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Project 8: Landscapes & Cityscapes

Introduction and Stimuli

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Icons key: For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation

Teacher’s notes included in the Notes PageFlash activity. These activities are not editable.

Web addresses Sound

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Learning objectives

What is a landscape? What is a cityscape?

What are the main characteristics of landscapes and cityscapes?

How can the level of the horizon affect a landscape or cityscape?

How can the angle of view affect a landscape or cityscape?

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What are landscapes and cityscapes?

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Landscapes and cityscapes

Landscapes and cityscapes show environments rather than objects.

A landscape shows a natural environment.

A cityscape shows a man-made, urban environment.

Good landscapes and cityscapes do not just show the objects in an environment – they give an impression of the atmosphere of a place.

Composition is very important in creating a successful piece.

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Think about a landscape you have enjoyed visiting – imagine you are back there. Create a sketch of your chosen landscape from memory.

Landscapes

What can you see?

What is the weather like?

What does it smell like?

What man-made features can you see?

What natural forms can you see?

What colours can you see?

How do you feel?

Annotate your sketch.

sunny, windy

roadsalty sea smells

green grass

cliffs

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What can you see?

What is the weather like?

What does it smell like?

What man-made features can you see?

What natural forms can you see?

What colours can you see?

How do you feel?

Cityscapes

Think about a city you have enjoyed visiting – imagine you are back there. Create a sketch of what you remember seeing.

Annotate your sketch.

rivergreys,

browns

grey, overcast

buildings

traffic fumes

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Compare your landscape and cityscape sketches and annotations.

Comparing landscapes and cityscapes

What is different?

What is similar?

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Characteristics of landscapes and cityscapes

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How many different types of landscape can you think of?

Different types of landscape

In pairs, discuss different landscapes.

Create a spider diagram to document your discussion.

Use this diagram as a starting point.

warm colours

sandrocksdunes

sunnyno clouds blue sky

stark, lonely uninhabited

desertmountains

LANDSCAPES

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Discuss your chosen cities in pairs.

Create a spider diagram to document your discussion.

Different cityscapes

Think of five different cities that you find interesting.

Use this diagram as a starting point.

cool colours: greys, bluesbig business

jazzfashion

grid systemwide roadsskyscrapers

New YorkDelhi

CITYSCAPES

crowdstaxisvendors

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Horizon lines

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Angles of view

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Viewpoints

Visit a landscape and/or a cityscape near you.

Try taking photographs of what you see around you.Experiment with different:

horizon lines

angles of view.

Which work best for landscapes and which for cityscapes?

Select your favourite photo. Write down three reasons why this viewpoint is so successful.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_painting

http://painting.about.com/od/landscapes/a/landscapetips.htm

http://www.artpromote.com/landscape.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cityscape

http://www.diserio.com/top15-skylines.html

Useful websites

Landscapes

Cityscapes