Drawing Shortcuts
Architect, urban planner, author and professional illustrator, Jim Leggitt, FAIA has been practicing for over thirty-five years in Denver, Colorado. He has conducted drawing seminars and workshops at AIA National Conventions, AIA regional and local conferences, universities, architectural firms and for allied design professionals throughout the country and Canada for over ten years. Jim has presented at the Google SketchUp 3D Basecamps 2005 and 2008. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning and offers drawing workshops through the college’s Continuing and Professional Education program. Leggitt authored DRAWING SHORTCUTS: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Today’s Technology, first published in 2002 by John Wiley and Sons. The first edition of DRAWING SHORTCUTS has been adopted by over 50 universities and translated in three foreign languages. Leggitt has recently completed the Second Edition of Drawing Shortcuts which has been published in December 2009.
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Jim continues to be an advocate of the hand drawing process and promotes the creative integration of digital imaging with traditional visualization techniques.
Jim Leggitt FAIA 2212 Ash Street Denver, Colorado USA
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Welcome!
“Baby boomer beware - you will be hooked on Jim Leggitt’s Drawing Shortcuts book from his first two sentences: ‘I took my first drawing lessons when I was five years old, courtesy of TV. There was a television program in the 1950’s called Learn to Draw, hosted by Jon Gnagy.’ Remember that? It was so much fun! ...I traded my Prismacolors for a typewriter years ago, and I can’t say that was wrong for me. Everyone should find a thing or two to like in this book, and a thing or two (or three) to learn.”
- Stephanie Stubbs, Managing Editor AIArchitect