figure drawing for fashion and beyond: all body types!

Emotion in Motion: Figure Drawing Course (videos included!)

Have you ever delved into the experience of a Figure Drawing Course? You’ll get so much more than you bargained for. Personal expression, preceision, process, freedom, vision….. https://youtu.be/TiEuMfzU-PM How could you expand and explore your approaches to drawing to feel more free, expressive, and satisfied with the experience? How can you turn it into an

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human figure drawing with laura volpintesta

Change the way you look at Drawing

https://youtu.be/vlgHYF5Pq58https://youtu.be/Gk_a0GlZ4dI Drawing– particularly figure drawing and even worse, “fashion” model drawing, can bring out our worst critical and perfectionist tendencies!! Today’s short video is so close to my heart. How do we overcome perfectionism and break into a new freedom of expression that also is more accurate? Yes, it’s possible. the way you look at

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Fabric and Inspiration Creative Process for Fashion Sketching

Fabric Inspiration: Fashion Design Process

https://youtu.be/d8CIbFOD5HQ Design Inspiration: Choosing   Fashion Fabrics for Sketching and Presenting Choosing Fabric and inspiration are absolutely integral to the fashion designer’s creative portfoio and design process.I usually ALWAYS sketch with fabric IN MY HANDS.I say it again and again and again and again: FABRIC IS YOUR RAW MATERIAL- there literally IS NO DESIGN WITHOUT YOUR

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SHADING FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS WITH LAURA VOLPINTESTA

Shading and Shadows in Drawing Fashion Illustration

Shading and Shadows in your fashion illustration I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT SHADING AND SHADOWS! in fashion illustration as well as in LIFE….What a beautiful metaphor. You all know I’ve been enthusiastically teaching fashion illustration, design, and model drawing for over 20 years at Parsons School of Design Fashion department and now here in my

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top resources for fashion students fashion design with Laura volpintesta: draping flares

Discover Fashion Design: How to Drape Flares in Muslin on the Mannequin

Whether you are a sketching, illustration OR fashion design student/ designer… -VIDEO BELOW You still want to know the names of things (like flares, gathers, seamlines, armholes, and all kinds of specific details). TODAY’s VIDEO is all about that good stuff of fashion designing! If you love fashion and fashion design, or are a fashion

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Draw and Paint Digitally on your Device with the best Art App!

How to Paint and Draw Digitally with the best Art App on IPad, Tablet, Computer and Devices Yes, you can make fashion illustrations and freehand art on your iphone, android phone, ipad, tablet,or computer and still get natural, textural quality effects! (ART APP VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW) You all know I’m a fashion illustrator and designer,

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Patternmaking How to use Dress Forms for Fashion Designers

AWESOME Dress Forms for Fashion Designers- what you need to know

VIDEO TUTORIAL: the Dress Forms for Fashion Designers You’re going to love today’s VIDEO POST– Let’s talk all about dress forms for fashion designers and students of fashion design.  It’s one of the very most important supplies for any fashion maker! Do you own a fashion mannequin/ dress form for sewing/ designing/ patternmaking and draping

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Fashion Patternmaking BAsics with Laura Volpintesta

Fantastic PATTERNMAKING BASICS: adding flare to the straight skirt sloper

I made myself this dress by cutting into folded fabric using basic patternmaking techniques….. so in a way, you don’t always need a pattern once you learn some of these skills! Patternmaking Basics: How to add simple Flares to the Basic Skirt Sloper Let’s dip our toes into the world of fashion patternmaking for design

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