Body-positive, diverse, ethical and soulful fashion design and illustration education for creatives or professionals.
Fashion Illustration Tribe is Laura Volpintesta’s school and community- (20 years Parsons fashion faculty and author of THE LANGUAGE OF FASHION DESIGN)
Learn on YOUR terms- login on your schedule, when is best for you. Start where you are at. There are no prerequisites.
Un-learn "old ways " of drawing, BEGINNER FRIENDLY! Learn gouache and pencil techniques for final, process and tech sketches. MODEL DRAWING for all body types, not body distortion. Fabric texture and print rendering, and construction detail drawing.
Get familiar with the technical lessons that will make your drawings and ideas more developed , build your vocabulary of words, styles, concepts, finishes, and design processes.
Use your digital device and learn creative apps for fashion illustration! Creative freehand art tools that are totally portable and intuitive on iPad or other digital tablet. Express and share your work beautifully.
Mood Boards, line sheets, design research and sketchbooks, fabric boards, Croquis books, print development, fabric types....Step by step, immerse yourself in one process at a time, so you can bring them all together with joy.
Discussion boxes for sharing, asking, support are essential to your progjress! You are not alone!
No commuting, no Student Loans. Login on your schedule, and benefit from my 20 years of fashion design teaching -- I've created a unique approach that focuses on learning through inspiration, not fear. I also created Parsons' first online fashion studio course in 2008
your projects and practices will walk you through each new technique and build intentionally to take you from beginner to experienced and fluent.
watch and rewatch videos , Discover your questions. Ask . Try each new tool.., as you FILL YOUR SKETCHBOOK. You'll find yourself gaining confidence and evolving your skill and creativity through experience!!!
These skills are creative AND professional. Credentials are one thing, real SKILL is another.
My beginners are amazed how quickly they can dive in deep to skills and information they always wanted
Don’t take my word for it– here I’ll let my students speak for me
I couldn’t draw. Me, Laura. Now I’ve been20years teaching hundreds of students at Parsons School of Design online in NYC, from beginner model drawing, to portfolio, from sewing to draping and patternmaking. I’ll NEVER forget the year that I became able to draw and paint and SEE in a new way, and my whole world opened up in an incredible, mind-blowing way because of what I learned and HOW I learned it. I was so amazed that I proceeded to watch the rest of my life be dedicated to understanding what happened and how to create the optimal, liberating, expressive experience for as many other people as possible, because I still look back on those key lessons and moments in awe.
But I totally “get” what happened, and I cannot wait to share these secrets and discoveries with you. Art and design. Are you ready?
-101 CREATIVE PROMPTS ebook, model drawing lesson, and more when you join our list
