Laura from FashionIllustration Tribe

Laura Volpintesta BFA Parsons 1995, founded Fashion Illustration Tribe, an educational and community site for fashion design and illustration. 27 years teaching Patternmaking, Draping, Sewing, and Illustration, Portfolio, Concept Development, Tech Design/Drawing and Model Drawing. Moved by a desire to "undo" the unrealistic proportions predominantly used in fashion art and to inspire fashion creatives to get the skills to create their own images for fashion's future. Balancing technical and professional with creative, Laura's online courses and live workshops/ lectures inspire fashion designers from beginner to more experienced to look at sustainability, diversity, positivity, music, celebration, culture, community, and joy in their design processes, business models, images, and messages.

Fashion Illustration and Designing with Gouache- Masterclass Replay

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Laura Volpintesta (@lauravolpintesta) Fashion Sketching with Gouache masterclass I loved this masterclass.  I love the conversations we had and the dress we created on the livestream. I loved your questions, your curiosities, and your spirits in the room! It is amazing what we do when we come together […]

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Digital Drawing Basics with Procreate

This page originally housed a temporary livestream masterclass SUBSCRIBE to get informed about upcoming events, and follow me on instagram for daily updates, tips and livestreams. I’ve replaced this place holder with some Procreate timelapse videos as well as two instructional videos so you can get a feel for the look and capabilities of digital

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Learn to Draw

Learn to Draw Well, isn’t THIS one of the most direct titles I’ve ever come up with: “LEARN TO DRAW”!? This video, this lesson today means so much to me. Why? For me, This is gold. This is the stuff it’s all made of. See, BEFORE you “LEARN TO DRAW” something you are looking at…

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iPad Drawing technique

iPad Drawing Technique if you’ve studied with iPad drawing technique (or anything at all) with me before, you know that I don’t believe in one way of doing ANYTHING!!! So today I’m here to share something i’m passionate about: FREEHAND iPad Drawing technique. I’m going to use Adobe Draw app today to show you ONE WAY

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How to draw faces digitally with fashion illustration apps by Laura Volpintesta

Depth and Space in Drawing and Composition

Depth and Space in Drawing and Composition…. view the Youtube timelapse  VIDEO BELOW!!! I love sketching Brazilian Carnaval from the Northeast (Salvador, Bahia, and Recife, Pernambuco)….The “carnaval de rua”, street carnaval, is so colorful, with drumming and costumes, singing and dancing…Every January in NYC, it’s my big escape from winter to celebrate decoration and adornment

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