Cityscape reflection painting natural light12/15/2023 Using both ends of a small round brush, paint the windows with white paint.Show the students how to wipe the brush to remove some of the paint then place the brush on the lines & flick the brush down. Dry brush paint the building reflection with black paint that has been wiped off on a paper towel.Paint the buildings above the horizon line with a flat brush using solid black strokes.Flip templates over so they are mirror image to the ones above the horizon line foe the reflection in the water.Have the students write the number of the templates they used on the back of their paper. (Older students were encouraged to draw their own skyline.) Number the templates because we will use them again to draw the reflection in the water. I cut several different skylines out of folders, especially for the younger kids. Paint blue for the water below the horizon line. If it dries out, you can always go over the paint with just water to blend colors. Because we used tempera paints, we had to work quickly to blend colors before the paint dried. We talked about overlapping your paint strokes to blend the colors together. Paint background sunset above the horizon line.Draw the horizon line (not in the middle of the paper-that’s boring!). Supplies: 12×18″ tag board, tempera paint, brushes, water cups, per-cut city skylines, pencils The foundation of this lesson came from the book “Painting Techniques” (no longer in print), but have made some alterations. All ages were able to paint this city scape with eases and they turned out stunning! This is a simple concept with big visual impact! The contrast of the night skyline against the colorful sunset really pops! I did this project with 1st-6th grade students in my after school art class with great success. Pin It Night City SkyLine Painting Lesson
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