SCULPTING THE FEMALE TORSO by PETER RUBINO

Images taken from Peter Rubino's new book - SCULPTING THE FIGURE IN CLAY - which revolutionizes the approach to scultpting figures. This video piece highlights some of the methods contained within the chapter focused on the torso. Other chapters include, "scultpting a reclining figure", "sculpting the hands and feet", "figure abstraction" and "photo references of models in pose". Scultping The Figure In Clay is Published by Random House, and compliments Mr. Rubino's first book, THE PORTRAIT IN CLAY, which is focused on sculpting the human head and patina techniques. www.RUBINOSTUDIO.com As a teacher and professional sculptor, Peter Rubino saw the need for a simple step-by-step guide to observing a live model that would provide a fundamental sculptural language of simple geometric shapes and planes. This need led him to write The Portrait in Clay, which went on to be one of Random House-Watson-Guptill's bestselling sculpture titles. Peter Rubino's, SCULPTING THE FIGURE IN CLAY: An Artistic and Technical Journey to Understanding the Creative and Dynamic Forces in Figurative Sculpture (Watson-Guptill Publications, $32.50, April 27, 2010), foreword written by jazz icon Dave Brubeck. It is a comprehensive instructional guide to sculpting the human figure in clay, meant to simulate the classroom experience. This all-inclusive volume lays out an easy-to-follow, step-by-step method of blocking out the plane structure and anatomy of the posed figure. Rubino's unique approach utilizes a geometric system consisting of blocks, simple shapes, and guidelines, which instructs students with new and instinctive sculptural insight. Sculptural concepts are illustrated through a sequence of dramatic photos of the model, taken from every angle in a given pose, and the entire sculpting process is shown from start to finish, with accompanying text. The unique approach covered in this book, including overlays and many photographic reference poses for continued study, will define a fresh and spirited sculptural language enabling artists to create expressive figures with individual style