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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 […]

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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

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Maternity hight Fashion Beverly Peele in Azzedine Alaia Lace dress

Maternity Fashion Tips and Ideas

High Fashion Maternity Fashion Design Illustration and Model Drawing At the bottom of this page (and here on my dedicated pinterest board for maternity figures and pregnant fashions) you’ll find some pregnant models to practice sketching from. I created these boards for designers and fashion design students who need quick reference and access to models

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Breathe more LIFE and MOVEMENT into your fashion illustrations

How do you breathe more LIFE and MOVEMENT into your fashion illustrations? Everybody asks “how do I get the stiffness out of my drawings?”. I’ve got 10 FABULOUS TIPS for you today. Let me know in the comments below if you have any paradigm shifts or fresh results from working through this list! I’m definitely

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Why online fashion school? 20 undeniable perks

Why would you want to study in an ONLINE Fashion School??? FREEDOM!!!!!!!! Self-directed learning! Pacing yourself. Flexibility. Enjoyment. Discovery. Depth, and direction. No need to conform. No student loans. No COMMUTE!… In 2008 I was asked to create a fully online version of a fashion design studio course that I had been teaching on campus for years

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Illustrating fashion in Gouache: a walk-through

Illustrating fashion designs in gouache: Do YOU GET NERVOUS approaching the blank page? That’s normal. I thought I’d share a few photos step by step of myself illustrating fashion design from a photo/model/dress/design/fabric that I just loved by KachiDesigns, (who I discovered through AfricaFashionWeek (AFW) and follow on Instagram). My remedy for “blank page freeze-up” is

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Learn to draw fashion by drawing what you see

https://youtu.be/L5EuvTUVrnI?si=udiYh85nIW-Bl9DC OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING: 12 ACTIONABLE TIPS to START GROWING AS A FASHION SKETCHER I don’t like to make any strict rules about things when I teach or learn or live. But I do know the best way to learn to draw fashion is by drawing what you see/ OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING. I’m an idealist Virgo who

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ESSENTIALS: Pencil for Fashion Drawing

PENCILS FOR FASHION DRAWING- 7 TIPS Over decades teaching beginner and advanced fashion drawing at Parsons School of Design, I’ve learned SO MUCH that I am so eager to share with you. Let’s begin: WHAT KIND OF PENCILS? HAVE YOU TRIED: Charcoal pencils (white and brown, black) soft artist colored pencils such as Prismacolor Premiere

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Designing fashion with fashion flat sketches

Designing fashion with fashion flat sketches Hi! first off I just released a Craftsy.com class all about designing fashion thru flat sketches–designing them, sketching them, from beginner to more advanced. techniques. I’m so proud of it and I adored this experience of working with their brilliant team and filming in their beautiful studios!!! Really and

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Childrenswear Fashion Illustrations and Design- 2 fun templates for sketching now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7D1Udb3JGc Childrenswear Fashion Illustrations and TEMPLATES for FASHION DESIGN (Yes, my last two year old was very chubby :0) and she’s the reason I’ve started my own business-and her brother and sister.) I hope using these templates will help YOU start YOUR own business too, so you can have more time with your family or

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