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Plan view
Landscape Graphics: Plan view
Sketch beautiful garden plans and win more clients
Have you ever been in a meeting with a customer and not been entirely convincing, even though your proposed solution would have been perfect?
Do you wish you could immediately inspire people with your idea and get the order straight away?
With me, you will learn easy-to-learn and highly efficient drawing techniques in a short space of time in order to draw promising garden plans. You will appear more confident with your drawings and increase your planning skills.
Best of all, you can get started straight after the seminar and inspire your customers.
“I drew two plans straight after the seminar and received very positive feedback from both customers. Both orders are being carried out thanks to the drawings. For me, I can already say that the seminar has brought me a hell of a lot and thank you Daniel for that.”
Seminar participant
Participant Success:
This is the kind of progress made by participants in my three-day face-to-face seminar in Augsburg.
Coming soon:
Our Self-Learning Course
Learn at home whenever you want
With the self-study seminar, you decide for yourself how and when you practise the content. This gives you maximum flexibility.
In my videos I show you how to develop your own distinctive, personal drawing style. You can watch the videos as often as you like.
This is very practical, because every now and then there will be something you want to watch more often.
To accompany the great films, you can download drawing templates and examples in PDF format and draw along right away.
When does the seminar start?
You can start right after your purchase.
As soon as you have paid for the course, you will receive an e-mail with your registration for the course. You can confirm this immediately, then you can start straight away and get your access so that you can work at your own pace.
You have access to this self-study course for 18 months
Your access is valid for 18 months from the date of purchase. If I revise the course, you will automatically have access to the new content.
Advantages of the self-study course
• You decide when you learn
• You can view the content as often as you like
• at an affordable price
• The duration is extra long: 18 months
Learn whenever you want!
We are currently working on the translation and aim to launch this course online in the next few months. We’ll keep you updated!
Feel free to contact us if you need any further information: info@zeichenwerk.de
This and more is included here:
Warm up and get loose
Warm up drawing skills
In this chapter, you will practise “warming up” with relaxed movements. Your shoulder guides the lines for fluid, relaxed drawings.
This will get you off to a relaxed start in drawing!
Video tutorials:
• Line dance: Draw sweeping lines.
• Parallel lines: Practicing evenness.
• Connecting dots: Loose and precise – the two are not mutually exclusive.
• Circles: Perfecting round shapes.
Total duration of the video tutorials: approx. 34 minutes
10 hours of video tutorials in total
Functional plans
The functional plan forms the basis for the division of space in the garden. Important: This phase is not yet about concrete shapes, but about placing and arranging the desired elements in a sensible way. Everything remains abstract and striking. In this chapter, you will learn how to develop functional concepts and work them out graphically.
Video tutorials:
Developing a functional plan
Path connections
Graphic elaboration
Total duration of the video tutorials: approx. 51 minutes
Learn techniques to design more efficiently
Design sketches
Learn sketching techniques and a helpful “inner attitude” to develop garden designs faster and more efficiently.
Video tutorials:
Searching lines
Quick trees
Parasols & other sun protection
Furniture design sketch: Merging
Developing the shape
Bonus: The golden ratio
Total duration of the video tutorials: approx. 59 minutes
Learn the basics and gain confidence
Basics
Learn my tried and tested tricks to give your plan views more depth and plasticity. At the same time, I’ll show you how to give your lines more expression and character so that your drawings look more lively.
Video tutorials:
• Drop shadow downwards
• Drop shadow & 45° hatching
• Quick lines with the ruler
• Comet strokes
• Tips for left-handers
Total duration of the video tutorials: approx. 40 minutes
Have fun drawing plants whenever you want
Plants
In this module, I will show you how to put plants on paper quickly and effectively – from perennial plantings and shrubs to hedges and trees and their combinations.
This will give you practical techniques for integrating plants into your garden sketches.
The plan view templates to “draw right along” and the finished results are available for you to download.
Video tutorials:
• Ground cover vegetation
• Shrubs
• Hedges
• Trees
• Combining plants
Duration of the video tutorials: approx. 69 minutes.
Natural garden elements
If you are planning natural gardens, I have just the thing for you here. In this chapter, I’ll show you how to draw deadwood hedges, Benjes hedges, rootstocks and habitat wood.
Here you will learn how to depict these natural garden elements realistically on paper.
The plan view templates to “draw right along” and the finished results are available for you to download.
Video tutorials:
• Deadwood hedge
• Benjes hedge
• Rootstock
• Deadwood habitat wood
Duration of the video tutorials: approx. 25 minutes.
Perfect your garden floor plans
Draw garden plan views
Now we start with a garden project! In the following lessons, I will draw the floor plan using various techniques. You can follow along and perfect your technique.
Here you can learn how to create garden floor plans using different techniques and develop your skills in the process.
The floor plan templates to “draw along” and the finished results are available for you to download.
Video tutorials:
• Introduction
• Fiber pens and ruler
• Fiber pen and ruler (detailed)
• Ballpoint pen with ruler
• Fiber pen freehand
• Fountain pen freehand
Duration of the video tutorials: approx. 60 minutes.
Develop your own personal style
Coloring floor plans: Colored pencil
In this lesson, I’ll show you the best way to color with colored pencils. To help you develop your own personal style, I will introduce you to numerous possible combinations. The different color themes will help you and you can follow along step by step.
Learn how to color floor plans vividly by applying and experimenting with different colored pencil techniques.
The floor plan templates are available for you to download and “color right along”.
Video tutorials:
• Material-emphasized
• One color
• One color group
• Neighboring color groups
• Color group with accent color
• Basic colors
• Complementary colors
• Tinted paper
• Tinted paper – experiment
• Experiment
Duration of the video tutorials: approx. 78 minutes.
Coloring floor plans: Marker
The marker technique is one of the most popular methods, as the results look impressive and professional. To help you get off to a perfect start with this technique, I’ll show you some important tricks and tips that I’ve developed over the years in my drawing work. Markers require a little practice – but if you know the basics, you will achieve breathtaking results!
Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of the marker technique and learn how to color floor plans vividly and atmospherically. The drawing tricks will help you take your designs to the next level.
As with the other exercises, the floor plan templates are available for you to “color right along” as a download.
Video tutorials:
• Gray values
• Gray and earth tones
• Emphasizing materials
• Mood picture: Garden at night
Duration of the video tutorials: approx. 53 minutes.
From the first sketch to the finished floor plan
Garden project
In this chapter, I will guide you step by step through the entire design process of a garden project – from the functional plan to the final, colored floor plan.
I will show you various coloring techniques that will graphically enhance your plans. Whether you want a quick coloring in a few minutes or a detailed result that will impress your customers – you will master both approaches.
As usual, the floor plan templates are available for you to download to “draw right along” and “color right along”.
Video tutorials:
Coloring a functional plan
Drawing a floor plan
Coloring with markers
Marker on Sumi-E paper
Quickly with marker on transparent
Quick with colored pencil
Marker on recycled paper
Colored pencil on recycled paper
From the first sketch to the finished plan
Duration of the video tutorials: approx. 132 minutes.
Look forward to more examples
Garden examples
This chapter is still a work in progress – but you can already look forward to it! Here I will introduce you to various garden examples that you can trace and color step by step. You can continue to perfect your technique and develop your own style.
As always, the floor plan templates for “drawing and coloring along” will be available for you to download. Look forward to exciting projects and inspiration!
