Pastel Cityscape Drawing Step by Step Lesson
Materials you will need to draw your cityscape
• Black paper • Cutout card buildings (A knife is best to cut out shapes) • Dry pastels or colored chalk • Earbuds
Instructions
Start by holding a shape onto the paper and roughly draw around it.
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