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Photograffista

Lisa S. Elin is Photograffista & follows me on Instagram . We chat occasionally. She’s a photographer & artist based in Canada & produces the most amazing work. I follow her back & love to see what she’s up to as I have always loved photography – since studying it way back on my foundation course when I was 16. She somehow flips photos in half to produce layered mirrored images – it’s really clever! Anyway – she recently did this with one of my photos of my scheme at Pip’s Place in the Chilterns. Here’s my photo & this …

CAD or hand drawn? Which do you prefer?

I hold my hand up & state I only ever design & draw using pens & pencils on my AO drawing boards. I stand for hours & become totally absorbed in the process – which I love. It comes naturally & is just how I’m made. I never use Autocad. When I was studying garden design we were given a computer & a book on autocad & left to get on with it. I hated it as the book was written by engineers & I’m not one of those – I am basically arty through & through & my brain …