Today’s mini-training shares with you some of my very favorite art supplies, from paper (Strathmore toned Sketch) to drawing tools like White China Marker, Conte’s Pierre Noir Pencil in 3B, Prismacolor Premier, and a classic Sepia colored, soft Conte Crayon. You’ll have to watch the video to know WHY i recommend and use these tools […]

Let’s look at basic “dart manipulations. In today’s Vídeo tutorial, (click images to view) we use a 1/4 scale sloper (basic fitted pattern block with no seam allowance and one dart) … PS LEARN IT ALL IN MY ONLINE COURSE PATTERNMAKING DEMYSTIFIED And we’ll move the dart into the shoulder! Then we’ll turn it into

and don’t forget the link to my patternmaking online course:! https://app.ruzuku.com/courses/20644/about… this sales page includes TWO FREE PATTERNMAKING VIDEOS! PATTERNMAKING SUPPLIES Here’s a list of supplies that I recently shared with my Patternmaking class at Parsons in NYC. Don’t be shy to ask and I’m so excited to be on this Patternmaking discovery with you.

Click the image below to view today’s video. For me is the perfect marriage—-Jazz and art, music and design, shape, color, and emotion…. If you know me you know there is no separation between music and visual arts. And there is no art without improvisation. The unexpected, the unplanned, the great mystery called in….. Where

A group of fashion fabrics- a fabric story- for a design collection by Laura Volpintesta Fabric Swatches for your fashion design collections or portfolio Choosing and using fabric swatches in fashion sketches…..what does it look like, where to start? (I’m so glad for my clients’ questions). Yesterday one student asked: “why would I want to

Have you always wanted to draw? I always did. I doodled shapes on all my schoolbooks, all day long, while anchored to a schooldesk, listening to boring lectures (…As if I didn’t know I had an innate, trustable voice that told me what I wanted to learn and to do and to be…) But I

Join me today for a daily card reading from the new Goddess Seeds Peace Card deck, and get the details on Model Magic BONUS round! In today’s video we’ll pull a goddess creativity card together as well as talk about how model drawing and art exploration also tunes you in to your inner creative goddess.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️YOU AREN’T ALONE! 🌙 🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙from one moon to the next, we’re twirled through life- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️somersaulting, turning sideways, upside down, inside-out, 🌙 🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙perspectives constantly changing, every belief undone ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️it’s not that we’re being “tested” like a pass-fail judgment 🌙 🌙🌙🌙🌙 🌙but we are feeling out all of our edges, our heights, Life loves us that much

Let’s dive deep into the benefits and possibilities when you study MODEL DRAWING

Love cannot be contained Did you ever think you’re “too much”?? Someone gave you that feeling… You thought “okay I’ll manage this” I’ll restrain myself It never feels quite right Love is energy Love is life force energy Love is life creating and life saving energy And it moves Block it—- and you’ll feel stuck

Here’s the replay video of our workshop about Asymmetry and Fashion Design. It’s a specific masterclass lesson I’m giving from my book The Language of Fashion Design: 26 Principles Every Fashion Designer Should Know! Fashion Design is a craft, an art, and a Language. And as Languages go, it’s a visual and verbal language. In