Tests coming up..

So, I've got a few tests coming up. It doesn't help that all classes coordinate their test dates within the same week. There's a GEOG 122 (American Scene-basically U.S. history without the government) test on Friday the 23rd, a GEOG 160 (Mapping Our Changing World) test on Tuesday the 27th, and ART H 201 (Ancient to Medieval Architecture) is Friday the 30th, with the essay portion due the following Monday.

I'd be lying if I said I'm prepared for any of them. Well, time to get my act together and focus on those. The next post will be more about architecture things.

Dreary couple days

For the past couple days, the weather has been rainy/cloudy and in the 50's-low 60's. Pants and long sleeve weather has come and it really feels like fall now.

Here are a couple things for VisCom that I had finished a couple days ago. We've been working on perspectives based on plans and elevations:

These didn't take me that long to do, but I still have a ton of things to do for ARCH 131s by Friday 7:00 p.m. The in-class essay for art history went well because we could use a notecard and basically write the essay before we came to class, and paste the essay on the notecard. Also I'm going to have to really study for the mapping test tomorrow, although I'm not worried about it really.

Late night at studio

I got back to the dorm at around 10:45, but I don't mind (no surprise there). I did finish what I mentioned last post, and I am almost done with my second elevation as well. Here's the picture (phone picture, sorry):

They're both in 1/4" = 1' scale, and I might have to do a little more work on them, but they're the finished product at the moment. Of course, I'll be back in studio tomorrow to finish up my other elevation and site plan. Also I'm going to do as much as I can on my campus plan. After I finish that I just have to redo my perspectives and I'm set for Wednesday!


Also fun fact: I finished my GEOG 160 mapping class homework. My guess is that that's due Wednesday as well because that is my lab day.

Ahead of the pack?

Some more updates to my ARCH 131s and VisCom classes: I am almost finished with the axonometric draft of the Temple of Portunus on trace for VisCom, Which means I'm about 3/8 finished with my things to do for that class by Thursday (the isometric on trace will be 3/8, and putting them on vellum paper will take up the last 1/4).

ARCH 131s is going pretty well also; I'm just about finished with the final drafts for one of my elevations and my door plan. Pictures will be posted the next time I give an update. An estimate for how many hours I spent in studio today: 6.5 hours. That includes class time, though.

I haven't really mentioned anything about any of my other classes: ART H 201 "Ancient-Medieval Architecture," GEOG 122 "The American Scene," and GEOG 160 "Mapping our Changing World." Art history has a slide quiz on 30 monuments on the 25th, so I definitely have some studying to do for that.
For GEOG 122, we were just assigned a one page compare/contrast between the early French and Spanish settlement of America which shouldn't be too tough. That's due Friday during class.
GEOG 160 has a map projections worksheet assigned to the students; I don't know when it's supposed to be due exactly.

So, all in all, I feel like I'm a little ahead in my arch classes, but I have a bunch of work to do for my others.