Learn the Fine Arts of Fashion Design
Eveningwear Illustration: Form and Flow Fashion Design Illustration Online course is here! In my 25 years teaching fashion design and illustration portfolio on the college level, I’ve found there are generally two categories of students: Some of you like to design ready-to-wear, or street clothes, athletic, outerwear, weekend wear, casual, “ladies-who-lunch”, whatever…. AND THERE ARE […]
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Here are 10 reasons to learn Fashion Design Terms: I’m happy to share this exciting chapter with you on my journey building my fashion program every year to serve you better at Fashion Illustration Tribe! What happened? After being invited to teach Patternmaking at Parsons in NYC after YEARS teaching only fashion illustration and design,/
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CREATIVE EDUCATION I always say, “Art is your Birthright”. Nobody has the right to take that flow away from you. I am THRILLED to share with you my interview with the bright, breath-of-fresh-air, fomer student of mine and Armani Xchange fashion creative director Shafiq Haddad! A former Parsons School of Design Fashion Design student of
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Learning the fundamentals of Patternmaking and Draping are essential to be learned together. STRONG FOUNDATIONS set you up for a lifetime of creative discovery combined with clear technical processes to roll with the pros. Videos on this page!
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https://youtu.be/DwHEO1XOnYI African Print Fashion Illustration 5 Part Video series plus bonus video at the end !!! I’M proud to share this African Print Fashion Illustration Series on youtube with you. But I am WAY MORE PROUD to share this instagram post from Artisan Apparel Uganda. I cried when I read the caption. It’s a dream
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Ready for a Sketchbook Fashion Art Challenge? Ready for a sketchbook fashion art challenge on instagram and social media? #bulletjournalselfiechallenge (Yeah, I know it’s a long hashtag, but with a name like VOLPINTESTA, long is kinda my thing…..lol!) HERE”S THE LINK TO MY VIDEO/ ARTICLE ON HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR ART TO SHARE ON SOCIAL
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Share art on social media- YOUR ORIGINAL art. Do you CRINGE when you see what your art looks like when you share it on instagram, Facebook, or twitter? You don’t know how two share art on social media yet… but you can learn! For my new students to get off on the right foot, here
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Tayasui Sketches App Fashion Illustration (video enclosed) Here’s an example of some of my Tayasui Sketches App Fashion Illustration. Everyone here knows I love paints and papers more than anything. I am convinced that every artists deserves the delicious sensory experience of getting messy in the studio. That’s part of my message. So, how did I
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https://youtu.be/PpH4UDgQ0k0 China Marker for Fashion Batik Sketching (video on this page) There are many technical professional and creative ways that I use China Marker for fashion sketching.. Usually I use it in fashion illustrations, but I also love how it works perfectly to create batik fabric effects by resisiting watercolor. If you watch any of
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Watercolor Fashion Portrait Process The purpose of this watercolor fashion portrait is to get you excited to create. I hope it makes your fingers tingle, your heart beat, and your eyes remember that you have visions- and grab some paper or your iPad or anything, even a napkin and a ballpoint pen, and bring something
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There’s so much I could say about fashion students. I’ve been one, and I’ve guided many. In 1997, one of my former teachers hired me back as a teacher. Before that, I never imagined that I would/ could be a teacher, but she must have seen something in me. I am forever grateful that she
#FLOWERFRAMEDFACES is a creative fashion art challenge for all skill levels WHY a challenge? It’s not a competition or a contest. A challenge is for energizing and inspiring! It’s amazing for meeting people, and Intersecting around topics we share in common! I love mixing and mingling among creatives learning, encouraging, inspiring, and growing. There is
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