Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Line and Space

My surroundings have become more interesting because I begin to notice some of the key terms. When standing in my street and looking down the street, you can definitely make out linear perspective lines with the sidewalks and the trees that line the sidewalks as well. The telephone lines that are off to the side create more linear perspective lines. Which is really fun to see because it makes it seem that the focal point is the stop sign at the end of the street. You also see foreshortening a lot. Especially from my perspective, my house is kind of on a hill, so many of the objects that are down below and far away look a lot smaller then they really are.

It is a lot of fun looking around me and trying to place a key term to the objects around me. It definitely gives you a different idea when looking you are out and about. It's interesting how everyday things become a part of art that you never would have though of.