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Cityscape Collage
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Materials Needed:

9"x 12" white construction paper; watercolor; paintbrushes; Scraps of neutral-color construction paper; Scraps of newspapers; glue; scissors; Pictures of various cityscapes

 

# of 50-minute Class Sessions Required:  2

 

Concepts and Vocabulary:

Watercolor wash; shape; space; background; variety; cityscape

 

Day 1:

Demonstrate how to use watercolors to create a watercolor wash for the background.  Students will each create a watercolor wash for the background.  Desired effects may vary - For this particular project, we were discussing how weather was portrayed in paintings.
 
Day 2:
Students will use a variety of neutral colors to cut out and glue on various shapes to create a cityscape.  Yellow was used as the accent color for windows.

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