Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
Contour Drawing for fashion illustration Contour drawing is one of the most important drawing lessons for fashion illustration and beyond that you will ever learn. Whether you use a paintbrush, pencil, ink pen, or crayon, it really doesn’t matter– even digital drawing like at the top of this page, CONTOURS are a VERY POWERFUL part […]
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DRAMA AND MOOD in Fashion Illustration If you LOVE capturing the drama in fashion illustration, the more yout understand the fine details in the clothing, and the more we understand how to render prints and surface textures, and the more we understand HOW CLOTHING IS MADE and put together, and the more comfortable we are
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DRAWING EXERCISES – the active experience of fashion drawing When I enrolled in Parsons School of Design to become a fashion designer 30 years ago, I was accepted on a condition that I would take a summer program in drawing. Because I COULD NOT DRAW. I ended up in a 6 hour a day, five
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Fashion Design Portfolio Coaching and/or Creative Life Coaching-LiVe with Laura Volpintesta My core basic package for fashion design portfolio and fashion drawing ,creative and technical coaching is a whole-person approach applicable for all “levels” as we find our next edge for growth. How does your artistic expression, career or vocation, relationships, mindset and skillset come
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HOLIDAY FASHION DESIGN SKETCHING COURSE EXERCISE: When you think of fashion design sketching for holiday parties, festivities and events, what do you think of wearing? Or, what do you think your muse wants to wear? What does she need, what does she dream of? How does she want to feel in your fashion designs? NOW:
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Fashion Illustration: Carnaval 2025 on ipad PRIMER: download Adobe Fresco app on your ipad Adobe Fresco app on my ipad pro brought me so much freedom to explore some of my favorite carnaval costume designs from Recife and Olinda this year through the art of fashion illustration. Since I had to miss the festivities
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Flor de Lis: SAMBA Djavan’s beautiful samba song FLOR DE LIS performed on the beach at a public party in Connecticut. https://youtu.be/2Vmx_izQrP8?si=n2R90EHEUdmYm-XP Laura Volpintesta: Brazilian jazz, bossa nova, pop and jazz vocalist from voz e violao: voice and guitar acoustic duo to 7 piece brazilian band ensembles, from intimate jass tunes to booming samba with
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Model Drawing forms the foundation for fashion illustration skilss. This costume for carnaval by AVOA illustrated by Laura Volpintesta on Adobe Fresco app EXPLORE: Versatile, vibrant apps for fashion sketching and illustration! Fashion Illustration: Striped pantsuit illustration by Laura Volpintesta using Adobe Fresco app I studied fashion design and fashion illustration back in the early
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Using Procreate app for Fashion Illustrations Using Procreate app for Fashion Illustration on iPad I had resisted using Procreate app for Fashion Illustration on iPad for a long time. Why? I felt like it was too smooth and slick looking. While I first tried it a long time ago and definitely got it to the
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Fashion Sketching Sessions Fashion Sketching sessions with timed, live model sessions were my absolute favorite part of fashion school. Not only did figure drawing / model drawing sessions in real-time, community, social, educational settings revv up my engine and remind me why i loved fashion so much, but the energy of LIVENESS and limited-time poses
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