Part of creating art that has some hint of realism is learning to create art using perspective. Most students begin with 1 or 2 point perspective. I usually teach 1 point perspective first. There is a great handout available free at Teachers Pay Teachers. Click here to get your handout.
This is my sample completed with markers.Notice how the trees get smaller just as the buildings do. Also the things closer to the viewer overlap the things farther away.
Below is a simplified version of the above drawing using a corner to corner x across the paper to create the vanishing point and areas for the top, sides and bottom of the landscape. This drawing was inspired by Peter Max, a pop artist who began his career in the 1960's. I'll be finishing it this week in my Elementary Art co-op class.
In the following 1 point perspective drawing there is no horizon line because we are viewing from a birds eye view. The extra depth is created by using a cascade of balloons of various sizes and darker shading at the base of the buildings.
