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Fashion Sketchbook: Adding Color to the Croquis Good day, TRIBE! Back to the Fashion Sketchbook!! How are we feeling? Another day, another fresh start to try new things, creating the life we dream of…. I’ve been reviewing the final layout and text for my BOOK!!!! I have to say that when I opened the file, […]
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Choosing Fashion Fabrics for Portfolio Design Collections (VIDEO lesson enclosed) Above, a fabric board inspiring a design collection before sketching. Every designer has their own aesthetic, voice and style. I tend to lean towards colors, textures and prints that are vivid , but your own sensibility could be radically different. .. What I know for
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Easy to find Art Supplies for Fashion Illustration I think it’s really great to know what you are looking for and talking about when looking easy-to-find- art supplies for fashion illustration and design sketching. Quality ones. I’m going to show you what you will find if you go to a local art store (if you’re in the
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Fashion Illustration Art Supplies!!! Grab your fashion illustration art supplies! Time to illustrate! It’s a new day…. one more opportunity to share your wonderfulness with everyone you come in contact with. Share your sunshine…giving is receiving. Let’s go get sketching. Today’s reminder is: TURN UP SOME GOOD TUNES WHEN YOU DRAW!!!! What I wanted to
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The Balance Line/ Plumbline in Fashion and Figure Sketching I love jazz music and bought a copy of Matisse’s book Jazz many years ago at the Strand bookstore on 12 street in the Village in NYC….. When I found the above quotes in the book, my heart jumped because I felt he said something that I always
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For those of you who read last week’s post about gouache fashion illustration, (“FOUR GOUACHE COLORS YOU CAN”T LIVE WITHOUT…..”) here is more on the subject. But in today’s sketch, the ensemble is ANYTHING BUT white!! Full of vibrant color, this piece was inspired by the Ndebele culture of South Africa. Here is another piece
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Gouache Technique for illustrating fashion- my process 4 GOUACHE COLORS YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT!! I’m here to introduce you to my gouache technique for fashion sketches, which means to also introduce your to your four new best friends (besides ME) in fashion illustration!!! While quiet in appearance, these four simple tubes or colors of “goo-AH-sh”
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“Finding your style”….. (I’ve included 2 videos at the bottom: one about WHY we do what we do, and another aimed at those who want to design fashion but “can’t draw”. WHY you do it has a lot to do with how your style unfolds!) What does it mean to you? Please chime into the conversation below
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Fashion Croquis Books: Design Development Sketching Where to begin? How do you get started??? What do designers do and what are the fundamentals of fashion drawing? What are Fashion Croquis? Croquis books are the most important part of the work I do with my Parsons students and private students here on my platform. The Croquis
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ROCKPAPERINK………. This year I will be blogging for fashion monthly for my publisher, Rockport, on their website RockPaperInk The column is called Fashion: Global Voices and my first two posts so far discuss AFWNY (Africa Fashion Week New York) and BIFW (Bangkok International Fashion Week), discussing designers and sharing work that I really hope you
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