How Do You Draw An Elevation In A Landscape Designs?
An aerial view of the landscape provides a basic plan for placement, showing the location of plants, water features and other elements that effect design such as buildings and patios. Elevation landscape drawings provide the head-on view, showing relative heights of landscape features. In this view, a sunken patio, a hillside, a hedge, a gate and a raised border all show in proportion to one another. Professional landscapers study landscape drawing techniques to render designs to suit a specific setting and to convey the design features. With basic techniques, draw elevations in landscape to plan a yard or other project. Examine elevation landscape drawings in books or websites to have models to work from. Select the view for the elevation landscape drawing. For example, draw the front yard in a straight-on view from the street. Measure the yard and the relevant features. For example, measure across the front yard from the fence on one side to the fence on the other side. Measure the w
