Groups – Activity – Bruce McWilliam Associates Landscape Design Group 778-809-9784

Oona Johnsen posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 3 months ago

Are you involved in your local USGBC chapter? How has it benefited your career, if at all?

Renzo Amato posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 14 years, 4 months ago

Hy! Merry Christmas and happy new year!

d.s.s. teja posted an update in the group BeLoose Graphic Workshop 14 years, 4 months ago

thanx mike, i will try this and tell u

Mike Lin posted an update in the group BeLoose Graphic Workshop 14 years, 4 months ago

In setting up perspective in mounds or terrains, you must assume they are in a square box, locate their base points on perspective and find their height, then do connect from each base point to the top. Hope this help.

d.s.s. teja posted an update in the group BeLoose Graphic Workshop 14 years, 4 months ago

i have doubt in perpesctives & sketching for mounds, terrains, iam not getting proper shape or profile of the mound in 3d

Mike Lin posted an update in the group BeLoose Graphic Workshop 14 years, 4 months ago

A beautiful landscape plan nicely rendered by our member Romella Edgmon who took our workshop in July 2007. She contributes the entire rendering process below to share with our members. Thanks to Romella.
It was a pleasure coming up with a conceptual design for a water feature in honor of philanthropist Walter Annenberg. A water…[Read more]

Hugh Ryan posted an update in the group MENTORS: WISE and TRUSTED counselors or teachers. 14 years, 4 months ago

For me mentoring is a lot to do with conversation, and whenever I get the chance I like nothing better than to sit down and chat.
There are however many people whom I admire that I have not yet met, and one of those would be Zaha Hadid.
Of those I am unlikely to meet I would have to name Francis Bacon. I really love his work, but I also like wha…[Read more]

Steve Martino posted an update in the group MENTORS: WISE and TRUSTED counselors or teachers. 14 years, 4 months ago

This is my 5th recession, it took me years to recover from the savings & loan crash. i thought i had a safe niche, no more developer or commercial work. i have focused on high-end high design residential and cultural projects which i was sure was recession proof. what do i know? the last few years i could have used a mentor.
i started a blog…[Read more]

Brandon Reed, CVO, ASLA / Rooftop and Urban Designer / Landscape Architect posted an update in the group MENTORS: WISE and TRUSTED counselors or teachers. 14 years, 5 months ago

Who would you love to have as a mentor for your design career if you could pick anyone in the world, living or dead?

Brandon Reed, CVO, ASLA / Rooftop and Urban Designer / Landscape Architect posted an update in the group MENTORS: WISE and TRUSTED counselors or teachers. 14 years, 5 months ago

Thanks David! and thanks for creating such a phenomenal product for landscape architects!!! I use it everday!!!

Mike Lin posted an update in the group BeLoose Graphic Workshop 14 years, 5 months ago

Drawing with a Good Attitude

Many people feel they are unable to draw or sketch well either due to the lack of talented background or missing proper guided graphic skill. I have spent over 35 years of my life teaching people how to draw well with confidence, often I have seen people walke…[Read more]

Mike Lin posted an update in the group BeLoose Graphic Workshop 14 years, 5 months ago

Improvement of B/A drawings in just 7 days?

Before: Bad perspective, no gradual value change and lack of details on walls, ceiling and floor. Requires nicer design with more furniture, bad person that was scaled too short, need more colors like blue, purple, and orange.
After: Good perspective, good details on walls with nice gradual value…[Read more]

Andrew Harvey posted an update in the group COMPETITIONS – ongoing 14 years, 5 months ago

Decommissioned military sites competition

Baldev Lamba posted an update in the group The Sustainable Sites Initiative 14 years, 6 months ago

How is the increasing demand for performance metrics and measures of sustainability for landscape architecture and numerous other rating systems changing the practice? What are the challenges in terms of need for additional research associated with this paradigm and what are the sourced used for research and knowledge? What are most pressing…[Read more]

Jennifer Nitzky, RLA, ASLA, ISA posted an update in the group Digital assets and resources 14 years, 6 months ago

Does anyone know where I can find HQ real world plant images that include vegetables? Anyone know a free site for downloading plant images without the background?

Oona Johnsen posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 6 months ago

LEED GA – is it worth it?

Matt Mathes PLA posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 6 months ago

The Louisiana Chapter ASLA is hosting review sessions for LARE exam sections C & E on Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm in Baton Rouge. Each session is offered at $160 for Section C, and $60 for Section E for ASLA members, or $200 (C) or $100 (E) for non-members. The session cost includes review workbooks for each section…[Read more]

Mike Lin posted an update in the group BeLoose Graphic Workshop 14 years, 6 months ago

How to render a sofa with markers

Left Sofa: (Rendered as Designer’s sofa): Outlined sofa lightly with a red or #B pencil, then render each surface of cushions by applying Chartpak Colorless Blender first and use the value sequence of Sunset Pink, Salmon, Deep Salmon, Scarlet and Maroon to achieve a nice Graduate Value Change to White Space. …[Read more]