Ya’ gotta Love this . . .

72 yr. old beats up 27 yr. old . . . justifiably:

[Here's the story . . .]
I’m outta’ here. See you on Monday or Tuesday. . . . . . . . edit: or Friday!

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Rendering of Pergola-Details

Here are two images of details from the previous post. The top rendering is a detail of the right side-people included. The bottom drawing shows the left side of the plaza/pergola:

[Simple people, and little detail on the plantings]

[Showing brick on the columns, and the bench relationships]
So what happened on this project. Well this idea came [...]

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The Art of Pergola Design (4), and More

In the previous post several objectives were mentioned for the next drawing of the(I’ll call it) plaza/pergola area:
This questioning and working through logistics led to me being asked if I could tweak this drawing some.

Could I show it with brick columns?
Could I show it with the overhead in white? Leading to what material could this [...]

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The Art of Pergola Design (3)

This is another pergola drawing for an area between 2 small apartment buildings. One unit holding 6 apartments, and the other 10. It was easy to see on the initial visit there was no place to gather.
There needs to be a place where these students could spend some time together outside . . . not [...]

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An Appreciation of Stone (29)

[A church in Barnesville, Ohio]

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Stages of a Presentation Rendering

3 stages of a drawing for a proposed residential water feature. It started with a photograph from the site and goes from there.

[red pencil, and light colors for stone and tree trunks]

[black line on stone, and color for supporting plants]

[sky(rough), final black lines, and labeling]
This is one half of a larger presentation given to [...]

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Los Angeles and the Japanese Garden

There is a great read on the history of Japanese-Americans and their influence(s) on the gardening culture in and around Los Angeles.
[photo from the story]
Included is the history of how it started, the interruption of WWII, and the demise of Japanese-Americans in the landscaping field today. This link will take you to the print page.
For [...]

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A Great Poster

[fun stuff at Etsy, I like her style]

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Color Rendering of Ornamental Grass (2)

[ 3buildings . . . 3 separate solutions. ]
The lower rendering is the one I had previously posted. the ones above flank this middle building. Left and right respectfully. The idea presented to me was “come up with 3 separate landscape-give each building it’s own identity.”
Being built at the same time, for the same function-upper [...]

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Front Entry Rendering

[A marker rendering before any labeling]
New plantings, new surface, more pots, space for bench and pots, trees for background and shade. middle step removed(too small) and a much deeper ‘landing type’ step to be put in.
Pavers and something for the new walkway. The house looks a little Tudor style but is a ‘bastardized’ collection of [...]

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Color Rendering of Ornamental Grass

[Rendering shows 4-5 different types of grasses for Apt. Building]
This is a drawing to be shown during the concept(s) meeting to give the client an idea of what could happen if they choose to go with this style(presented in drawing) . . . renderings like this are(in my mind) to suggest possibilities . . . [...]

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Another; Nothing to do with Landscape Design Post

Sometimes you just come across something so weird, or so interesting you just feel compelled to post it on your Blog.
So, if your hungry does this make you hungrier? Or should I ask if you will ever look at a hamburger the same way again? Maybe I should ask . . . will you ever [...]

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“It’s all about high style and low maintenance,”

So I am searching along looking for info on outdoor living rooms and I run across this story in InsideBayArea.com that is about this very subject. This is a early paragraph:
We want to hang out in our backyards, and those molded plastic chairs aren’t going to cut it anymore. We want comfort — big, comfy [...]

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Practice that Sketching

A few examples of different stages of doodling to quick sketches for a job. Keep practicing, and keep drawing to sharpen the hand/eye co-ordination. Also to pick up speed, speed comes from practice and confidence.
Speed comes from practice and confidence, the training leads you to trust your skills.

[Some quick line to get the hand moving]
 

[Something [...]

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The Art of Pergola Design (2)

These pics were taken a few days ago. I have been called back to this site because the homeowners wanted to add on a few more elements to the backyard
[Looking from the hot tub area to the main gathering space.]
This pergola is the one I discussed in the most visited post on the [...]

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Veagtable’s and Music

Came across this interesting piece of video over at Ellis Hollow. This video by the Vienna vegetable Orchestra has absolutely nothing to do with Landscape Design. I mean nothing ties it together except; maybe, a little horticulture.
For the recored . . . I will never look at carrots the same way again.

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Addendum: Craig also mentions [...]

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