Jiwoong Cheh sculptures unveiled at NYHS

GCA sculpture teacher Jiwoong Cheh has two new sculptures that were recently installed at the New York Historical Society.  This project was commissioned through Studio EIS in Brooklyn, NY, where Jiwoong Cheh is employed.  Read more about these new sculptures in this New York Times article!

David W. Dunlap photo/The New York Times.  A life-size sculpture of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass stands atop the staircase at the West 77th Street entrance to the New-York Historical Society. It was unveiled last Friday.

David W. Dunlap/The New York Times

New workshops in drapery

Drapery Workshop, Week 1: Drapery & Hair with Jiwoong Cheh
August 16-20 (5 days) • 10am - 5pm
$600 ($300 deposit)
* $1150 if you sign up for both the sculpture and drawing/painting workshops in drapery.

In the world of outdoor figurative sculpture there are not many nude figures but plenty of costumed ones! Students will learn the basic logical understanding of drapery and the sculptural treatment of hair.

Beginning students will work on one project each of drapery and hair. (The class will provide 5" tall sculpture head and drapery model.)

Intermediate and advanced students will sculpt a whole body in costume from the provided mannequin (the class will provide 16" tall wooden puppet.)

We highly recommend you sign up for both the sculpting and drawing/painting courses. Sculpting drapery is a key to understanding it well enough to draw and paint it.

Drapery Workshop, Week 2: Drapery Drawing • Camie Davis
August 23 - 27 (5 days) • 10am - 5pm
$600 ($300)
* $1150 if you sign up for both the sculpture and drawing/painting workshops in drapery!

In week two of this drapery intensive beginning students will complete one finely rendered finished drawing of a fabric study in graphite. Intermediate and advanced students are welcome to complete either a drawing or painting and/or experiment with white chalk on toned paper. Advanced students are welcome to bring in an already completed figure drawing/painting they wish to add drapery to. Along with covering the purely technical aspects of drawing and painting fabric this workshop will also include; insight into aesthetic fabric/figure composition, how to draw/paint various textures; cotton, silk, fur, how to create tension in fabric and how to approach pattern.

Life Casting with Jiwoong Cheh

Last week students in Jiwoong Cheh's sculpture class learned how to make life casts of their own features. These plaster casts of hands, feet, knees, noses, and faces will be useful tools for studying the structure of the human figure. Students will use the casts to draw, paint, and sculpt from.


Patricia Stratton casting her foot


Cheh prepares Elisabeth Ehmann's face for casting by applying a layer of vaseline first


Elisabeth going under the plaster


air holes






Elisabeth with her face mask, next she will pour plaster in it to make the cast.


Justin Wood cast his whole head (Elisabeth only cast her face)


This process was a little more heavy-duty






Not good for people who have claustrophobia!


Removing the mask




Greg Mortenson cleans up a cast of his hands


Hands and Elisabeth's freshly cast face

new work by Jiwoong Cheh

Sculpture instructor Jiwoong Cheh brought in this recently finished piece to share with us yesterday. It's about 15" wide and 30" long at the base. Really amazing!

last day of Cheh's ecorche class

(from L-R)Josh LaRock, Elisabeth Ehmann, Colleen Barry, Justin Wood, Jiwoong Cheh, Jung Mo Kim, Stephanie Young

This class has been meeting one afternoon a week all year to study human anatomy by building these ecroche sculptures. Working from the skeleton and the live model , the students gain an understanding of how the muscles, tendons, and bones all work together.

ARC Salon Awards

The following entries by Water Street Atelier/Grand Central Academy students, alumni and teachers were awarded in the 2008/2009 Art Renewal Center Salon. Congratulations!


Camie Davis
The Athlete
Graphite on Paper
22 x 26 inches inches


Nancy Fletcher
Anna Marie
Graphite
14 x 11 inches inches


Camie Davis
Sheena
Graphite on Paper
16 x 26 inches inches


Joshua LaRock
Vadim
Graphite on Paper
24 x 18 inches inches


Nancy Fletcher
Berliquet Wine
Oil on Canvas
25 x 17 inches inches


Joshua LaRock
Oranges
Oil on Linen
8 x 18 inches


Hyeseung Marriage-Song
Samson at Rest
Oil on Canvas
22 x 17 inches inches


Arantzazu Martinez
The Witches House
Oil on Linen
72 X 36 inches inches


Gregory Mortenson
Ana Nina
Graphite and White Chalk on Paper
13 x 15 inches inches


Jiwoong Cheh
The Public Eye
Patina on Hydrocal
35 inches tall inches

work in progress

I'll to try to post more photos of work in progress, so here is the first batch from the cast hall today.

Colleen Barry's cast painting just after she finished the underpainting or "wipe out" stage. She has just started modeling on the upper lip if you look closely. The small drawing to the left is a photocopy of her original block-in drawing. It is shrunk down so she can use it to make a small value study (not shown) which she will refer to while finishing the final painting.


Ashley Howell's cast drawing in progress


Neal Esplin just starting a block-in for his final cast drawing


A cast painting in progress by Salaz


Jiwoong Cheh (center) teaching Ecorche to Josh LaRock & Angela Cunningham


Jiwoong Cheh working with Angela Cunningham


Carla Crawford & Colleen Barry taking a snuggle break with Lucy


Colleen Barry & Will St. John experiencing canine perfection.

P.S. theres more of these photos on the GCA facebook page if you want to follow us on there too