From the course: The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Structures

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Creating the base of a staircase in perspective

Creating the base of a staircase in perspective

From the course: The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Structures

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Creating the base of a staircase in perspective

many of the buildings that populate the street in Amsterdam have these little stairs that lead up to the main entrance, there's quite a few of them. Some are taller than others, some have very ornate banisters and posts, and some have somewhat ornate, and some are very simple. I'm going to concentrate right here on the second building, this is the first building on the left, this is the second building on the left. And here you see, there's the file, and see how it's named building left number two. Now this one here, the smaller one, is the composite which has been sized down to the size that I need for the final art. I work larger than I need. We zoom in right here and look at the actual little entrance and there we see the steps. Now the parts that are out of view here, or broken up, doesn't matter because they are, in fact, out of view. This completely hidden by cars, and this is hidden by a tree. And most of this little latch here ended up being hidden by a car, but there you see…

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