STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1. Produce perspective and construction drawings of landscape features (walls, water and fire features, etc.).

 2. Create elevation, section view, and perspective drawings from photographs and/or plan-view drawings of a site.

 3. Create a portfolio of classwork to include standard graphics: lettering, symbols using various media and materials.

 4. Convert a drawing in one scale to another scale.

 5. Orient a site/landscape plan in a field situation and convert the scale on the plan to real-world measurements in a field situation.

 6. Use standard drafting instruments or electronic means (i.e. Computer aided drafting) to copy landscape plans and sketches, including a

     north arrow, title block, notes, planting legend, concept plan, grading plan, planting plan, section view, and elevation view,

     to industry-accepted graphic standards.

 7. Create accurate and appropriately sized drawings using both engineer’s and architect’s scales.

 8. Enhance landscape design graphics using color-rendering techniques.

 9. Critique/evaluate existing landscapes based on the designer’s application of the elements (form, space, line, color, shape, texture,

     functionality, value, and microclimate) and principles (unity, emphasis/focal point, framing, balance, proportion/scale, contrast,

     movement, rhythm/pattern, variety, and harmony) of landscape design.

 10. Demonstrate the ability to use the elements and principles of landscape design to solve site-specific problems in a landscape design

     setting. (Note: This is a first draft of the visual thinking/problem solving competency)

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I. Tools and their usage

 II. Drawing at various scale

 III. Drawing symbols and graphic communications

 IV. Drawing types and their drafting

      a. Plan view drawings

      b. Perspective drawings

      c. Section and elevation drawings

      d. Landscape detail drawings

 V. Principles and elements of landscape design and their application.