The 4th and 5th grade students created these wonderful cityscapes from direct observation. Luckily for my art students, our school is in a very unique location. There are residential buildings as well as skyscrapers (including the tallest one in Houston--Williams Tower) from every vantage point imaginable outside the school.
Students were instructed to draw residential structures first and then draw skyscrapers behind them. We were able to talk about atmospheric perspective as the students were working. They were assigned a warm or cool color scheme and added color using watercolors and techniques such as wet-on-wet and of course, wet-on-dry.
Beautiful work!
Did you get to go out into the city to see the architecture? There is so much detail in them! You must've had great visual resources. I would love it if you would share them if they are not direct observation. I'm working out some architecture resources right now. I photographed a bunch of building in town. We live in a depressed area but the architecture is amazing because it was once a manufacturing town with lots of money. Now it's a little "grey gardens" if you know what I mean. Let me know about those resources if you want to share. www.artprojectgirl.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteWe actually did these from direct observation outside the school! We are very fortunate to be in the center of an amazing urban area in the Galleria area in Houston with lots of buildings of various sizes. Would you like some photos from the area? I would be glad to share some!
ReplyDeleteThe paintings are beautiful - great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susan! I think they are just fantastic...the students worked so hard on these pieces. They should be proud!
ReplyDeleteLauren...these are incredible. Lots of visual detail. With my older students, I like to use tube colors on porcelin trays...lots of color variations and control. You should extend this lesson and experiment with rubbing alcohol, resists and other watercolor techniques. The kids will love...good science extention here!
ReplyDeleteMichael, those are great ideas! I will definitely do this with my students. Thank you!!
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