Geometric Cityscapes (2nd Grade)

In 2nd Grade we have been talking a lot about shapes! In this lesson we focused on geometric shapes.  We talked about how the buildings in our cityscapes are all very linear and geometric.  We made a lot of squares, rectangles and triangles in out artwork.
First the students drew a cityscape in pencil on newspaper (yes, we are green artists too!).  Then they painted with black tempera paint over their pencil lines.  Next, we made out sky.  I told them to chose either warm colors, or cool colors to make their sky.  The sky was made with chalk pastel and they students held the chalk sideways while they colored with them.  Then the students chose a piece of colored paper for their background.  Last, they cut out their city and glued it onto their sky background.  A lot of steps and direction following but they turned out awesome!