very much work in progress!

1:50 update...painting plants then photoshopping has sped me up, making my way through my plan, sections and sequentials...

working on hardworks at 1:50 which I had

initially approached as a document advising how to build the paths etc, now realising that it is more a shopping list in a way - I did the same with the softworks, but we live and learn...
Trying to catch up from the time I missed over Easter. Now deciding whether to use photomontage or hand drawn - mixture below.

Decided to do things quickly by hand then render in photoshop to speed things up. Need to work on my sky - have never used one before actually, so now going to start playing with the dark receding etc, more texture in the pic and get a good template so that I can create a good set of sections and perspectives.

Wasted 4 hours this morning at Uni with an issue printing A1 pdfs again - which the lab said they were resolving (4 diff computers and 2 members of staff trying to help seemed to proved otherwise) and by the time we had it working there was a nice queue...so I read through some sketchup books whilst waiting!

Back to it.... 

1:50 update - plant schedule

so...dog ended up on a drip in hospital, had no sleep the past 11 days from worry and getting up constantly to tend to a very sick dog, so got to get back on it now or I will never finish...life, eh?

just writing up my plant schedule on excel, then will do my planting plan. Feel a bit unsure of plant numbers still so will do a bit more reading.

I have glass panels/walls within my picnic area to shelter the plants so I can use a broader range and create a green, lush feel. I have nicked one of Grant's Paris pics of glass panels (thanks Grant) I think of le Grande Arche. I also remember similar panels being used at MoMa on their balcony in New York. Great for altering micro-climate...

progress update - 1:50 baseplan done in autocad

starting to wonder if someone is determined that I won't finish this degree...dog sadly broke a few bones in his paw on Monday and so have been back and forth to pet hospital and vets, which together with hardly any sleep (dog constantly crying - it's heartbreaking) has set me back again...
BUT, managed to start again yesterday and so have been putting my 1:50 baseplan into AUTOCAD, then annotation in photoshop, next going to add shadows as Jamie suggested and then leaving rendering until last. See image below, looking rather bare without the planting!

Have also started on hardworks plan, putting in hatches and then annotation. Next I need to do a bit more on the details of the hardworks as I don't think I have sufficient info yet.

plants and people...

Shown below my unfinished 1:200 - before and after a bit of scanning - what a difference to the colours...