Translating a 2-dimensional painting
into a 3-dimensional relief sculpture
There is an element of wonder and surprise when a flat image becomes a relief sculpture under your hands! Using clay and sculpting techniques, you can interpret a masterwork in a relief sculpture.
Still Life Paul Cezanne
Medium: Yellow Clay (fires whitish) Technique: sculpting and modeling
Objective: to re-create a 2-dimensional painting into 3-dimensional relief sculpture using modeling techniques of deep and shallow relief.
Process:
Maquette from a postcard
Choose a masterwork. Photocopy final choice for your SKB
In your SKB, record credit line information on the piece you have chosen
Enlarge to ½ A4 size and draw a grid over the photocopy to help you with scale and proportion
SKB:
Find examples of other relief sculpture
5 examples min, include credit line information. Choose examples from different times in history to present.
Arrange them in chronological order
Include a few bits of information about each including, but not limited to, where it is/was located
Research your Artist, include:
* When,where were they born? What art period or style is their work?
* What was going on in their world during their lifetime?
* Interesting quotes and information
* Find at least 3-5 strong images including the painting you’ve chosen
* Why is the work significant or famous today?
* Sources/Credit Line info
In the studio
, prepare a slab NLT A4 size, NST ½ A4 size
Use carving and modeling (carve and build up the clay) techniques to create relief on the entire surface of the tile
Paint the tile once it is fired as close to the original painting as possible
Write a reflection in your SKB include challenges, triumphs and a picture of the final result.

Franz Marc Pierre-August Renoir Raphael
Paul Cezanne
Stuart Davis
Gustav Klimt Roy Lichtenstein
Giorgio de Chirico Andrew Wyeth
Grant Wood
Edward Hopper
Andre Derain
Jan Vermeer
Botticelli
Frida Kahlo
Henri Matisse
Vassily Kandinsky
Jean-Francois Millet
Juan Gris Georgia O’Keeffe Amedeo Modigliani
George Caleb Bingham Paul Gauguin Kazimir Malevich
Georges Seurat Vincent van Gogh
Renee Magritte Alphonse Mucha
Hundertwasser
Caravaggio
Hokusai
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Marc Chagall
Edgar Degas
Joan Miro Henri Rousseau or (approved) Artist of Your Choice

Look at sites such as Bridgemanart.com, Artstory.org, Olga’s Gallery,
Web Museum at ibiblio.org and browse through the Artist Index to find something interesting!