How is sculpting more difficult than painting?

This premise has been argued by painters and sculptors, whether painting or sculpture is a 'higher' form of work and which is more difficult and/or praiseworthy. read more

Neither is more difficult than the others, so like comparing apples and oranges, they are controlled by differing disciplines and techniques. Make no assumptions about any comparison between Sculpting and Painting as far as difficulty is concerned. read more

For although statues are modeled in the round, like objects in real life, and painting is seen only on the surface, sculpture lacks many of the things to be found in painting, and especially light and shade: for example, the natural coloring of the flesh, which appears altogether changed in marble, the painter copies faithfully, using more or less light and shadow according to need, which the sculptor cannot do. read more

Not for the reasons you're assuming; I'm not disagreeing with Kathleen. As she says, the fact that the object in the painting is a sculpture is totally irrelevant. It's just a shape. Just like it doesn't matter whether you like to eat apples when you're painting a still life with apples. read more