It Never Happened
This addition to the deck, a new railing and walk, new set of steps, a pond and totally new landscape plantings was an eye-opener. The Inside For the homeowners it […]
Category Archives: color rendering
Sign, Sign, Everywhere’s a Sign
Some rendering possibilities for sign for a business I have done some work for in the past So this is one idea above and then I thought about drawing another […]
From the Sketchbook(11)
After the previous post on Eyvind Earle I caught myself thinking about his marvelous use of putting colors together to create really magical scenes, and the next thing I know […]
Design Principles(09)
In DP(08) I thought I was finished talking about color, or I thought I was finished sending you to sites that discuss all the great things concerning color. Well; as […]
Design Principles (08)
In several previous post I went through the very elemental beginnings of my take on Landscape Design Principles. The last was how I looked at design when considering motion, and […]
Design Principles (07)
Let’s move a little further along my list of what I consider The 10 Basic Principles of Design. Remember this list? Ten Building Blocks to Design-Design at it’s Most Primitive […]
Designing Mice Under the Carpet
In my previous post I spent some time talking about berms and such, plus some other fun nonsense. Fun nonsense? . . . and I must say some very practical […]
Designing an Identity
A quick landscape study for a client. This is part of a much larger conceptual idea I have for frontage in front of 3 office buildings. These 3 buildings and […]
The Stages of a Color Rendering
A client asked me to render a redesigned boardwalk area. These are the steps I went through to make that happen. The above is a simple pen drawingdone fairly quickly, […]
A Moleskine Moment
I musta been trying to save paper
From the Sketchbook (10)
Long Ago Design (2)
While looking for a drawing to do a comparative analysis I found this interesting conceptual design. What I have is something very loose and “natural” on the right as opposed […]
From the Sketchbook (8)
Really having some fun drawing some type of crazy thing. Sitting out back drinking my morning coffee.
Bartholomäus Tulip
I really appreciate finding great watercolors of good looking botanicals. The tulip below is a fine example of this style of painting. The artist is a fellow named Johann Bartholomaus […]
Design Process
Here is a look at a backyard for a couple who does a lot of entertaining, and needs the appropriate space to do just that-entertain in a highly stylized way. […]
