Jelena Horvacki

Dear colleagues,

we can’t wait to see you next week during our annual meeting, the General Assembly held this time in London !
You can expect with the IFLA Europe / Landscape Institute Conference ‘Valuing Landscape’ inspiring days on Thursday and Friday for professional leadership focused on value with high level speakers from across Europe…[Read more]

Dear all,I hope the year 2015 meets your expectations both in your private and job life.Please find below the last issues of the IFLA Europe’s President’s Bulletin :
February editionJanuary EditionDecember EditionNovember Edition
Btw save the date ! Mid of October the IFLA Europe GA will take place in Lisbon ! See you there then !

Dear all,at the end of the week the IFLA Europe annual congress will take place, let’s read a few words about it and the IFLA Silver Jubilee : Enjoy here the second issue of IFLA EUROPE’s President’s Bulletin (English version)
veuillez lire la version française ici
at last and not the least in Spanish here 🙂

Dear all,it is the beginning of a new school year and the time to have a look about the work done in the past and be aware of the next challenges !Enjoy here the first issue of IFLA EUROPE’s President’s Bulletin (English version)
en francais c’est ici !
and Spanish here ! 🙂

Tips of the Week: Drawing a Tree
A simple 5 mins tree with Chartpak markers:  First outlined it with red or 6B pencil and render leaves with Grass Green and Nile Green; trunk with Buff, Suntan and Mocha.  Finally outlined it with black Sharpie and hit it with Prismacolor pencils – Poppy Red and True Blue.  Always apply markers from lighter to da…[Read more]

IFLA Europe General Assembly 2013 takes place in Berlin!

You may not have considered being part of the core activities of the IFLA Europe GA or the BDLA 100 year celebrations but we would like to offer you an additional opportunity to benefit from the magnificent landscape diversity of the host city!
Within the framework of the GA and BDLA…[Read more]

Better attitude can affect your drawing skills immensely Ever since I have changed my attitude to be better and looser, my drawing skills improved drastically. These are what I have changed: * I will no longer want to compete with my peers, just want to draw better than my wife, that is all. * I begin to realize that the more mistakes I have made…[Read more]

TIP OF THE WEEK: How to place people in a sketch
It is very easy to place people in sketches or perspectives with the following rules:
1. You must assume yourself is a 5 ft tall person and people you are drawing are all 5 ft. tall just like you.
2. Draw an eye line on paper, then sketch or trace people with their eyes located on the eye line.
3.…[Read more]

Do you have hard time drawing good looking trees?  Here are some tips:
1. Use of a black pen and outlines the tree with one of the four leaf languages –    Concave, Convex, Wendy and McDonald.
2. Don’t draw any details inside a tree, just apply it with 45 degree strokes,solid     color or leave it blank.
3. Use only one language per tree or grass,…[Read more]

Tips of the “Loose Sketch” with Marker and PenBeLoose Graphic Workshop – Mike Lin

Tips of the Loose Sketch with Marker and Pen
Often when you like make sketches to be loose and lovely with markers and pen, here are some tips to help you achieve great results and satisfactions:

• Paper: Use of paper towel, napkin or any rough texture…

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Simple Tips of Applying Colors to a Drawing:
Do you know when we stare at a color (Blue for example), we actually saw the opposite color of the color wheel (Orange), these blue and orange colors are known as complementary colors in the color theory (see below left for a test). 

Therefore two colors (Blue-Orange, Red-Green, and Yellow-Purple)…[Read more]

Hi Brian, Thanks for your response, somehow I missed it until now. Vellum is a bit pricey, so I ended up buying Canson light weight bond which works a lot like marker paper. I like your trace on foamcore style too. How do you mount it?

Dear Denis,
The deadline of this competition was the 15th of Mai…that’s why it is not possible anymore to participate. But don’t worry, we will do other competitions. Are you attending the EFLA congress in a few weeks in Saint Petersburg ? Best regards,Laure