VISUAL PERCEPTION: WALK 1

The first walk was a introduction to the area of the Back Bay, following with the class I searched for a common interest in all of the points we stopped to sketch. One common theme through out this walk was the use of greenery or vegetation and how from sketch to sketch the presence varies, from lining the floor, to climbing the brick walls, framing space and then finally fully encompassing the landscape as the dominate entity in the frame of sketchesNotice Vegetation on the Cobblestones and planters

Louisberg Square: After passing through the narrow passage of Acorn street

you are released into this square where the role of vegetation is a centerpiece creating interesting shadows on the surrounding buildings

Continuing the walk I noticed vegetation has began to start climbing the buildings changing the visual perception along the street as approaching the Charles River and the Esplande

Now as we have crossed the bridge and entered the esplanade look how the role of vegetation has changed. Here the trees and shrubs frame the water as a "room for boats".

Also in the second sketch you can notice how the role has flipped, now instead of vegetation growing on the built environment, there are rocks being placed onto the natural environment