Perspective

Today's class was shortened since it was Thanksgiving eve. We went over everything that we learned in the semester regarding descriptive words including word map, object description, experience and micro and macro.

One thing that Francisco said today stood out to me, which was that we should read books not about Architecture to be a good Architect. This is my first semester taking college level Architecture courses and I felt that that quote pretty much summed up my whole semester. I never thought that taking Design 101 would benefit anyone becoming an Architect, but many of the design principles and elements learned from that class is very applicable to Architectural design. So, Inspiration from Architecture can be drawn from anywhere.

Our assignment was to draw perspective using a quick technique to draw near accurate shapes. We have a picture plane which has the plan view of the object. Our horizon line can be placed anywhere on our objects height level. For instance, the horizon line can be placed on top of the ten foot square, which will give us a bird's eye view. The higher the horizon line, the lower and smaller the object appears, also known as bird's eye view. The lower the horizon line, the bigger the object appears, also known as the worm's eye view.

The horizon line also includes two vanishing points, one to the left and right of the object to create the perspective. All line parallel go in the same direction.

Shadows were also included in our perspective drawing to create a perception of depth. Usually the shadows are default at 45 degrees.