First Grade
Futuristic Cities
In this unit, students virtually time-travelled to the year 3000, and created paintings based on what they saw from their adventure. Throughout the unit, students discussed the digital paintings of futuristic cities by artist Rob Brown, answered questions like "What makes a city?", and analyzed the opening theme to the Jetsons.
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​Students used crayon and watercolor resist to make futuristic "cityscapes." From Balloon People, to real-life Candyland, to alien invasions, students' futures all look bright, but very different.
Student Work
Brief Overview
Big Idea: Time
Essential Question: How can we illustrate our ideas about time? How can we depict what the future holds?
Focus Artists/Concepts: Concept Artist Rob Brown, Future, Cityscape, and the Jetsons.
Final Artwork: Watercolor Crayon Resist Painting
Focus Artist
Rob Brown
Rob Brown is a currently full time as a Senior Concept Artist for RIOT games. He has been a professional designer and illustrator in the digital industry over a decade.
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His matte painting experience includes full backgrounds, set extension, texture creation, and concepts for, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Terminator Salvation, Gentleman Broncos, Sorcerers Apprentice (among others), with many commercials, concept illustrations and pitch art packages.