Master of Landscape Architecture - Materials Requirements

Graduate students at the will be expected to complete a number of hand graphic-intensive projects. It is in every student's best interests to be able to work on these projects whether they are on campus or not. The following suggestions describe the minimum supplies required to easily complete design projects using manual graphics.

Drafting Equipment:

    1. 1. An Engineer's scale
      2. An architect's scale
      3. T-square 36" minimum
      4. Triangles (45 and 60 degree)
      5. A circle template (up to 3" dia.)
  • Paper Products:

    1. 1. A roll of yellow tracing paper (24" wide)
      2. A roll of white vellum paper (24” wide)
  • Pencils:

    1. 1. 314 pencils (10)
      2. Drafting pencils (5B, 3B, HB, 2H, 4H, 2/each)
      3. Prismacolor Pencils (24-48 color set)
  • AD Markers or Prismacolor Markers (see recommended color list)

    Other Materials:

    1. 1. Masking Tape or Tape Dots
      2. Erasers
      3. Pencil Sharpener
      4. Fixatif
      5. 3”x5” index cards (white)
  • Recommended AD Markers and PrismaColor


                        Green
    1.           Apple Green
        Celery
        Dark Mint
        Dark olive
        Emerald green
        Evergreen
        Forest green
        Grass green
        Leaf green
        Light Olive
        Mint
        Moss green
        Nile green
        Olive
        Palm green
        Slate green
        Spruce green
        Willow green
        Yellow green

  •                     Blue
    1.           Azure
        Ice blue
        Sky blue

  •                     Red/Pink/Purple
    1.           Brick red
        Buff
        Deep Salmon
        Red/pink/purple
        Lilac
        Maroon
        Mauve
        Orange
        Peach
        Pink
        Purple sage
        Redwood
        Salmon
        Scarlet
        Sunset pink

  •                     Gray
    1.           Cool Gray # 4
        Cool Gray # 6
        Cool Gray #2
        Warm Gray # 3
        Warm Gray # 5
        Warm Gray #1