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Landscape Graphics

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This book is used as a text book at several univerities and Community colleges. It is a basic text that alows a student to learn to draw graphics and symbols. The excersize in the back of the book are very helpful when first learning to draft graphics. It does not address computer graphics. If you want to produce those kinds of plans it is best to take a course in computer graphics. When first learning to draw graphics one has to start somewhere. This book does a great job!

If you are a student of landscape architecture, it would be in your best interest to stay away from this book. It is truly outdated. The graphics here are mediocre at best (at the time of publication). Don't waste your money or time on this style of drawing. Unless Mr. Reid publishes a new and updated How-to book, I would think that this book will be out of print (hopefully soon). It is critical that students learn to draw and draw well, both by hand and computer. This book will not help in either endeavor. If you as a student of landscape architecture use this book to learn to draw the landscape, don't count on working as a Landscape Architect upon graduation. You will be lucky to find a job as a janitor in the office building of a second-rate 2person; design-build; landscape design office.

this book is great for reference if you need basic graphics to develop into your own, the graphics file at the end is pretty comphrehensive and easy to flip to for quick ideas. however, the graphics are extremely dated, drawn with conventions that would look strange in today's landscape drawings.

This is the best book I've found about landscape graphics. It's detailed and comprehensive. I particularly like its extensive gallery of trees, shrubs and other elements (which range from quick and simple outlines to convincingly realistic 'value drawings'). Landscape architecture aside, this is the best instruction book I've found about rendering trees and shrubs.

If you are a landscape architecture student this book will become like a bible to you! It's great for reference when you need help with ideas for sketching, lettering, sections, etc.

Although this book does provide endless ideas and solutions for graphic dilemas, the graphics shown are WAY out of date. When giving a presentation, you want your work to look classy and as professional as possible. Cartoonish figures, trees, and other landscape features don't cut it in today's market. These graphics are useful for personal sketches only, and nothing more.

Loved this book. I am a self-taught landscape designer. This book brings home to me one of the reasons I am self-taught. I am one of those people that learn better when left alone with a good instruction manual. This is one of those books that gets right to the point and covers just about everything. It's packed with page after page of graphics, and just enough text to explain what is not obvious. And for 15.95, such a deal!

This is an excellent book to refer to as a student of Landscape Architecture. Includes starting with Concept Plans, Design stages, right through to finished rendering techniques and more. I 100% recommended this Publication.