Artsy Architecture

LESSON INSPIRED BY 

THAT ART TEACHER

Click on above image to see 

examples and instruction. 

Student Examples:

Advanced Art (11-12th grade)

Bella                           Jenifer

Bethany                                 Melissa 

Riley                                         Aniah

Victoria                                  Audree

Madelynn                        Sadie

Sa'Niya                                        Spencer

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1. Choose your Architecture. 

Find something that you can put into overlapping.

*It can be puzzled together from different areas of the world/city or 

make believe buildings can be added into background to fill up space. 

HERE ARE SOME IDEAS

Moscow, Russia

Taj Mahal

German Villages

Montreal 

Pueblo VIllages

OR

Pieces of Your Town

Mineola, TX

I chose Moscow Russia and Mineola, TX. 

2. Choose your COLOR SCHEME

Choose 3 colors (analogous) for your Background.

*You can use a Marker Bleed technique (like mine) 

OR Acrylic Paint smear (refer to ThatArtTeacher). . 

Below 

DRAW basic shapes and lines 

of ARCHITECTURE with PENCIL

EMPHASIZE with BLACK permanent marker

SHADE with DARKER VALUE within the background colors

Use white or lighter color for the highlights on buildings. 

Make sure to leave MID Tones of the buildings exposed (background

First one, I used White and Yellow Paint pens. 

Second one, I used White Paint Pen only. 

Or Use Acrylic

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Similar Lesson I have done on 

TheLostSockBlog

OVERLAPPING CITY 

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2013/02/overlapping-city.html

CITY BY WATER 

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2020/11/city-by-water.html