Séfora Chavarria

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]

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]

 
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]

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]

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.

The from CED named 2011-2012 Service-Learning Fellows – Jon Calabria BLA ’92, Katherine Melcher, and Jennifer Martin Lewis MHP ’02. Congratulations!
2011-2011 Service Learning Fellows

UGA College of Environment and Design invites all Alumni, Faculty, Students, and Friends of the College for the annual meet and greet at Dussini Loft Bar prior to Reunion Night at the Hilton Bayfront. While you are touring the ASLA Expo visit the students and I at booth #2839. Below is information on the locations. If you have any questions please…[Read more]

The Fieldstone Center, Inc. supporter of the Dan Franklin Social on September 2nd.

Thanks for the invite Mike! I’m excited about this group.

Create your own book of Illustrations on computer
Do you realize that there are over 2500 sketches, renderings, illustrations, design photos and nice pictures on our BeLoose web site under “Photos”, many beautiful drawings are done by very talented illustrators from around the world.
You are encouraged to spend a few hours and go to the www,beloose…[Read more]

This is Mike Lin from the BeLoose Graphic Workshop.  Hope someday Brian Lin or I can visit your school and help out on you guys’ graphics.

Thanks Brandon, long time no see.  Here in China, I am the Senior Landscape Design Manager at the Venetian in Macau, China.  Our resort has 4-30 story hotel towers, 8 pool decks, 3 large interior gardens to rival Vegas and the forecourt or arrival zone will be heavily planted in 4 distinct tropical themes.
 
My work is ending soon and will be as…[Read more]

 
Kevin Kirsche, BLA ’98 & MLA ’08 speaking about the UGA Office of Sustainability

  
Render Landscape Plan
How you can render a landscape plan with the following easy steps:

• Outline your plan with pen (LePen used). Use tips: straight edge, circle template, overlap corner, professional dot, gap.
• Outline two trees with heavier Sharpie pen next to thinner pen as they are closer to your eyes.
• For more details, click here.

Six approaches to layout a successful space
After we have completed the bubble diagram, site analysis and preliminary design, often we are stuck in determine how to lay out appropriate lines to a successful space.  By laying your design on one of the six grids and follows each approach’s rule, a satisfying result can easily be obtained.  6 e…[Read more]

Hinesley joins father in Piccadilly Farm

Thanks for the invite, Mike.  This is great!