Perception of Spatial Relationships

 Perception of Spatial Relationships

Everyone’s perspective is different from their neighbors; however, their perspectives can be altered when presented with a stronger alternative. The way one views something is largely dependent on how the thing is being communicated and what sort of things stand out. This week’s reading touched a few things, two of which included the different ways in which to layout your perspective and the significance of proportion in a perspective.

Architectural Perspectives

The two most common ways to layout your perspective is the freehand/estimated method and the
common method. The freehand method is traditionally quicker and requires less details – floor plans, elevation, or sections. On the other hand, the common method is the most accurate because of its inclusion of a floor plan, section, and/or elevation. Perspective is critical in interior design and focuses on three of them: one-point perspective, two-point perspective, and three-point perspective.

Key terms, or phrases, to know are horizontal line, vanishing point, picture plane, ground line, and cone of vision. The horizontal line refers to the line which the viewer’s eye is located it, meaning it represents the viewer’s eye level. A vanishing point is located on the horizontal line where two parallel lines converge. The number of vanishings points your perspective drawing has is dependent upon what kind of perspective you are drawing. The picture plane is an imaginary transparent “window” that is where the artists view is drawn. A ground line is the place where the picture plane and the ground meet, whereas the cone of vision, is represented as what the viewer sees when looking at the drawing.

A one-point perspective consists of one vanishing point and the viewer is parallel to the space, or what they are drawing. The vanishing point is where all the other lines meet at a single point. A two-point perspective has two vanishing points, so the viewer is at an angle in comparison to the building or space. These types of drawings have true vertical lines and depth lines. Three-point perspectives are typically used in projects with spaces needing to look up or down. When looking up, both sides of a building are visible. When looking down, vanishing points are below the ground line. All edges within a three-point perspective drawing are oblique and all lines within are perspective lines.

Proportion

Proportion is known as the ratio of width and height; this ratio is 1:2. This is most helpful by drawing window heights twice as long as its width. This presents the correct proportion to the viewer. Visual measuring is usually used in determining the relationship of lengths and widths of forms. Using your pencil (or any drawing utensil) is also helpful in finding comparison measurements by holding it vertically and stretching your arm/lock your elbow against something that needs measuring.

Sketchbook #6 



Comments

  1. Sami FordFebruary 18, 2024 at 2:42 PM

    I love all three drawings that you have in your blog. Also I like how you explained the architectural drawings and how you really dug deep into describing one, two, and three point perspective.

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  2. Professor VanderNoordaaFebruary 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM

    Great Blog! 50/50 Total Points

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