6/7 - "Can't See the Forest for the Trees" - 2016/17

We might interpret the phrase; "can't see the forest for the trees" as, only focusing on small parts and details rather than the whole. Just like a branch is a part of a tree, we could say that a bustling city full of noise, people and architecture overtakes an environment such as New York City. But there is Central Park nestled right in the middle of the commotion, noise and activity. We can look at each environment separately or we can see the whole image as two environments co-existing as one environment.

This idea became reality in this three point perspective lesson with 6/7 students. Learning the differences between one-point, two-point and three-point perspective helped to see how a low vantage point could create the illusion of height. By morphing or overlapping the two un-like environments together, we see the forest and the city as one larger environment.

Watercolor techniques such as wash, dry brush, stippling, wet on wet, blocking, splattering and even blowing paint were applied to achieve a variety of effects in these perspective paintings.

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