The Use of Light in Architecture

Paintings by Escher

Paintings by Maynard Dixon

Paintings by Steven Holl

Paintings by Utzon

“The sun did not know how beautiful itslight was, until it was reflected off this building.”

-- Louis Kahn

In terms of the Opera House design pricinples, Utzon said, "It is important that such a large whitesculpture in the harbour setting catchesand mirrors the sky with all its variedlights, dawn to dusk, day to day,throughout the year."

“Themovement of the body as it crosses through overlapping perspectives, through the landscape and the free movement threaded between the lightgathering lenses of the new addition are the elemental connections between ourselves and architecture,” says Steven Holl, the designer of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

The similarity of these two artists' ideas is the importance of light in architecture. It could be used through many different ways, such like the reflection, transparency or creating different colours.

When this theory comes to drawing, it can be expressed by different tones by shading. Actually in my inmature drawing, I was using only simple tones to express light. There is no specific way of correct way to shading as I chose cross line on it.