Land8: Landscape Architects Network

Glad to join KSU group as I spent over 18 year as LA faculty.

Dear Land8Lounge Member,
I just come across an outstanding watercolor artist Jack Tia Kee Woon, his paintings are incredibly phenomenon.  Each painting is so alive, colorfully glow with all six colors, and loosely expressed in style of its own.  I upload 4 of his painting under photos.  There are over 60 of his masterpieces on my web site at [Read more]

Witam, zapraszam wszystkich na konferencję do Krakowa

Landscape Design Consultant
Ed Castro Landscape (ECL), an award-winning leader in Landscape Design/Build, is seeking an experienced Design Consultant to join our team for large residential design. 
This position involves heavy interaction with multiple clients, so excellent communication skills are a must and experience in landscape design sales…[Read more]

Juras Exhibit in Macon with the Bartram Trail Conference on October 21-23rd.
Exhibit & Conference Information

To draw well, you simply need to do the following three steps: 
1. Learn best graphic tricks available. So don’t waste time studying by yourself. 2. Learn to copy other people’s work. Buy graphic books and copy, copy, and copy. 3. Work hard, never stop drawing. Create opportunity to draw and draw continuously.
Believe me, if you follow the above…[Read more]

Hey Kev, funny we should be communicating this way instead of calling but wondered if any of you out there would want to start a sub group of residential for traditional/classical. Not many out there but I think would help to focus the discussion. Not that interested in what’s ‘hip’. Trying to keep a long view. No offense to the fashionistas. ps…[Read more]

Thanks Noelia! Feel free to ask questions and contribute.

 
Improvement of Before / After drawings in just one week during the BeLoose Graphic Workshop
 
 
 
For the past 35 years, I have taught at universities and run the BeLoose Graphic Workshop on “how to draw quickly and convincingly with hand”.   I have found the following reasons that most landscape designers are afraid of using hand graphics on t…[Read more]

Hi! I see you make projects of playgrounds. Don`t you want to distribute our equipment in Hungary? See our products here http://www.ksil.eu and contact me if you decide

@Chris. The guide from mr. Haskin is terrific. Thanks a lot for sharing this, very useful. I was wondering how to get this effect for quite a long time, since I am autodidactic. Appreciate it.

Hi Daniel!
I became a promember of Land8 and I´m seeing some of Daniel Tal´s webinars on Sketchup. They are really easy to follow and very useful. There are also some photoshop webinar recordings but I haven´t been able to see those yet.
Hope this helps!

Hey There,
I have spent the last 3 years in a technical project management position and have become a bit rusty in the are of computer graphics using Sketchup and Photoshop in combination with each other.  Obviously, this is such an integral part of practicing our profession these days so I want to get better at this.
 
I live in the Portland, O…[Read more]

Design Associates Tailgate
Saturday, October 1st beginning 9am in the Founders Memorial GardenUGA College of Environment and Design and Design Associates cordially invites all Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff, and Friends of the College to join us for tailgate festivities. Mississippi State kick off is set for 12:00pm in Sanford Stadium. For…[Read more]

JMW,
 
Many LA’s practice planning as a portion of their work. However, I hear much less of any public sector planners who also practice Landscape Architecture. I don’t have enough experience to consider my opinion credible as to why that seems to be the case, but I believe the understanding of “high design” as opposed to “conforming with the…[Read more]

Quite useful!

Kirk, welcome and I will continue to add more tips of graphics.  Please ask your friends to join the group and also sign up at http://www.beloose.com for more.

So you’re a planner and LA?