Drawing Shortcuts
Drawing Shortcuts
Architect, urban planner, illustrator, educator and author, Jim Leggitt, FAIA has been practicing for over forty years in Denver, Colorado. Principal of LEGGITT STUDIO LLC, Jim focuses on community planning, placemaking and design visualization. Jim has participated in numerous planning projects, generating hybrid sketches that reflect context, character and excitement that comes with urban redevelopment. Leggitt authored DRAWING SHORTCUTS: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Today’s Technology published in 2002 by John Wiley and Sons.n DRAWING SHORTCUTS Second Edition was published in 2010 and features his hybrid methods of design visualization that integrate traditional hand drawing techniques with digital imaging. His books have been adopted by more than 50 universities and published in numerous languages. Jim’s popular Blog articles about design visualization have been viewed by more than 750,000 individuals.
Leggitt is a Fellow with the American Institute of Architects and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning. He lectures about Design Visualization and teaches drawing courses throughout the country and Canada to design professionals and students.
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2212 Ash Street Denver, Colorado 80207 USA
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Recent Programs
2017
Downtown Colorado Inc Conference
Design Visualization Lecture / May 3
Downtown Colorado Inc. Lecture
Parachute Colorado / May 24
2016
BVH Architects Omaha
Visualization Lunch Program / April 6
Holland Basham Architects Omaha
Visualization Lunch Program / April 7
ASLA National Convention New Orleans
Design Visualization Seminar / October 21
2015
GKK Architects Denver
Visualization Lunch Program / January 22
studioINSITE TAP Program Omaha
Repurposing Alleys Lecture / September 17
Colorado State University Ft Collins
Design Visualization Seminar / September 24
APA Regional Conference Steamboat
Design Visualization Seminar / September 30
DCI Annual Conference Durango
Resources
Want to Buy Markers? Click 36 Marker Colors.pdf to download the list of Jim’s 36 best colors of Chartpak AD Markers
Want to Buy Colored Pencils? Click HERE to download the list of Jim’s 36 best 36 Prisma Pencil Colors.pdf of Prismacolor Pencils.
Recorded Programs
The following are recordings from various seminars and creative ideas by Jim Leggitt
Drawing Shortcuts Quick Clip 10
Drawing on a Digital Drawing Board
Books by Jim Leggitt