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Category Archives: waterfeatures

An Appreciation of Stone (25)

March 17, 2007by Rick Anderson Leave a comment

This weeks stone comes from a waterfall I built a couple of years ago in Omaha, Nebraska for a photography studio. The stone is typical Colorado fieldstone. To give you […]

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stone, waterfalls, waterfeatures

An Appreciation of Stone (24)

March 11, 2007by Rick Anderson 1 Comment

[This waterfall is about 30 inches high to give you some sense of scale] The stone that I am really praising here is the flat stone that lies in the […]

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stone, waterfeatures

“Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.”

December 27, 2006by Rick Anderson 3 Comments

. I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. ~Henry David Thoreau Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb “Throughout the history of literature, the guy […]

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quotes, stuff, waterfeatures

A Front Entry Fountain (3)

December 27, 2006by Rick Anderson 1 Comment

posted, 11/20/06 Color rendering: markers, colored pencils on yellow trace This rendering is another take on what we had discussed last week. Especially the talk about where does the fountain […]

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color rendering, conceptual drawing, design principles, hardscapes, waterfeatures

A Front Entry Fountain (2)

December 27, 2006by Rick Anderson 1 Comment

posted, 11/00/06 This drawing goes with previous renderings. Okay all the hemming and hawing about the fountain and where it goes, what goes with it, or not with it, etc […]

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color rendering, conceptual drawing, plan-vew drawing, waterfeatures

A Front Entry Fountain

December 27, 2006by Rick Anderson 1 Comment

posted, 11/16/06 A Fountain for nowhere, maybe? This is the image I spoke of a few posts earlier. I took this right after I finished the drawing. You can see […]

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color rendering, conceptual drawing, hardscape design, waterfeatures

The Importance of Hardscape Design (5)

December 27, 2006by Rick Anderson 1 Comment

More on yesterdays Hardscape Plan Now we can take a look at where that sandstone walkway goes to. The bridge leads directly to the fire pit area, in a very […]

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color rendering, conceptual drawing, hardscape design, landscape design, presentation drawing, stone, streams, stuff, waterfeatures

More on Yesterdays post

December 22, 2006by Rick Anderson Leave a comment

posted, 09/11/06 The Circle in Winter I’ve often talked about how much I appreciate the way water looks in the wintertime and how the liquid flow of the water cuts […]

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design principles, nature, waterfeatures

An Appreciation of Stone (8)

December 22, 2006by Rick Anderson 1 Comment

posted/09/00/06 Firepit; Rick Anderson style. This is a firepit area I designed for a client, my thought process was simple here: What if Fred Flintstone was a Landscape Designer? Thats […]

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design principles, hardscapes, waterfeatures

An Appreciation of Stone (7)

December 21, 2006by Rick Anderson Leave a comment

posted, 09/03/06 Stone, Water and Winter This is more than an image of stone this week but it combines that stone with water to show my favorite part of nature-stone […]

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stone, waterfeatures

More on ‘The Falls’

December 21, 2006by Rick Anderson Leave a comment

posted, 08/25/06 This is a continuation of yesterdays post. This set of little falls is a little further along the waterfeatures path. The one thing I would like to point […]

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waterfalls, waterfeatures

The Falls . . .

December 21, 2006by Rick Anderson 1 Comment

posted, 08/24/06 Can you build it?

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The Edge

December 21, 2006by Rick Anderson Leave a comment

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landscape design, stone, streams, waterfeatures

Waterfeature: Rick Anderson style

December 21, 2006by Rick Anderson Leave a comment

posted; 08/07/06 This is an overview of a 2nd year pond I installed for a Garden Center. Lots going on, I think it looks pretty good. The waterfall and stream […]

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nature, plant material, waterfeatures

More on “Waterfall Needed”.

December 21, 2006by Rick Anderson Leave a comment

posted; 07/31/06 This is a view looking back down at the angle from where I shot Saturday’s post shot, and talked about this project. I wasn’t kidding this is a […]

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hardscape design, waterfeatures

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