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DRAWING WITH TWO HANDS Whether for fashion model drawing , which I teach on the regular for several decades now at Parsons School of Design, or for ANYย model drawing or any DRAWING at ALL, drawing with two handsย i s a powerful exercise that might seem sillyย “childish” to you at first.ย ย But like most […]
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Rendering Special Fabrics: Surface, Weight, and Texture In celebration of the summer session of FABRIC FORM AND FLOW 8 week journey into textured and reflective fabric rendering enrollment for July 1 start date (closing enrollment doors until next year), I’d like to share some insights into capturing special fabric textures with various media. These sketches
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MOVEMENT IN FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS Movement, what is it? What comes to mind to you when you think about the concept or FEELING of movement, of motion, when thinking of figures and of clothing? What about when thinking of design? MOVEMENT is a “design principle” As much as it describes actual MOTION, “movement” is also a
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Using ADOBE FRESCO for fashion illustration Let’s look in to Adobe Fresco app for freehand fashion illustration on the iPad or any tablet is one of my favorite media for fashion illustration . It’s also simply one of my favorite art forms! I love fashion design and illustration (I graduated Parsons in 1995 and teaching
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I’m passionate about every aspect of the fashion arts from fashion sketching to draping, patternmaking, construction. That’s why I teach ALL of it. For the topic of Fashion Sketching, today I’d like to share some of the variety of art supplies that I commonly use during my live zoom sessions in Fashion Sketch Group. (you
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on variety and possibility The purpose of today’s post is to expose the amount of variety of expression that can come out of just two hours of drawing. I do this every single week at a dedicated time in my Fashion Sketch Group for pure pleasure, over the past few years, and it’s incredible how
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Watercolor wash Technique with Tombow Brush Tip Marker Today’s post is going to look at some of the range and possibilities available to you when you explore watercolor wash with markers for your fashion drawing! *** PRO TIP: Even though I often start with pencil, that doesnโt mean I erase. I almost never erase!ย Itโs
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When we are drawing fashion design, what is our goal? Brush tip markers bring a rich drama to the page when we are aiming for drama, mood, texture, expressiveness, and definition. The wide range of expressions that com out of a single brush pen can be just what you needed to emphasize layers and folds,
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Brown Paper Bag Fashion Sketching (VIDEOS BELOW) Brown Paper bags are toned paper- why not make use of them as such? In Fashion Sketch Group a few weeks ago I sliced up this paper bag into one long panoramic length of paper (with the handles on both ends) and sketched the model poses across it.
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How do we even define โplus size” fashion model vs another? If, In the fashion design industry, sizing is unregulated and inconsistent across the board. In fact; in fashion schools, students are still learning โand teachers are teaching and illustrators often perpetuating the use ofโ proportions that donโt exist in human form, then where do
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Fashion Illustration Tools for quick fashion illustration and sketching? In my weekly Fashion Sketch Groups, we draw for 2 hours straight (does that sound long? ItGOES BY WAY TOO FAST!!!) and usually itโs a mix of poses from 30 sec to 1 minute to 3, 10, 15 minutes. Fashion Illustration Tools: Graphite So what kinds
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ESSENTIAL FASHION MODEL DRAWING EXERCISES! Today I want to talk to you about one of my most high Impact Model Drawing Exercises for Fashion Illustration. REMEMBER: when you subscribe for my newsletter, you’ll get a welcome packet that includes a model drawing tutorial! The first weeks of teaching model drawing a group are always based
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