Social Media: Instagram Coloring Fun
It’s time for instagram stories social media coloring fun! Forget about coloring books and markers. Instagram now has all the tools you need to play and share on social media. You can upload / photograph any image (from a coloring book, or of your own drawing) And color it right side instagram stories! Grab your […]
Creative Fashion Sketching in Instagram Stories
How about Creative Fashion Sketching in Instagram Stories? Let’s party, shall we????? Start creative fashion sketching in Instagram Stories today. (In honor of my eveningwear online class “Fabric and Flow”, …) Let’s create party dresses! I’ve got more tools for you, read on! (for background information about the exact tools I use to create a […]
Instagram Stories Tools
Using Instagram Stories Tools ” Using Instagram Stories Tools creatively in social media- for drawing and beyond” Let’s take a walk through. I was so reluctant to use instagram stories AT ALL. I was overwhelmed So here’s something new I think is really fun: During the holiday season, I got this idea. As I started […]
Digital Drawing Faces with Imagink App
Digital Drawing Faces on iPad, Desktop or Android pssssst……Catch the super-quick timelapse video right here on my instagram page: or youtube tutorial at the bottom of this page!!~It shows the process of drawing a face using an app on the iPad, but applies to paper and pencil as well. (and don’t forget to follow me […]
Gorgeous Gwen Stefani fashion illustration with REPAPER App on Ipad Pro
Gwen Stefani Fashion Illustration with Repaper App I always noticed Gwen Stefani as a fashion icon with her bold style, but had never paid attention to her music. She was always popping up in the fashion magazines I enjoyed, but I only SAW her, never HEARD her. Just a few years ago, I was invited […]
Designing Sweaters and Sketching (FREE 3 video mini course)
Designing Sweaters and Sketching (3 videos here) It’s December…..There’s no time I’d rather be designing sweaters and sketching handknits, knit dresses and sweater-leggings! (even though as fashion designers we are usually designing the season far in advance!) There are three videos linked in this blog post, make sure you get to enjoy all three! I […]
Azzedine Alaia Fashion Illustration
Azzedine Alaia Fashion Illustration (Scroll to the bottom of the page for 35 second time-lapse Azzedine Alaia fashion illustration process video!) Wow, it hit me hard to hear of Azzedine Alaia’s passing. Azzedine Alaïa is set so far apart from so many designers. Just thinking about him reminded me of the sheer power and […]
Learn Fashion Fabrics
Learn fashion…. that means learn fashion fabrics, too. (video lesson on this page) NO, you don’t need to learn patternmaking, sewing, print design or textiles to do fashion illustration. But, … YES, to learn fashion fabrics and technical aspects ARE going to empower you immeasurably as an illustrator. And even more so as a fashion […]
Creativity and Focus
“What you focus on, grows…” What’s the relationship between creativity and focus? Let’s start with the blank page. The space of possibility. What happens as you start to fill the page… how do you feel? Ah, there’s so much to say, and how to bring it up in just a few words….. Have you ever […]
African Prints Fashion Illustration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFqaXcx5Brk Above and below, Fashions by Natacha Baco, Illustrated by Laura Volpintesta African Prints Fashion Illustration (video below) There’s not complicated story to this: I’m simply obsessed with African fashion. In 1992 I moved to Paris as a Parsons fashion student and though I was fascinated by the couture and Japanese Avant Garde presence and […]
Impressionism in Fashion Design Illustration
What does Impressionism have to do with fashion design illustration? How do we define fashion design illustration? That’s a trick question. Here’s the answer. The truth is: It can go two ways. Fashion Design Illustration includes details, seamlines, pockets…. (Collars, zippers, print rendering, cuffs, pleats, gathers, etcetera…..) Fashion DESIGN ILLUSTRATION is what we study in […]
All-Size Figure Drawing Bootcamp: MODEL DRAWING MAGIC
MODEL DRAWING MAGIC FIGURE DRAWING ODYSSEY You love fashion, you want to create beautiful images and art, and “YOU CAN’T DRAW”, especially FIGURE DRAWING. You’re terrified. but, dear love, you haven’t had a chance!You haven’t had the support, you haven’t had any guidance or personal space to really unfold this way. It doesn’t seem fair! […]
