Linear Perspective

For this assignment, we were asked to choose a specific area within the school and draw it using linear perspective. Before this, we practiced using linear perspective by drawing a room, and a bunch of shapes all using linear perspective. I chose a hallway near the library and drew that. I used a large piece of paper, a pencil and a ruler. In this project, I used specific elements and principles of art/design. For elements, I used line, shape, and space. Line, because the lines need to connect to the horizon line to make it feel like an actual room, so I used many orthogonal lines. For shape, most of the room was made up of squares and triangles, so I used those the most to make up the hallway. For space, as the hallway continues down, shapes and the space gets smaller and smaller. For principles, I used Pattern and unity. Pattern, because many of the tiles and the bricks followed a pattern, which I did my best to follow as I saw it. For unity, I didn't want something to stand out to much, so I decided to not put much emphasis on anything. This makes the hallway feel more unified. This artwork doesn't really have a story other than when it was built. This hallway does relate to my life because it is the hallway of my school that I see almost every day. In this project, I am very proud of how the bricks came out beside the door way. I think it has a lot of unity, and I did a good job keeping its pattern, making it look a lot like bricks. A place I struggled was making the heater box on both sides look symmetrical. I fixed this problem by eventually measuring it out according to the back wall and getting it finally even. If I could make the project stronger, I would go back and try to fix the floor tiles, which feel a bit off. I would fi their pattern to make it feel more in place.