The dynamics of human movement and expression.
  • Handling and finishing of all the relevant materials.
Participant Profile:

This course would be of benefit to modelmakers, make-up artists, and anyone working in any way with the human form, and anyone interested in any sort of depiction of the human form.

Expression of Interest Procedure:

Please register your interest online at this LINK by Thursday, Dec 18th, 2pm.

For technical difficulties with the online system, please email brian.murphy@nationaltalentacademies.ie

Film & TV Crew Academy East courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or disability.

Tutor Profile:

Alan Clarke is an award winning sculptor, illustrator and tutor. He is the only Irish member of the Society of Portrait Sculptors. He is head drawing tutor on the Illustration course in NCAD. In recent years he has taught workshops in the UK, Spain, Italy, Russia, and regularly in Ireland. He is former chairman of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland. He is a passionate advocate of skills-based art.