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Drawing or Sculpture class?

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I have to make a choice of which class to try to get. i love both and they are at the same time. I can draw pretty good and i took pottery back in January, where we did sculpt a little with the clay. I loved that too. what should i pick??

(its a different class then my pottery class, its Sculpture)

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  1. Normally I would say drawing because in many ways drawing is the foundation for everything.

    But, if you think you're unlikely to get the chance to take a sculpture class again, I think you should take it now.

    I studied drawing and painting for four years for eight hours a day.  It was amazing and changed my life.  But I now wish I had also taken at least one sculpture class.  I'm a painter, but I sometimes want to make objects or sculptures.  When I do, I realize that I have really no idea how to think about something that can been from any angle because I am so used to the flat surface of a painting which can be viewed from only one direction.


  2. I want to reinforce the first two answers - drawing is the basis for almost every artistic activity and is always handy and cheap - but sculpture is a different way of looking at things and being able to "sketch" in modeling clay and wire (form and line) can be incredibly handy.   I have tried drawing ideas that simply didn't make sense within my drawing abilities.  Using small wire and needle nose pliers allowed me to create a miniature of what I had in mind and then draw it with enhanced detail and strength.   Clay modeling allows forming a structure that reveals the shadows that don't jump to mind when trying to draw an imagined shape, but the shadows define the 3D shape.

  3. I took both of these classes at the college level - drawing was a great class and you will learn a lot of technique there.  Sculpture depending on what level it is usually entails a bit of sketching and drawing and is more three dimensional.  If you have to make a choice and have the opportunity to take sculpture again in the future then I would take the drawing class first.  Both classes are great so if you are artistic then either one will be fun for you.

  4. take both. One this year and one next.

    or just pick drawing. it is fun and cheep.  

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