Claire Lau’s paintings are filled with natural light because she paints in the open air (called 'en plein air' in French). Her paintings are also filled with depth and detail. The art project video looks at Claire’s painting of a San Francisco neighborhood where a street narrows as it gets farther away from the viewer. This narrowing street is an example of one-point-perspective and it’s a simple trick to make paintings life-like. Using a ruler, colored pencils and a black marker, students will make their own landscapes with depth and volume.
