April 2019: 2-day Easter figure sculpture workshop
Sculpting a clothed figure in clay: 2-day Easter figure sculpture workshop Date: Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 April 2019, 10:30 – 16:30 Price: £160 Venue: The Art Stables, 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY Tutor: Jess Miller Over this 2-day course, working directly from life, you […]
April 2019: 1-day Easter portrait painting workshop
Creating a portrait from life: 1-day Easter painting workshop Date: Tuesday 16 April 2019, 10:30 – 16:30 Price: £85 Venue: The Art Stables, 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY Tutor: Jess Miller In this workshop you will create a portrait drawing and/or painting of a […]
Sketches from a workshop exploring portraiture
Sketches from a great London Drawing Group workshop at the National Portrait Gallery.
Sculpting a small quarter figure of Athena
Click here to see another sculpture from the same sittings
Workshop: Abstracting the Human Figure in Sculpture
Date: Friday 14th – Sunday 16th December 2018 Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm Venue: Hampstead School of Art, Penrose Gardens, London NW3 7BF Price: £260 This 3-day workshop will begin with a look at various ways artists have distorted and abstracted the human figure in the past to make sculpture. […]
Small figure sculpture of Aston
Fired clay. Patinated with iron paste, oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 26cm x w: 20cm x d: 21cm. Here are some photos of this piece in the process of being made. Here is a portrait sculpture of Aston in the same pose.
Portrait sculpture of Aston
Fired clay. Patinated with iron paste, oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 26cm x w: 30cm x d: 22cm. Here are some photos of this piece in the process of being made. Here is a small figure sculpture of Aston in the […]
Sculpting a small figure of Athena
Click here to see another sculpture from the same sittings
More museum / gallery sketches
More sketches from another London Drawing Group workshop – this time at the National Gallery.
Exhibition in November / December – save the date!
I will be showing new work in this upcoming exhibition by 17 members of the CEOS group Wednesday 28 November – Sunday 2 December 2018 in north London. More details here. Ply Gallery, Open daily: 11:00 – 16:30, Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End, London N8 […]
Dance rehearsal sketches – exploring movement
City Academy’s RevueLesque dance company kindly let me sit in on a couple of rehearsals and this is the result so far – some of the sketchbook drawings have been into acrylic and watercolour.
Relief sculpture cast study at the V&A
Really enjoyed studying this relief sculpture a couple of weeks ago in the Cast Court of the V&A Museum as part of a London Drawing Group workshop
Jess Miller: Painted Clay Sculptures of the Figure — Jackson’s Art Blog
Here is an interview with Jackson’s Art Blog about my work Jess Miller is an artist inspired by the human figure, body language and identity. Her favoured medium is clay, which she models in front of the subject. 1,162 more words via Jess Miller: Painted Clay […]
Miki in a sheepskin coat
Patinated fired clay sculpture Size: H 36 cm x W 28 cm x D 16 cm
Valentina – bronze resin limited edition
Bronze resin cast sculpture on a slate base (Limited edition of 6) Size: H 24 cm x W 26 cm x D 30 cm
Drawing & Painting classes at The Art Stables
Drawing & Painting Classes with Jess Miller These classes are open to any level for students to develop their individual practice in drawing and water-based painting media. Composition and colour will be explored either through representational or abstract approaches. Various imaginative, observational and project-based subjects […]
Sculpture classes at The Art Stables
Figure & Portrait Modelling in Clay with Jess Miller Working with the human form to develop observation and modelling skills. Tuition will cover proportion and anatomy while encouraging a creative approach. Beginners, intermediate and advanced welcome. There will be a small charge towards firing costs at the end of […]
Nude figure of Tanja
Patinated fired clay sculpture Size: H 28 cm x W 15 cm x D 30 cm Click here to see photos of the piece being made.
Francis Bacon drawing theatre event
Drawings from a fantastic Francis Bacon inspired Drawing Theatre event organised by London Drawing #FRANCISBACON #DrawingTheatre #SpacesoftheMind
Exhibition in Camden, London: 2 to 7 October 2018
I will be showing recent work in a group exhibition in London in October, details are: Dates: Tuesday 2nd – Sunday 7th October Times: Tue-Sat 11am – 6pm, Sun: 11am – 4pm Venue: Camden Image Gallery, 174 Royal College Street, Camden, London, NW1 0SP You can find further information here.
Drawing circus event sketches July 2018
Sketches from a great Drawing Circus event at The Phoenix Studio.
Museum & Gallery sketches summer 2018
Sketches from the Rodin exhibition at the British Museum and 2 great museum tours with The London Drawing Group – one at the British Museum and one at the Tate Britain.
Making portrait & figure sculptures of Aston
You can see the finished portrait sculpture here. You can see the finished figure sculpture here.
Picasso workshop with London Drawing
These sketches are from a fantastic 1 day life workshop I attended inspired by organised by London Drawing – inspired by the Picasso exhibition at the Tate Modern
Tanja in an orange dress
Size: H 38 cm x W 13 cm x D 27 cm Click here to see photos of the piece being made
Finished figure of Dominic
Size: H 28 cm x W 28 cm x D 26 cm Click here to see photos of the piece being made.
Sketch of Maria with a plait
Size: H 20 cm x W 15 cm x D 18 cm Mainly sculpted from memory
Crouch End Open Studios Art Trail 2018
I will be exhibiting new work again at the Crouch End Open Studios Art Trail weekend, 12 & 13 May. Please drop in between 12 and 6 for a cup of tea & view our artwork. All work is for sale. For more details and […]
Finished figure of Alex
Size: H 25 cm x W 30 cm x D 20 cm Click here to see photos of the piece being made
Finished Portrait of Robert
Size: H 27 cm x W 33 cm x D 25 cm Click here to see photos of the piece being made
Rubens drawing theatre event
Chalk pastel drawings on black sugar paper of the incredible Valentina Rock as Hygieia – done with my “wrong” hand – from yesterday’s brilliant Rubens drawing event organised by LondonDrawing @JohnCloseArts @TheCryptGallery #DrawingTheatre
Another great life drawing Gymnasia event
Drawings from another brilliant Life Drawing Gymnasia Baleta Nuda event with amazing models Andrew Crayford, Natasha Jervis and Valerie Ebuwa.
Drawings of Goya nightmares
My drawings from the recent brilliant ‘Goya Master of Two Worlds’ drawing event organised by London Drawing @LondonDrawing @JohnCloseArts @TheCryptGallery
Sketches from Life Drawing Gymnasia Baleta Nuda event
Drawings from the recent brilliant Life Drawing Gymnasia Baleta Nuda event with amazing models Andrew Crayford and Natasha Jervis.
Teaching demo – Making a figure sculpture sketch of Maria from memory
Small figure sculpture sketch of Maria – started as a 30 minute teaching demo, I then finished it from memory (over about 3 hours) using only the tool pictured. I didn’t have any sketches or photos but I had observed her in pose for 11 […]
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