Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
Figure Drawing Foundations Figure drawing foundations for me are the gateway into the glorious world of fashion design illustration. Through studying and observing the balance, forms, flow and proportions of the human figure, we open the gates into the wide world of drawing. With the fashion / standing, posed figure as our focus, we […]
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Drawing Fashion Flats for Design Learning to draw Fashion Flats for design is an essential part of the fashion design process, and you can learn the ABCs with me! I’m excited to tell you about my Fashion Drawing and Design course on Craftsy.com “Designing Fashion Flats”. You can click IMAGES on this page to view the
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Drawing Men in Fashion Illustration Drawing men for fashion illustration and menswear fashion design sketching is a pretty easy transition if you are comfortable drawing women already. ( I HOPE THE TIMELAPSE VIDEOS I’VE PROVIDED FOR YOU ON THIS PAGE HELP!) I host live practice sessions every week on zoom in Fashion Sketch Group!
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https://youtu.be/WFt91-R2ZGo?si=8xTnc1u2aO7gzFI4 Do You Want to Learn Fashion Figure Drawing??? Today’s Fashion Figure Drawing practice video provides a POWERFUL entry point into the world of fashion design and illustration. It focuses you into really understanding and listening to the body that is going to wear your clothes. How does that sound to you? Whether that body is
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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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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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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 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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A Fantastic Drawing Exercise for Fashion Illustration Color blocking is an extremely powerful fashion drawing exercise – Illustration by Laura Volpintesta Yes, you can read about this powerful fashion drawing exercise, but it’s NOTHING without action! FEEL THE IMPACT BY DOING. I encourage you RIGHT NOW to grab some colored pencils (if your paper is
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DRAWING WITH TWO HANDS Whether for fashion model drawing , which I teach on the regular for several decades now at Parsons School of Design, or for ANY model drawing or any DRAWING at ALL, drawing with two hands i s a powerful exercise that might seem silly “childish” to you at first. But like most
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