Announcing Annette & Mike’s Sac Open Studio for September 21-22, 2019
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Consults to Plans: a case study
All these sketches, concepts and plans came together to create a design for one project: a cloud of possibilities that condensed into a detailed concept ready for construction. It’s been a while since we invented a new workflow and adapted hybrid old school and digital creation for more flexibility. The goal was to get moreContinue reading “Consults to Plans: a case study”
Art in the Garden!
Sac Open Studios has been a fun event. On the first day, people walked through the gardens, friends stopped by and other friends chipped in to keep things organized and greet visitors. Yesterday started ominous with thunder and a bit of rain – even though every weather app we viewed said, “it’s sunny and beautiful!”.Continue reading “Art in the Garden!”
Sac Open Studio 2018 art ready!
We’ve been thinking of participating in this event for a while, and this year finally decided to pull the trigger and exhibit our art in the garden. After years of plein air painting, we’ve got a lot of paintings – over 150 from loose art to matted to framed and ready to hang. The showContinue reading “Sac Open Studio 2018 art ready!”
Oenothera Hookeri: a wonderful “weed”
It reseeds, it’s tall, it’s got more leaves than flowers. Its flowers fall off as soon as the day warms. But it’s also a fantastic thing to watch as night deepens. After sunset, the buds begin to swell. The sepals crack apart, then flip open. The petals emerge like popcorn, their motion apparent as youContinue reading “Oenothera Hookeri: a wonderful “weed””
When art meets invention: a modular grill with mosaic art
No pizza oven? Everyone really expected us to build a pizza oven. Although we’d love one, we didn’t want to spend the time waiting for it to heat up (hours) nor did we want something that only did oven things. We wanted it all: grilling, indirect heat, pit roasting, baking, side heat rotisserie… and forContinue reading “When art meets invention: a modular grill with mosaic art”
Monterey Park garden growing up
Progress photos of a Los Angeles area subtropical garden designed to save water and be interesting year round.
Designing & installing a new mosaic landing
A piece of mosaic art is conceived, then transferred to a concrete slab where it will act as a transition between a deck and the garden.
Art photography
The technique is simple: get a white diffuser, place it behind the flower on the sunward side so that it shades the flower. Set your camera to overexpose by at least one EV, make sure that no sunlight hits the lens and fire away. You may still need to adjust exposure in your photo editingContinue reading “Art photography”
The artist’s garden
Artists know that a light color only looks that way when surrounded by dark colors to give it contrast. Likewise, artists use form, line and texture to keep things interesting and depict their subject. These things work in the landscape, too. Most of the time, we start with foliage color, since it’s present most orContinue reading “The artist’s garden”