week 2 landscape

this week was where we learnt about landscape. 

landscape is not just outside but can be of man made structures such as street or interiors and even the sea. when doing landscape there are a few techniques when drawing landscape here are a few.  

horizon line- is a implied line which represents the hight of the viewers eye, it also helps to show when objects are much further away in the scene    

vanishing point- is where all the parallel lines converge. there can be up to 3  

Orthogonal Lines- is a line which is drawn from a corner of a object which goes to the vanishing point. this helps to create illusion of  perpendicular lines which goes into the distance.  

Foreshortening- is an optical illusion that makes objects and/or distance seem shorter than it is, this is due to how the object is angled away from the viewer

in this image below is of a one point perspective drawing of environment in the university. within this image you can make out the planing on the drawing, you can see in the middle of the page the horizon line. this used  to map where the buildings and the distance of the buildings. after that used my pencil to measure the length and hight of the buildings. vanishing points to help plan/map out the buildings. however there a few problems with the drawing, as you can in the top left of the image, there a numerous lines which are trying to create the building in front. there isn't much detail in the drawing such as on the wall near the van and on the van itself. but there is some slight detail in the middle of the drawing, the wall and windows.     

direct study 

this is a one point perspective of a street. first thing to point out on this image is you can make out the planning  such as the vanish points and the Orthogonal Lines. this image has good use of foreshortening, the building on the right and the one in the back, do show off good use of foreshortening, this really helps to create much more depth in the picture. detail is added in this image as well, the roofs of the buildings look as if they have tiles. the tiles aren't in prefect lines or consistent, this isn't a negative quality as these old Victoria roofs aren't straight or have perfect tiles. the tiles in the image help show that these house are much older due. the houses have some bricks draw on, this is to create a impression of the bricks rather than having the the entire house covered in bricks. there are a few things which could been improved on the windows and doors seem rushed and don't have that much detail and also the garden no the left seems very barren it. it could been improved if there were objects in the garden.