Art - Blitz Skylines

Lesson on how to create a piece of artwork depicting London during the Blitz.

1. BLITZ SKYLINES

2. LQ: How can I use different media to
create a Blitz skyline?
C: I can identify different shades of colour
A: I can depict silhouettes in my image.
E: I can create contrast in my image
through light and dark tones.
Blitz Skylines

3. Look at these
pictures of sunset.
What kind of colours
can you see here?
Dawn: What do you notice?

4. What colours do
these ones
show?
Can you
describe them?
Dusk: What do you notice?

5. •A silhouette is
like a shadow.
•It shows us the
outlineof
something.
What is a silhouette?

6. Other examples of silhouettes….

7. ‘Elephant’
by Karl Johnson
‘Black Head’ by Philip Derome
Artists who use silhouettes

8. Create your own Blitz skylines!
What you need to do:
–Create your background first. Ideally use a range of colours (pencil,
chalk, watercolours, pastels) to create an ombrethat gradually
shifts from light to dark (on a plain piece of paper).
–On some black or dark paper, carefully sketch out an the London
skyline during the 1940s(no London Eye, Gherkin, Shard, etc. yet!).
Make sure it is the same length as your background but not taller as
you’ll cover your ombre.
–Accurately cut out your skyline and place it over your background so
it’s a silhouette.
–You may wish to add some spotlights and airplanes for effect!
–Voila! (see subsequent pages for some examples).
Of course you could sketch, paint or use some paper from
magazines/newspapers to create a collage. Failing resource,
using Paint on you computer. Be creative! Take a picture of
your artwork and upload it as a blog post or file.

9. Examples

10. Painting

11. Coloured pencil sketch

12. Pastels/Chalk

13. Collage