Ivan Pidhainyi Sculpture Studio

28/05/2026

A glimpse to our Academic Sculpture Classes💪🏻. If you’d like to learn how facial features are captured in sculpture in classical art, don’t miss our Friday and Saturday classes!

🕞Friday 15:30 - 19:30
🕥Saturday 10:30 - 14:30
✉️ DM for more information

13/04/2026

Photos from our final session of the Portrait Sculpture with a Live Model course, winter term by Marina.

We warmly congratulate all students on their wonderful works and thank our model Malena for her posing.

We are also looking forward to the start of the new course this Saturday — by the way, there is still a place available.

13/04/2026

07/04/2026

Spring Trimester starts April 17th

Friends, we’re beginning our new trimester next week and have a few spots available in the studio. If you’d like to join us for the spring term, here is the schedule:

• Fridays (April 17 – June 19) | 10:30 – 14:30 Human Figure Morphology: Anatomical construction, form analysis, and figure sculpting.

• Saturdays (April 18 – June 20) | 10:30 – 14:30 Academic Sculpture: Studying classical forms and volume through copying plaster casts.

• Saturdays (April 18 – June 20) | 15:30 – 19:30 Portrait Sculpture: Working from life with a live model, combined with anatomy and morphology lectures.

Each course consists of 10 sessions.

Please send us a DM if you’d like to join or need more details.

28/03/2026

Two stages of a portrait demo by .
The first stage focuses on building the structure, while the final stage refines softer transitions, balancing soft and firm forms and placing clear accents.
Created together with the students of the Portrait Workshop.
Many thanks to our model for posing throughout the project.
P.S. Glasses are still coming to finish the look.

26/03/2026

ÉCORCHÉ SCULPTURE INTENSIVE — SUMMER SESSION

📅 July 6–31, 2026 | Barcelona

This 4-week intensive course is designed for a small group, allowing focused study and individual attention.

The process is built step by step:
each stage of anatomical construction is clearly explained, followed by instructor demonstrations, so you understand what to do, why, and how. After that, you work hands-on while receiving continuous guidance and corrections.

• Small group format
• Daily instructor demos
• Clear, structured anatomical construction
• Personal feedback at every stage

📸 In the process:
You will build an écorché figure step by step —
• starting with the full skeleton
• then adding muscles in layers
• understanding how form, movement, and surface anatomy are connected

This gives you a clear understanding of the figure — from structure to a fully developed anatomical form.

📍 Ivan Pidhainyi Sculpture Studio, Barcelona
🗣 Language: English
🎯 All levels welcome

For registration and details — DM
Limited places available

24/03/2026

Demo by Ivan, featuring a breakdown of the main forms and planes, as well as a tonal approach to sculpting the iris—revealing the structure of dark eyes. These and many other anatomical and morphological insights are covered in our course.

Join our Portrait Sculpture Course with a Live Model in the studio.

From 18 April to 20 JuneTen sessions, 4 hours eachSaturdays, 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Sculpting sessions with live models are combined with lectures on anatomy and morphology. Students analyze classical portrait techniques while developing their own sculptural compositions. The course focuses on capturing likeness, understanding facial structure, and building strong portrait sculpture skills from life.

Ready to get your hands in clay? Join us;)

05/03/2026

We’d like to share with you the process of creating this portrait, made by as a demo during a sculpture workshop at the studio. The portrait was sculpted using two types of ceramic clay: a coarse grog clay for the first layer and a finer grog clay for the surface. The piece has been fired.
1. The portrait after high-temperature firing.
2. The beginning of the process: the first layer of coarse grog clay applied on a wooden armature with cardboard used to build up the volume of the head. This method immediately allows control of the clay thickness.
3. The next layer was made with a finer grog clay, which allowed us to achieve a relatively smooth surface.

4–5. The sculpture was cut into several parts in order to remove it from the armature.
6. The clay thickness was carefully evened out to about 3 cm.
7. All seams were rejoined and refined.
8. The sculpture was fully reassembled and then covered with a plastic bag for a week so the moisture in the clay could equalize. After that, it was left to dry completely before firing.

That’s the process 😉
If you enjoyed seeing it, leave a comment — we’ll be happy to share more behind-the-scenes of our work.

Special thanks to for the firing.