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There are two different fundamental methods of painting this scenery, - "Artistic" and "Outline", with variations within each method.
"ARTISTIC"
This word "Artistic" does not give the impression I mean to
convey, but "Fine Art" looks
even more pompous.
On this Musical web site I am using the word "Artistic" to refer
to artwork done, probably
by an artistic teacher, using techniques such as shadow, highlights,
atmosphere etc (Lots of tips in the Method page
for Scene One)
Outlines usually in black,
SAMPLE - Below are some examples of the "outline" version.
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Outlines could be copied, or even projected and traced, from the pictures supplied on this web site Use a waterproof thick black felt tip pen. |
Perhaps the children could then do the colouring-in. Children are
used to this form of artwork and see it daily in cartoons on the TV
and often in book illustration. |
The fill can be a single colour, but
a better version is to paint the single colour, then overlay
a darker version (Brown
in this case) to represent the shadow,
and a lighter version (White in this case) to represent the highlight
or rim lighting. This gives the item more apparent depth. |
Another, more sophisticated, version is to draw the outlines a darker
shade of the main fill colour which surrounds it. Not easy to see in
this example but the roof outline is now a dark blue. |