Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
(Don’t click this image….click the one below to view the video!) OI!! I love Brazilian Fashion Designers!!! Any of you who know me already know about my big romance with Brazil. Music, fashion, craft, culture, history, legend, cuisine, everything…… there is so much that Brazilian culture has added to my experience of life in this […]
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Designing Fashion Print Repeats with Paper (analog process) repeating tile print for fashion fabric designed by Laura Volpintesta using markers Before you start learning the technical concept of creating a repeating fashion print design for fabric, you may want to choose a color palette and motif inspiration. And so, here’s a tour of a croquis
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Fashion Design Sketching LIVE! Are you curious about fashion design sketching? I’ve been teaching since 1997 and love it with all my heart. I’m also a Periscope Educator and was so happy to be nominated this month for a Periaward for Best Educator on Facebook! Here is one of my videos from a Periscope Livestream
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Fashion Drawing with Fine Tip Markers Everyone asks me about markers, markers, markers for fashion illustration! And “marker” becomes a very loose term. Today you’ll see fine felt tip black markers used, as well as wet, chisel tip alcohol markers, so hopefully that addresses some of your curiosities about markers. I don’t usually teach
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https://youtu.be/DwHEO1XOnYI?si=XgiB5RX4Zpx_HOrL African Print Fashion Illustration….. As a long- time lover of African Print Fashion and African fashions from all over the continent, (Plus: cuisine, people, music, dance, art, fashion, FABRIC……..) I thought I’d create a post just to share some of my favorite illustrations I’ve done lately incorporating “African prints”. Scroll down for more designs and
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https://youtu.be/F-E4ltDO1Xw Fashion and textile print Designer Zandra Rhodes Fashion Designer, Textile designer, Icon:, let’s dive in! Zandra Rhodes is one of the fashion designers I included in my book “the Language of Fashion Design” that was published last year in February. I couldn’t not share something of hers! Yesterday was my birthday and hers too
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Sketching African Print Fashion on ipad Here I use the Adobe Photoshop Sketch App on my iPad Mini using the 53Pencil stylus, to illustrate this beautiful ensemble by Stella Jean. ****ADOBE PHOTOSHOP SKETCH APP (a pixel based app) has been discontinued since I wrote this originally in 2015. Now the same tools have been moved
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LAURA VOLPINTESTA I’m a fashion design professor, author, designer and illustrator who helps creative and professional women everywhere and anywhere fully form the skills that fashion has called them to in a deep and playful, encouraging environment, My offering is take you through intentional journeys to learn art supplies, draping, sewing, patternmaking, fitting, sketching, fashion illustration, collection conception,
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Want to join a Fashion Design Sketch community Online? Fashion Tribalistas Facebook Group is my free, online community for beginner to advanced fashion sketchers to share their sketches with a positive, supportive and diverse community. Just click the link and then “join” to be admitted to the group. Not a place for promoting YOUR fashion
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It’s time to take your ideas, your message, your feeling, your style… and bring it to life on paper…. Fashion School: Sketching Flats for Fashion Design (VIDEO LESSON ENCLOSED) In design studios, fashion flats are HUGELY important. Sketching illustrations with swatches in full color and posed models also has its place and does so much
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