Clara Matynka High School Art Folio, continued: Architectural Drawings

At Kensington High in 1946,
students used pencil and ruler to draw.
It's good to be made to practice that skill
while young, even now in the age of computers.

The "facade" is the facing;
with the surface decoration.
But under the decoration
are to be found structural elements
which exist in certain proportions.
What makes certain proportions pleasing
to the human eye?
It is an ancient question in aesthetics.

One sleepy house,
and another looking startled.

Something is happening along the street,
on the left.  Aliens?  Enchantments?

Teachers, always nit-picking.
Nice row of monoliths there on the lawn.

That's a good exercise, keeping proportions in mind
while drawing a floor plan.
What are those fishhooks, one next to each bedroom closet?
I'm not sure I want everyone schlepping through the kitchen
to get to and from the porch.

Dilbert's living room.