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Part 5: Drawing a design

4. Annotation

A plan with annotated notes added

Amber Crowley / public domain

Annotations are labels which describe what things are on your plans. These annotations could be as simple as ‘wall’, ‘lawn’ and ‘shed’ or they could be descriptive annotations which provide information about the feature, for example:

‘1.2m tall brick wall constructed from red brick to provide screening from neighbour’s garden and wind protection’.

When you are annotating, use a ruler to draw the lines from your plan to your annotations and keep it as neat as possible. Some designers keep their lines parallel, which makes a design look more professional.

This looks neater...

Annotated plan with all lines parallel when pointing to areas of interest

than this.

Annotated plan with all lines at different angles when pointing to areas of interest