Museum Visit: Seydou Keita, African Fashion and Photography
Remember the Claire McCardell Museum Visit post? Remember the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Museum Visit? Did you enjoy Tamara de Lempicka’s luscious paintings and carefully sculpted forms? I love a day at the museum, and strive to remember that fashion is, or can be, art. I always feel reminded of that when my neighbors from Bangladesh […]
How can art and design study improve your life? :0)
I’ve heard many say they were traumatized by their fashion studies. I might be one of them. But art and design study has all of the potential to be an experience of pure grace. Observing art and design delights, inspires, moves us and improves our lives. CREATING art and design aligns us with being open […]
Fashion Portfolio Elements
FASHION ILLUSTRATION CLASSES: what do I need? Hello Gorgeous Visionaries! A crop of new videos up on my YouTube channel: Informational and inspirational, I thought this week’s topics (fabric, paintbrush, message) might be really helpful for you if you are considering fashion design schools or courses for your design portfolio. I’ll release two a day until […]
What’s fashion news this week 100 years ago…
I’ve been so busy lately creating new course offerings and getting ready for back-to-school at Parsons, while also trying to squeeze the last drops out of my summer with the kids, that I’m developing a PILE of news tidbits for you. Here’s the top of the pile. I’ll be making up for lost time with […]
Tamara de Lempicka- Illustrating Fashion, Figure, and Form
Yes, it’s more of the usual. I wanted to throw a few instructional/inspirational pics up for you, and fell down a rabbit hole of art and women’s history! (notice the circular flare inserted into the hemline of this dress at knee level, and the sheen and deep shadow that create the feel of silk charmeuse). I’ve […]
Art and Attitude: Development and creation
https://youtu.be/LnAEuwwt07s WELCOME TO ART AND ATTITUDE (bundle mindset videos enclosed in this post, journal prompts at the bottom of the page) This post is dedicated to the many mother students who have been posting and sharing pictures of their children drawing and painting alongside them while they take my online classes……thank you…. ART-ITUDE, After my second […]
Fashion Design, Research, and Sao Paulo Fashion Week
(remember last week’s post about color? I found these images of Ronaldo Fraga’s spring/summer 2015 collection the next day..cool, right?) At the end of this post there are lots of images. Scroll down to see several Sao Paulo collections. I guess I’m just going to share all of my secrets with you all! Sharing […]
Fashion and Color: A Love Story
Ahhhhhhh, colors. Fashion. I’m obsessed. Right now it’s pale pale pale pink (which I never would have worn years ago), and royal blue, and mint green. Lemon yellow. I love pastels and pure hues when paired with each other or with white. Color is joy. Color is a public service. Color is happiness. Color is […]
Negative Shape, Proportion, and Plumbline: Fashion Illustration Course Online
A few things to remember for sure when you’re learning drawing, fashion design, or fashion illustration: (I reminding myself too, here, every day)… To enroll in a free beginner masterclass, just subscribe for email updates from Fashion Illustration TRIBE to begin a free journey first. TODAY< I’m inviting you join my “boost” course called “Everything but […]
The New Fashion Draping Book and Fashion Figure
I eagerly unwrapped my review copy of the newly released Draping, the Complete Course by Karolyn Kiisel on Laurence King Publishing, a few months ago. (Hang in here, the juiciest part is at the end 🙂 It sure shows how many years have passed since I taught sophomore draping at Parsons in New York, 1997-2001… when […]
Maternity Fashion Tips and Ideas
High Fashion Maternity Fashion Design Illustration and Model Drawing At the bottom of this page you’ll find some pregnant models to practice sketching from. Deeper in the post, you’ll find a croquis template for sketching flats and fashion designs for your pregnant fashion model! I’m going to give you a little mother’s day gift today: […]
#FashionFilter: Fashion Ethics Issues
Hello TRIBE! I miss you! I’ve been busy registering and prepping my pilot run of 12-week Fashion Design Semester online course and it’s been eating up a lot of my time. I am so EXCITED as I’m connecting with each new student and meeting new artists and designers from around the world. Pinch me, […]
