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COPIC MARKERS for Fashion sketching: MARKER PAPER Before we can talk about your Copic markers for fashion illustration, we have got to set you up with the right paper. AVOIDING BLEED-THROUGH Marker paper is notoriously sheer, thin, and often bright-white and smooth. That’s why I stayed away from Copic markers and other markers for decades. I […]
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Fashion Sketching with iPad apps (videos) Last night I shared fashion sketching examples from my ipad created with Procreate app during my weekly live zoom group. Fashion Sketch Group is about drawing from OBSERVATION: drawing from something we are looking at. TODAY’S EXAMPLES ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT– FASHION SKETCHING FROM OUR IMAGINATION Today’s fashion illustrations don’t come
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https://youtu.be/DwHEO1XOnYI?si=fHdIbwNPZeelKIJ2 Ankara Fashion Illustration…. If you’re passionate about African fashion and Wax Prints, like me, you’ll enjoy this. Remember that If you want a better look, zoom in close to see finer details. Digital fashion sketch, above. Marker fashion sketch, below Ankara Fashion illustration on iPad or Gouache The approach is the same whether
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Fashion Illustration, Fashion Art, Fashion Design and Drawing Coaching and Courses! MY SIGNATURE SUITE OF FASHION EDUCATION COURSES: Learn Classic and creative fashion illustration and design techniques with me, Laura Volpintesta: fashion author, illustrator, designer, and creative catalyst with 27 years teaching fashion design at Parsons School of Design in NYC and globally. I also
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Croquis books using Toned Paper make fashion illustrations “POP!” Whether DIGITAL OR ANALOG, toned paper makes a big difference in fashion illustrations. For a men’s fashion design sketchbook (video enclosed below), womens, costume/ eveningwear fashion illustrations (video enclosed below), sketching on brown paper bags (examples below) or children’s fashion illustration croquis, …if you love fashion
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Color theory for Fashion. I‘m obsessed. Right now I’m loving pale pale pale tint of pink (which I never would have worn years ago), alongside royal blue, and mint green. Lemon yellow. I love pastels and pure primary hues when paired with each other or mixed with white. These colors and combinations give me a feeling
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I warmly welcome you into this space — a place to learn Fashion Design online, gain experience technique and understanding as you unfurl your creative wings This is the place to Immerse yourself in the processes and take ownership of your understanding of fashion design — what it means to you, and how you want to
Gouache wash and Pencil Fashion sketch study on sketch paper Another Fashion Sketch Group ZOOM session wrapped up yesterday… I thought that today I share examples over this page to peer into the close up of the random studies that came out of this week’s session and give you some ideas how you can experiment
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Fashion Design Sketching for Beginners! ***Welcome, welcome, welcome. This is one of the very first blog posts that every appeared on this website, in 2013!*** You lucked out landing on this blog post, because it includes FOUR DELICIOUS instruction videos about fashion design sketching for beginners– — based on my 27 years of experience teaching model
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https://youtube.com/shorts/MZbFiNZHmZA?si=R66twBTtd-t-WKcqhttps://youtu.be/E5YO9A9MCCg?si=F2wuvRmFaRSVrPD8 Line quality in fashion drawing- FELT TIP WATERPROOF PENS, whether analog or DIGITAL, are a staple in my fashion illustration practice for their clear and varied line quality. You DEFINITELY want to add them to your toolkit! (watch the video above to learn why LINE QUALITY matters). Using a variety of pens can make
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