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Cityscape


In this amazing project, we will explore different techniques with watercolour, as well as learn a bit about one-point perspective.

This project will explore different techniques using watercolour, and will require some research in your part.

Youtube is your friend!

To get started, let's watch this video about Colour Theory:


Now, to the project!

First, you will draw a simple street in one-point perspective on cheap paper.

This is your rough draft.

You may want two or three houses in each side; the style is up to you, but remember to keep the details very simple.

To get started, draw a horizontal line on your paper.

This line symbolizes the horizon. When you are off in the ocean on a little boat, this would be the line where the ocean meets the sky!


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  • done Welcome
  • done Class Rules
  • done Grade 6/7s
    • done Fine Arts >
      • done Scavenger Hunt
      • skip What does an artist do?
      • done Introduction to Art
      • done Collaborative Banner
      • done Bypass your Catalogue
      • done Charcoal Still Life
      • done Pencil Portrait
      • skip Printmaking
      • done Form and 3D sculpting
      • done Exquisite Corpse
    • Drama >
      • Done - Basics of Theater
      • Done - Improv
      • Dance and Movement
      • Done: Twisted Fairy Tales
  • Grade 8s
    • Fine Arts >
      • Explorations >
        • Done - Drawing >
          • Done - Metamorphosis
        • Done - History
        • Done -0 Pride of Self
        • Done - Microscopic Art
        • Done - Animation
        • Done - Activism
        • Done - Graffiti Art
        • Done - Book Poetry
        • Done - Junk Art
    • Drama >
      • Done - Improv >
        • Done - Warm Up
        • Done - Finals 2019
      • Done - Car Plays
      • Done - Tableau
      • Done - Musical Theatre
  • Toolbox
    • Done - Drawing
    • Mixed Media
    • Animation
    • Artist Statement
  • Elements
    • Line - Doodle
    • Done - Value and Shading
    • Colour
  • Checkout
  • Special Projects
    • Bump-Out