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Gwen Stefani Fashion Illustration with Repaper App I always noticed Gwen Stefani as a fashion icon with her bold style, but had never paid attention to her music. She was always popping up in the fashion magazines I enjoyed, but I only SAW her, never HEARD her. Just a few years ago, I was invited […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFqaXcx5Brk African Parisian Style. Above and below, Fashions by Natacha Baco, Illustrated by Laura Volpintesta African Prints Fashion Illustration (video below) There’s not complicated story to this: I’m simply obsessed with African fashion. In 1992 I moved to Paris as a Parsons fashion student and though I was fascinated by the couture and Japanese Avant
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ABOUT FACES online course Yes. You can learn faces AND digital apps for drawing at the same time! ****HUGE NOTICE UPDATE SINCE THE ORIGINAL CREATION OF THIS COURSE, I’ve grown it and added to it every year to now include fashion illustration, design sketching, processes and techniques in addition to the faces modules. It’s a
Learn How to Draw Fashion on the iPad Pro? Wondering??? I got you covered! This example isn’t only for IPad Pro, actually these drawing tools are avaliable for you on Android, desktop Mac, Iphone and Android and tablets. In this video, I’ll use the Ipad Pro that i JUST got and use the same techniques
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Eveningwear Illustration: Form and Flow Fashion Design Illustration Online course is here! In my 25 years teaching fashion design and illustration portfolio on the college level, I’ve found there are generally two categories of students: Some of you like to design ready-to-wear, or street clothes, athletic, outerwear, weekend wear, casual, “ladies-who-lunch”, whatever…. AND THERE ARE
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Ready for a Sketchbook Fashion Art Challenge? Ready for a sketchbook fashion art challenge on instagram and social media? #bulletjournalselfiechallenge (Yeah, I know it’s a long hashtag, but with a name like VOLPINTESTA, long is kinda my thing…..lol!) HERE”S THE LINK TO MY VIDEO/ ARTICLE ON HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR ART TO SHARE ON SOCIAL
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Tayasui Sketches App Fashion Illustration (video enclosed) Here’s an example of some of my Tayasui Sketches App Fashion Illustration. Everyone here knows I love paints and papers more than anything. I am convinced that every artists deserves the delicious sensory experience of getting messy in the studio. That’s part of my message. So, how did I
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Fashion Drawing with Markers Everyone asks me about markers, markers, markers for fashion illustration! I don’t usually teach fashion drawing with markers. I’m not a HUGE fan…. They’re smelly, toxic, dry up when you need them, and are thin and flat. Paint is color customizable, rich, organic in feel, applied with a brush to textural
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Digital fashion sketching with Tayasui Sketches app There aren’t many apps I enjoy as much as I do digital fashion sketching with Tayasui Sketches app. It’s without fail my number one choice for any beginner or pro getting started with digital freehand fashion sketching on an iPad or tablet. (Tayasui Sketches App isn’t any the
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Watercolor Fashion Portrait Process The purpose of this watercolor fashion portrait is to get you excited to create. I hope it makes your fingers tingle, your heart beat, and your eyes remember that you have visions- and grab some paper or your iPad or anything, even a napkin and a ballpoint pen, and bring something
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