Posted in drawings, landscape design, renderings, sketchbook, stone, tagged benches, outdoor seating on July 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a real oldie from one of the older sketchbooks, I don’t see a date but I bet it’s the early 90’s
Posted in drawings, sketchbook on June 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
[ Just doodling away. ]
I guess I was in one of those moods where I was feeling like drawing people in a far, far, away place.
Posted in design principles, drawings, plan-vew drawing, stone on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For those of you in the profession that’s all I would have to write:
It’s May
Is it ever, things are alway like this(thankfully) in the Northern climates this time of year. That great sense of “May” urgency. The average client procrastinates calling the contractor as do many, many others-everyone calls all at once. Screaming.
“Me, me, pick [...]
Posted in drawings, tagged creativity, perspective, perspective drawing on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
I really like art work from the 50’s back, or should I say I really like the illustration work from the 50’s back.
It is that type of illustration work that drew me to this simple little book called Perspective by Victor Perard, ca 1954.
Here’s the book cover:
[ I love that zooming airplane! ]
It’s great isn’t [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, drawings, landscape design, tagged Add new tag, drafting table, drawing table on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s how things looked early this morning at Rick Anderson central.
[ Computer, markers, moleskine, photo's, more markers, another moleskine, ]
As we pan to the right a look at the drawing table.
[ Ah, that drawing on the bottom looks ready to go, time to start another. ]
Addendum: Need some design work done? How about hand-rendered in [...]
Posted in design principles, drawings, hardscape design, renderings, sectional drawings, steps, tagged rendering-people on April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So I’m thinking about steps and people, people and steps . . . . . .
[ Like I said, people and steps. ]
Question’s
Where does the landing(s) g0?
Where does the plaza go?
Where do the seat walls go? At which levels?
Tree’s? Shrubs? Trees and shrubs?
Brick? Block? Brick and Stone?
Nothing better than people and steps, steps and people [...]
Posted in color rendering, design principles, drawings, landscape design, presentation drawing, renderings on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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.
[Everything is new or different.]
The patio is extra large to accommodate a tent for larger more formal gatherings.
More on this job over the next week.
This black [...]
Posted in color rendering, drawings, renderings, tagged colored pencils, moleskine, sketchbook on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[ Rotring art pen(1.1) and 4 colored pencils. ]
Posted in drawings, renderings, sketchbook, stone, tagged fireplace, landscape-rendering, outdoor-fireplace on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Back in the last post we(actually it’s just “I” 
were trying to pull all the previous post together about this custom designed outdoor fireplace with wood storage as part of the focal point this fireplace is to become . . . a confusing sentence I think.
What I am trying to say is that it’s more [...]
Posted in color rendering, conceptual drawing, drawings, renderings, tagged color pencils, moleskine, pencil-sketch on March 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
[ Working by doodling with color pencils. ]
Posted in drawings, hardscape design, renderings, tagged landscape-rendering, fireplace, outdoor-fireplace on February 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here’s another look at a possible fireplace for these homeowners.
[A more interesting storage area for firewood.]
I also took a very un-symmetrical look at the sides and a random edge on the right . . . more of a unpolished, rugged look. I want to get away from all that pretty symmetry of the “lick-n-stick” fireplaces [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, drawings, hardscape design, renderings, tagged fire pit, pencil rendering, stone patio on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In keeping with the previous post, here is another attempt at a fireplace for this backyard.
[Another look at a possible solution for this woodsy backyard. ]
I’m not done cranking out sketches for this fireplace. I have a meeting with the client in a day or so. We’ll see how close I’m getting to their dream [...]
Posted in color rendering, conceptual drawing, drawings, renderings on November 5, 2007 | No Comments »
My great desire to become a better illustrator as a landscape designer has me always looking at other type of illustration and designed illustration. Here are a couple of examples of what I speak of. Cool stuff, to me anyway .
[ I think this is great stuff, the detail, the effort. ]
Here’s another one [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, design principles, drawings, renderings on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
[ Pencil rendering for steps starting a drive and opening up to pool area. ]
This was a rendering for a client who wanted some ideas for landscaping around a new pool. I was asked not to go into any detail, just give the homeowner an idea of what his place could look like.
The strange thing [...]
Posted in color rendering, conceptual drawing, drawings, hardscape design, renderings on October 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This started out as one of those deals where the client had no good idea of what they wanted; besides some patio space, some seating, and some fire. Typical client request on a residence of this size.
Now how all this goes together is completely up to me, and the layout for the space is wide [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, design principles, drawings, renderings on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The 2 renderings below are part of the continuing series. This is a series of post to bring you along through the process of doing a design for this residence. Beyond just showing the conceptual renderings, but how I see the potential space(s) in this landscape.
[About the 4th attempt at an entry gate.]
The request [...]
My hope is to use this site to spread some info about the art and practice of Landscape Design. It is a very misunderstood profession; I do not cut grass like the next door neighbor's cousin who carries 3 mowers and a blower in the back of his truck.
I will also pass along comments on industry happenings, events, etc., and any maybe a few other adventures going on in my world-after all this is "my" blog. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Questions? Drop me an e-mail.
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