DRAMA AND MOOD in Fashion Illustration If you LOVE capturing the drama in fashion illustration, the more yout understand the fine details in the clothing, and the more we understand how to render prints  and surface textures, and the more we understand HOW CLOTHING IS MADE and put together,  and the more comfortable we are […]

DRAWING EXERCISES – the active experience of fashion drawing When I enrolled in Parsons School of Design to become a fashion designer 30 years ago, I was accepted on a condition that I would take a summer program in drawing. Because I COULD NOT DRAW.  I ended up in a 6 hour a day, five

HOLIDAY FASHION DESIGN SKETCHING COURSE EXERCISE: When you think of fashion design sketching for holiday parties, festivities and events, what do you think of wearing?  Or, what do you think your muse wants to wear? What does she need, what does she dream of? How does she want to feel in  your fashion designs? NOW:

Fashion Illustration: Carnaval 2025 on ipad PRIMER: download Adobe Fresco app on your ipad Adobe Fresco app on my ipad pro brought me so much freedom to explore some of my favorite carnaval costume designs from Recife and Olinda this year through the art of fashion illustration.   Since I had to miss the festivities

Using Procreate app for Fashion Illustrations Using Procreate app for Fashion Illustration on iPad I had resisted using Procreate app for Fashion Illustration on iPad for a long time.  Why? I felt like it was too smooth and slick looking. While I first tried it a long time ago and definitely got it to the

Fashion Sketching Sessions Fashion Sketching sessions with timed, live model sessions were my absolute favorite part of fashion school. Not only did figure drawing / model drawing sessions in real-time, community, social, educational settings revv up my engine and remind me why i loved fashion so much, but the energy of LIVENESS and limited-time poses

Fashion Pattern and Draping studio: Flares and Facings tutorials LOTS OF FREE TUTORIALS ON THIS PAGE BELOW! FOR MORE, JOIN PATTERNMAKING DEMYSTIFIED COURSE ENROLLMENT CLOSES SOON! LIFETIME ACCESS COURSE WELCOME TO Fashion Patternmaking /Fashion Draping Studio class!   Flares and Yokes      YOKES (or horizontal stylelines) can be highly visible or very  “hidden” fit

Fashion Sketch Group meets weekly on zoom BUT WAIT-  for a comprehensive self study with rich content (demonstrations, exercises, and curated image resources for sketching) dripping out weekly over 16 weeks, MODEL DRAWING MAGIC digital course  incrementally and intentionally changes how you move and see in relation to drawing and most especially MODEL DRAWING FOR

Body Language: Model Drawing It’s back! My 5 week Live Figure Drawing/ Model Drawing Program  on Zoom,  5 “Fashion Fridays” for learning model drawing (for costume, fashion, design, profession, pleasure or play).   We start live 3/8/2024 meeting 6:30=8:30 online. We’ll sketch from standing, posed, expressive figures for 5 weeks and I’ll share everything i