Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: Portrait Sculpture: Rhythmic Structure and Anatomy

Instructor: Stephen Perkins
Dates: June 23–29, 2025 (7-day workshop, Monday–Sunday)
Times: 9 am–4 pm

This workshop focuses on skill-building and understanding the forms, rhythms, anatomy, and process of modeling a portrait head. Rather than striving for a specific likeness, students will create and recycle multiple head studies to develop a deeper grasp of the universal structures of the human head.

Using a “large to small” approach, students will explore proportions, significant variations due to age, gender, and ethnicity, and the organic rhythms that bring a portrait to life. The course will also examine head carriage and facial expressions as key elements of portraiture, capturing both physical likeness and inner spirit.