Relief Sculpture Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.

Abstract & Non-Objective Non-representational Abstraction of something

Early Relief

Clay Relief

Paper

Paper

Painted Objects

Low Relief

Mixed Media Maps

Procedures: By using Maps as a guide, create finders to look for a composition of lines in the maps. When you have found a composition then use Tracing Paper to make a composition of the roads for lines, and areas of cities to be shapes. Enlarge the idea, on newsprint, to the size of the format you are going to use. (round, square, or rectangle) Transfer to the chip board, plywood or canvas, canvas panels. Coil up paper towels and lay them in the areas for the roads, dip in white glue to adhere to the canvass. Use mat board to build up other areas (note: corrugated cardboard scraps could be used). Cover the entire board with sheets of toilet paper brushed with white glue. Let dry. Cover the entire format with a thin coat of Gesso to create a ground. Paint with acrylic or tempera using a color scheme, neutrals, but make it very bright, more than you want. Antique with oil paint black and a small amount of Van Dyke brown. To antique you must paint oil paint over the entire area and then wipe of with a rag so that the texture is still there from the toilet paper and use leave lower areas dark. When dry spray with Crystal Clear Acrylic Spray Paint to bring out color and give a shine.