Fashion Illustration: Musicians and Dancers, Performing Artists
Movement, color, action, energy, spirit, joy, emotion, art, power, message, feeling, culture, sound…. I love illustrating Musicians and Dancers! I am a musician and a dancer, so that probably helps, but even before I got deeper into those talents, I found myself attracted to figure drawing and model drawing above all else. And, when I […]
Plus Size Fashion Model Drawing Tools
Fashion Model Drawing Video Plus Size Fashion Model drawing tools for fashion- take the tools and customize the rules for ANY BODY TYPE! It’s all about Plus Size Fashion Model drawing tools. Plus, design sketching details and SHOES explained, to top it all off!!! I hope you’l enjoy this replay from my livestream class last week. […]
Templates for Fashion Flats
Templates are great for Fashion Flats! Maybe you aren’t familiar with using a croquis to create your fashion flats. (see some below) Well, it isn’t that complicated. If you have a body or garment “template”, that simply means that you have a body or shape that you can use as a foundation to create all […]
African Print Fashion Sketching
African Print Fashion Sketching can be the ultimate challenge. The samples I’m sharing on this page are all iPad sketched on my iPad mini using Tayasui Sketches app (which is also available on Google Play). But the videos at the bottom of this page show my process with pencils and watercolor… I teach both! (SCROLL […]
Fashion Sketching with Markers- a course
Imagine a Markers course for fashion sketching https://www.youtu.be/dQ4v-M0fjWE Are you overhwhelmed by the types, tips (of markers), brands, inks and other choices? THERE ARE SO MANY KINDS of Art Markers, Design Markers. Art markers available for fashion design sketching. Alcohol markers. Watercolor Markers. Brush tip, chisel tip, waterPROOF pens and markers, pigment markers, permanent markers, […]
Fashion Illustrators- Tinted Papers
Fashion Illustrators: Using Tinted Papers It’s so exciting. Fashion illustration, Fashion Illustrators. ( more examples below) From traditional to experimental, from “analog” (paper and pencils, watercolors) to digital, to the range of voices out there, fashion illustration is a powerful voice in the world. I feel fashion illustration is a story of people. It says so […]
Digital Fashion Drawing
Have you tried Digital Fashion Drawing yet? I resisted for a loooooooong time, and seriously, I really had no desire to switch over. But now I”m loving it! I’d love to get you started too…. Whether for life drawing, doodling (below, using Adobe Photoshop Sketch app) or for fashion illustration, ( both digital fashion drawing […]
Fashion Drawing Apps for iPad
FASHION DRAWING APPS are you afraid of them? Here are -12 REASONS why I’ve fallen in love with fashion drawing on my iPad! I have always taught art and fashion sketching with gouache, watercolors, pencils, ink pens…. and still do! Exactly one year ago, though, I started exploring drawing apps on my new iPad to […]
Digital Fashion Drawing Course
Digital Fashion Drawing Online course You know me…..! You know how obsessed I am about natural, analog art supplies!. So- Why digital sketching? I’m all about smudging, rolling up our sleeves, getting messy feeling textures with our bare hands…. and re-creating them on paper… Those of you who’ve been following me for some time have […]
Translations of my book: The Language of Fashion Design: 26 Principles Every Fashion Designer Should Know by Laura Volpintesta
I’M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY FASHION DESIGN BOOK TRANSLATIONS! Remember my lil old book? (you can order it here) The Language of Fashion Design, 26 Principles Every Fashion Designer Should Know Well, it’s growing and traveling!!!!!! (and click here below to view readings and masterclasses directly from the book!) I am celebrating big […]
Fashion Figure Drawing
Fashion Figure Drawing – LIVE! So, here’s what happened on Periscope.tv/Lvolpintesta today. I created a fashion figure drawing from scratch, working from an image that I liked, then added in the fashion details so that it looked real and gave clear construction and design information, because I love to do that :0). I took an […]
Brazilian Fashion Designers
(Don’t click this image….click the one below to view the video!) OI!! I love Brazilian Fashion Designers!!! Any of you who know me already know about my big romance with Brazil. Music, fashion, craft, culture, history, legend, cuisine, everything…… there is so much that Brazilian culture has added to my experience of life in this […]
