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Designing Sweaters and Sketching (3 videos here) It’s December…..There’s no time I’d rather be designing sweaters and sketching handknits, knit dresses and sweater-leggings! (even though as fashion designers we are usually designing the season far in advance!) There are three videos linked in this blog post, make sure you get to enjoy all three! I […]
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HOW TO DRAW TEXTURES IN FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS LET’S TALK about capturing FABRIC TEXTURES in FASHION ILLUSTRATION. Fabric textures as expressed through… …..edges, shapes, shadows, curves, textures, and lines. HOW DO WE CAPTURE and COMMUNICATE the surface, drape and texture of our fashion fabric textures when we are sketching fashion designs??? How do we visually describe
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the Fringes of Fashion Illustration Just two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about movement, and when I was done, I couldn’t stop thinking about drawing fringe!!! At the same time, I’m tickled to think how MOVEMENT, FRINGE, and DRAWING are all words with double meanings that mean a lot to me.  KNITWEAR and
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Colored pencil fashion illustration isn’t something I always recommend! I often discourage my Parsons Fashion Design students from illustrating with ONLY colored pencil  because they simply never spring to vivid life on the page as easily as gouache. COLORED PENCIL with BLACK INK PEN Plus, it takes a LOT OF MUSCLE to make colored pencils
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FASHION DRAWING IN REAL TIME Since my first experience in a live fashion drawing model session with timed poses, I was HOOKED! Today, as in every week for over 20 years, (online only for 6) I hosted one of my beloved figure drawing sessions for fashion. EXPLORE YOUR ART SUPPLIES Fashion Drawing sessions are powerful
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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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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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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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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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MY BOOKS (scroll down for course descriptions!) My book the Language of Fashion Design available Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and others. The Language of Fashion Design: 26 Principles Every Fashion Designer Should Know the Fashion Design Reference and Specification Manual co- author Laura Volpintesta FASHION PROGRAMS: Fashion Design INFUSION 8 livestream masterclass replays, from research,
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