Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
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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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 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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7D1Udb3JGc CHILDRENSWEAR FASHION DESIGN TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS The childrenswear fashion design tutorial above is digital, but the general techniques of design on this page are the same regardless of the media. Make sure you scroll through the page so you don’t miss anything here that is useful for you to get inspired and get sketching
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TWEEN FASHION CROQUIS TEMPLATES- I have another resource page here including women’s and men’s templates that you can use to trace garments and illustrations onto, as well as flat sketches (technical drawings). What are “croquis templates” used for in fashion design? I call them “paper dolls” sometimes, or “flats templates”, but whatever you call them, if
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Fashion Art Supplies for Illustration and Design Do you have what you need in your kit? Sometimes we’re giving to others, sometimes to ourselves, but here are some of my forever favorite supplies for designing and illustrating. All of the products are clickable links! I’ve posted several times about supplies, but what can I say? You
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Fashion Designing:Creative Process Hey TRIBE, How are you doing? Here’s some more vlog material from the series where I’m developing a capsule collection of dresses from this group of swatches: I gave myself the challenge of Fashion Designing with COLOR BLOCKING this collection: meaning, I decided to use a number of fabrics in different
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MARKERS or GOUACHE for Fashion Sketching? MARKERS: Markers for fashion drawing and illustration can be fun, novel, quick, handy. I was very excited the first time I used art markers and I even have a favorite brand. Chartpack markers (below left) are really wet with a softish chisel tip. ( DO YOUR RESEARCH- on chemical
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Choosing Fashion Fabrics for Portfolio Design Collections (VIDEO lesson enclosed) Above, a fabric board inspiring a design collection before sketching. Every designer has their own aesthetic, voice and style. I tend to lean towards colors, textures and prints that are vivid , but your own sensibility could be radically different. .. What I know for
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Easy to find Art Supplies for Fashion Illustration I think it’s really great to know what you are looking for and talking about when looking easy-to-find- art supplies for fashion illustration and design sketching. Quality ones. I’m going to show you what you will find if you go to a local art store (if you’re in the
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