Landscape Design E1

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Landscape designs must be drawn like

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Blueprints

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To use masking tape to anchor your drawing, you must first

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Stick it to your skin to reduce tack

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T-square

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Used to square paper on the drafting table and guide straight lines

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2 standard triangles

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45/90 and 30/60

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H lead

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Hard, draws thin and faint (lightweight) lines, doesn't smudge, for general drawing

Higher number = harder lead

4H - guidelines, 2H - details/letters

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B lead

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Thicker, darker, heavyweight lines, smudges easily, to draw shadows or create contrast (HB)

Higher # = softer lead

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To prevent smudging your drawing, use

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A piece of tracing paper between design and your hand

Tape pennies to triangle so it can slide across your design

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Pink pearl eraser

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Smudge free, preferred eraser

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Kneadable rubber eraser

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Can be molded to erase small details, picks up lead dust well, can be used to lift line weight using a dabbing motion

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Compass

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Draws perfect circles, width = radius

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Scale

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A ruler with units that represent feet in your design

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Architect scale

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Measurements in both directions

Every 1/8th in = 1 foot

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Engineer scale

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Based on decimal scale divisions of an inch, measurements run left > right

Ex) 1: 10 or 10 scale means 1 inch = 10 feet

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Line consistency

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Equal width and value (darkness) beginning to end

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Line inconsistencies come from

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Drawing tip becoming flattened or speed of hand (faster movement has less downward pressure, making it thinner)

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Line inconsistencies come from

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Drawing tip becoming flattened or speed of hand (faster movement has less downward pressure, making it thinner)

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Free hand vs straight edge

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More artistic and can be traced vs more professional/solid and can be slower

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When the lead of our drawing pencils is dull, it creates

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Thicker lines with vague edges

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To maintain consistency, you should ______ as you draw to change the contact area

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Rotate your pencil

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Nervous drawing can lead to

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Shaky lines

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T/F : Sketch long lines with multiple strokes

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False

This will look sloppy

Longer lines are better with straight edges

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T/F: when you are unhappy with a line, it is best to erase and redraw it completely

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True

Drawing back over a line will create an undesirable double line

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When drawing corners, line ends should

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Meet, can slightly cross

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Oils from your hand will

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Seal in lead dust, creating a hazy drawing

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Heavier line weight creates

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Higher degree of presence

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From a birds eye view, objects that are ____ will use more heavyweight lines

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Closer to you (tree canopy, roof)

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Heaviest weight lines will be used for

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Borders and title block to frame and focus attention

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Second heaviest/medium lines will be

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Immovable objects/hardscapes (house)

Used to emphasize outlines for contrast

For lettering (H/HB)

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Lightweight lines are used for

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Objects that are farther away/seen in less detail (under a tree canopy)

Details or texture on the ground or within a symbol

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The lightest weight line (4H and up) will be used for

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Guidelines for lettering and symbols

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Lettering is

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Printed and consistent in size and level across paper

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Lettering is

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Printed and consistent in size and level across paper

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Baseline

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Guideline beneath text, keeps it level across page

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Top guideline

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Keeps height of lettering consistent

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Middle guideline

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Used for larger lettering to keep the center consistent

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Case consistency

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Either all uppercase (UPPER) or all lowercase (Lower) throughout the design

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Formal lettering should have no _____ on horizontal axis

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Slanting

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Lettering is generally ____ tall, and titles may be ____.

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1/4"; 1/2"

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Lettering is generally ____ tall, and titles may be ____.

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1/4"; 1/2"

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Hierarchy of size

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Size is dictated by scale of project and importance of information

Ex)titles are larger to indicate importance and make them easy to read

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All labels should be on the

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Horizontal plane (straight across paper)

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Labeling is one of the last steps, but should be

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Planned out or practiced on tracing paper

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Site inventory

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Records all hardscape and greenery already present

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Site analysis

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Analyze the strong and weak points of a landscape and establish changes that should be made that are functionally soundAlso analyzes shade

Analyze the strong and weak points of a landscape and establish changes that should be made that are functionally soundAlso analyzes shade

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Symbols are used to show approximate _________ and help ____

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Size and shape of plant material; identify them

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Symbols reflect _____ of plant material

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Quality and character

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We can use ______ to distinguish between two similar plants

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Symbol detail variation

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Each symbol has a _____ to identify it as a single plant, and can also be portrayed as a

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Center dot; + (proposed), x (remove), or o (existing)

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The size of the plant material drawn is based on the _____ of the plants to prevent overcrowding

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Mature size

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If the scale of a design is too small, there will be ______.

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Overcrowding

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If the scale of a design is too large, there will be _____.

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Too much space between plants

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If the estimated mature size is a range of numbers, pick one _______.

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In the middle (4'-6' > draw 5')

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______ will not be drawn based on mature size. Instead, they are drawn at ___% of their mature size.

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Large trees that take decades to mature; 25-50%

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Some designers use a _____ to plan designs that will look good after a certain period of time

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Set time frame

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T/F: You should draw the initial design first, then pick plants that fit in the space and with client desires

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True

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General sizes of shrubs

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Small (3'), medium (5'), and large (7')

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General sizes of trees

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Small (10'), medium (15'), and large (20')

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For symbol outline, use ____ lead, and draw ____.

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H/HB; directly over the guideline

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Details and outline should always ____ the center dot.

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Radiate from

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3 types of broadleaf outlines

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Looping, irregular, and umbrella

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3 types of broadleaf foliage details

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Bananas

Triangles and squares

Static