African Print Fashion Illustration
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 […]
Sketchbook Fashion Art Challenge- grab your journal!
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 […]
6 Tips to Share Art on Social Media
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 […]
Tayasui Sketches App Fashion Illustration
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 […]
China Marker for Fashion Sketching
China Marker for Fashion Sketching (video on this page) There are many technical professional and creative ways that I use China Marker for fashion sketching. If you watch any of my youtube videos, you’ll almost ALWAYS see me pull out my China Marker in white. I usually it at the end of the sketch– (or […]
Watercolor Fashion Portrait
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 […]
Sketching Holiday Fashion
Sketching Holiday Fashions Whether you’re a designer or a pure lover of fashion who doesn’t “know about design”, if you love fashion then sketching holiday fashions is playful, opulent, dreamy, and pleasurable. You can work over a simple template (subscribe here to get Flat Sketching workbook and Croquis template and design right away!) or you […]
Freedom Fashion Students
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 […]
Creative fashion art challenge on social media
#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 […]
What is a Digital Fashion Sketch?
What is a digital fashion sketch? As with just about everything in fashion, there are lots of different end-uses and forms for the term “digital fashion sketch”. Probably, you’e heard the term and don’t know what’s what! I’m going to discuss the ones I can help you with right now and give you resources to […]
Copic Markers for Fashion
Have you been hearing a lot about Copic Markers for Fashion? I sure have! Copic Markers for fashion is such a trend right now! I swore I wouldn’t get into something that costs $6-7 per Copic marker, especially because I”m not a big fan of marker art. I always used to feel the result is so sheer […]
3 Best Apps for Fashion Illustration
Tayasui Sketches app illustration by Laura Volpintesta 3 Best Fashion Illustration Apps (My 2 above Illustrations using Tayasui Sketches) Here are my discoveries about the 3 best fashion illustration apps— IN MY EXPERIENCE–to share with you so you can thoroughly enjoy digital fashion sketching on your iPad or Android device! (videos included further down ) […]
