[Hamons]

Has anyone ever attended a Brian Lin drawing worksop? www.beloose.com

Our local nuirsery association is holding a 2 landscape drawing workshop designed to teach the non-artist how to draw perspective and landscape designs. Emphasis on quick and impressive drawings?

The timing is good for me -- Upcoming in Januray and the price is resonable for an intensive two day workshop. $300

What are your thoughts?

[agla]

No, but I know lots of people who have. Some in the early 80's and some in the mid 90's. They all were landscape architecture students and all felt like they got a lot out of it. I saw their improvement.

My hand graphics are poor enough that I never felt that it would be useful to me. This is really set up for high quality graphic people to reach a little higher. The cost/benefit ratio won't be there for everyone, but this has been the most touted work shop in landscape graphics for about 25 years.

I think he was out of Kansas State University's landscape architecture department.

[VoodooChile]

agla,
How about for people who design with a computer, whose "hand graphics" consist of the bird and peace sign,?

[Stonehenge]

I think it's intended for hand-drawing only, and (I'm not sure) I think you're expected to bring your own pencils/markers. I've got a nice set of Berol Prismacolor pencils and markers and would love to put them to better use.

[Hamons]

From what I gather -- it is intended to help in quick sketching for clients -- There is a 2 week course designed to be more in depth -- but this is just a quick intense course.

I'm leanign towards going.

[r schipul]

Hamons

Mike Lin I believe, not Brian. I've never attended but I know a half dozen people who have including some friends who went while in school for landscape arch. From what I've know it's extremely intensive. It's a class geared towards anyone who has an interest in sketching not just people who are looking to go from good to great. I had a friend in school who took the class. He had some sketches at his desk on monday morning. I swear he had taken them out of the trash can after the class was over or stole them from some unsuspecting dude. The improvement was incredible.

[agla]

My understanding is that it is more geared to rendering color hand drawn plans. Not just good to great, but improve anyone - anyone who who will gain by improving their rendering capability. The question is as I said, your cost/benefit ratio. For some people it is well worth it, but for many it is not.

[Hamons]

Brian lin is Mike Lin's son I think and has been doing the classes for years.

[scott C]

Mike Lin taught a 1 or 2 (can't remember) day seminar when I was in college. The class I attended focused on color rendering and drawing technique just like agla said. Unfortunately at the time I was more interested in drinking and hanging over than I was in drawing. (If I only knew then) sigh. With that said I did walk away with some improvement in drawing and rendering. Kind of like going from awful to just bad. I know if I really had cared at the time I could have learned a lot more from the class. At the end of the seminar before and after drawings from students were displayed and the improvements were amazing.

If you are really interested Mike has put out 2 books that I know of ( maybe more) 1 is architectural and rendering tech. which is a picture book of drawings. The second, which I have NOT seen is supposed to be more of a tutorial type book. Which I have wanted to buy but have not. I have seen both for sale on Amazon.com