Second Trimester at the FAA - Full figure sculptures

In my second trimester here at the FAA sculpture program we started sculpting full figure sculptures in half life size from life models. We started with five one week poses to get used to setting up the pose and starting to touch the overall proportions, body type and gesture. In a one week pose the goal was to establish where the pit of the neck was situated in relation to the pelvis, the rib cage and the ankle bony points.

(1 week poses)
We were taught how to set up the pose by following Rob Bodem's (the director of the FAA sculpture program) manual for figurative sculpture; "Drawing in Space".

After these initial one week "clay sketches" we did a long pose of 5 weeks.

(5 weeks pose)