by Jon Messer | Oct 25, 2017 | Donor Gift, Schools, Watercolor technique
Showing appreciation to donors is a very important issue for private schools and other institutions. Recognizing major donors may take permanent form by adding graphical elements to the built environment, as a result, bronze plaques, dimensional lettering, and...
by Jon Messer | Jul 24, 2017 | Architectural Rendering, Landmarks, Watercolor technique
I’m honored and grateful to Scott DeWoody and the American Society of Architectural Illustrators for receiving this years’ Scott DeWoody Juror Observational Award, for my painting of the Criterion Apartments in Santa Monica. This personal painting shows one of my...
by Jon Messer | Jun 7, 2017 | Architectural Rendering, Landmarks, Watercolor technique
The Project This Gothic Revival chapel in Los Angeles first opened in 1900. The building is no longer in use as it is in need of repair and renovation. An effort to bring new life to this charming place of worship and renew it to its original condition, including the...
by Jon Messer | Apr 12, 2016 | Landmarks, Watercolor technique
My thanks to the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, and 2016 president Carlos Cristerna. Inspired by the Los Angeles landmark I decided to create a watercolor rendering using the methods of the great perspectivists of the last century....
by Jon Messer | Feb 17, 2016 | Digital Rendering, Previsualization
Last year world renowned photographer Glen Wexler asked me to join his team for Epson’s new brand campaign. Although he is the son of Palm Springs architect the late Donald Wexler, Glen’s work centers on advertising and supra real photographic...
by Jon Messer | Aug 15, 2015 | Site Plan
Fast turnaround site plan Scott Lee of SB architects, and Rich Centollello of EDSA joined forces to present concept design for a resort in the Carribbean. They called me because they needed a beautiful rendering of their site plan which included a hotel, villas, ...
by Jon Messer | Mar 27, 2015 | Urban Planning, Watercolor technique
K+R Design Consultants produced this master plan of a district of Shanghai for the Songjiang district government. Srini Rau and Neil Kritzinger study a site for it’s specific character and environment and build their plans utilizing those characteristics to...
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