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Drawing & Painting Courses

ink drawing of buildings and people in foreground
Drawing in the Landscape: Pen, Pencil and Watercolor
Darryl Jones
57 Mins
  • AICP CM
3-d model site plan created in sketchup
SketchUp 2016 for Planners: Site Planning
Jaymes Dunsmore
39 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
vector map of new york created in adobe illustrator
Illustrator for Planners - Advanced
Mike Ernst
100 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
site plan created in autocad
AutoCAD 101
Jaymes Dunsmore
63 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
street perspective in audodesk sketchup for urban planning course
Mobile Drawing Apps for Planners
JJ Zanetta
72 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
3-d house created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - An Introduction
Jaymes Dunsmore
39 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
site plan created in autocad
AutoCAD for Site Planning
Jaymes Dunsmore
74 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
Sketchup model in google earth pro for urban planning course
Conceptual Drawing for Planners
JJ Zanetta
73 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
building created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 1
Jaymes Dunsmore
54 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
3d model created in autocad
AutoCAD for 3D Modeling
Jaymes Dunsmore
66 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
drawing of master plan colored in marker
Hand Drawing Master Plans
Daniel Garcia
70 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
site plan created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 3
Jaymes Dunsmore
50 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
mountains and trees at dawn
Drawing in the Landscape: Painting Color
Darryl Jones
68 Mins
  • AICP CM
closeup of a hand holding a pencil and architectural drawings on a desk
The Site Plan
Brad Neumann
55 Mins
bus created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 2
Jaymes Dunsmore
66 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
watercolor of house and trees
Drawing in the Landscape: Water and Oil
Darryl Jones
44 Mins
  • AICP CM
parking structure created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Modeling Complex Forms and Structures
Jaymes Dunsmore
70 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
image manipulation in photoshop
Photoshop CC for Planners 1: Basic Functions
Mike Ernst
64 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
image of building manipulation in photoshop
Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Introduction
Mike Ernst
85 Mins
site plan layout created in adobe indesign
InDesign for Planners - An Introduction
Mike Ernst
103 Mins
  • CNU-A
photo manipulation created in photoshop
Photoshop CC for Planners 2: More Tools and Techniques
Mike Ernst
58 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
image manipulation created in photoshop
Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Intermediate
Mike Ernst
130 Mins
map created in indesign
InDesign for Planners - Intermediate
Mike Ernst
73 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
screenshot of photoshop manipulation
Photoshop CC for Planners 3: Advanced Techniques
Mike Ernst
62 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A

Top Drawing & Painting Instructors

Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community...

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Jaymes Dunsmore

Jaymes is a planner and urban designer who recently completed a Master in City Planning and...

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Darryl Jones

Darryl Jones is an artist and filmmaker based in Oakland, CA.

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JJ Zanetta

JJ is an architectural illustrator working in traditional and digital media.

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Brad Neumann

Brad Neumann is a MSU Senior Extension Educator who serves as an educational resource for local...

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Daniel Garcia

Daniel Garcia is a freelance urban designer. His most important works deal with the auto-constructed city...

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Transportation Planning: Land Use and Transportation Systems Sign Up

Transportation Planning: Land Use and Transportation Systems

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course includes a brief history of how land use and transportation have co-evolved over the last 150 years and reviews the roles of transportation systems and technology in influencing land value and locational decision.

4.42
62 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
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Transportation Planning: Effects on the Environment, Health, and Social Justice

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course discusses the local and global impacts of transportation systems and the mitigation of those impacts. The course also identifies prospects for change, as achieved by technology, transportation management, and pricing.

4.30
57 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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