When we are drawing fashion design, what is our goal? Brush tip markers bring a rich drama to the page when we are aiming for drama, mood, texture, expressiveness, and definition. The wide range of expressions that com out of a single brush pen can be just what you needed to emphasize layers and folds, …
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I’ve been very open about how I don’t adore Procreate nor Adobe Fresco for fashion illustration on my iPad… (and I’m also very easy to articulate EXACTLY WHY- read on) and how sad I was that they discontinued my beloved Adobe Draw and Adobe Sketch apps… (which were some of my favorites featured in ABOUT …
Drawing without fear [VIDEOS] It’s as-yet unthinkable for many … BUT NOT FOR YOU! WELCOME TO DRAWING WITHOUT FEAR! I’m Laura. drawing without fear. You’re going to love these videos. Let’s get honest. After decades of drawing, STILL before I start drawing there is usually an excitement, a thrill, an unknown, a “risky” and …
Nude model drawing, or any drawing, is “set off” by compositions, choices, layout, deicsions on the page. Using the iPad apps to create my art gives me options to save different versions and compare my choices.
Fashion Figure Drawing – LIVE! So, here’s what happened on Periscope.tv/Lvolpintesta today. (click to see my channel). I created a fashion figure drawing from scratch, working from an image that I liked, then added in the fashion details so that it looked real and gave clear construction and design information, because I love to do …
INSTAGRAM for FASHION -LOVE! ( My instagram for fashion feed is embedded here at the bottom of the page using an awesome “instagram feed” plugin!) Scroll down to see my recent posts right here! My video loaded with everything I learned while I tripled my instagram following in a month while euphorically harnessing the many tricks and tools that beginners …
Instagram for fashion, design, and business- It’s a visual party! COME Read More »
MY LOVES!!! LET’S TALK about the role of CONTOURS in FASHION ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES! …..Edges, curves, textures, and lines. “Contours” are turning, winding edges. CONTOURS are something I refer to A LOT. Once you get into discussing visual arts and drawings, it is a vital word. Specifically, CONTOUR refers to outlines, and edges. For fashion design …
Fashion Illustration Techniques: Textures and Contours Read More »
Sketching Fashion Figures, or any figure, in profile, always seems to present unique challenges. There’s a video in this post, to help you with sketching profile fashion figures. understanding body anatomy and mechanics (above) and practicing them helps us sketch with flowy ease (below) We seem to have a “frontal” orientation to seeing things, as …
Remember the Claire McCardell Museum Visit post? Remember the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Museum Visit? Did you enjoy Tamara de Lempicka’s luscious paintings and carefully sculpted forms? I love a day at the museum, and strive to remember that fashion is, or can be, art. I always feel reminded of that when my neighbors from Bangladesh …
Museum Visit: Seydou Keita, African Fashion and Photography Read More »
FASHION ILLUSTRATION CLASSES: what do I need? Hello Gorgeous Visionaries! A crop of new videos up on my YouTube channel: Informational and inspirational, I thought this week’s topics (fabric, paintbrush, message) might be really helpful for you if you are considering fashion design schools or courses for your design portfolio. I’ll release two a day until …
How do you breathe more LIFE and MOVEMENT into your fashion illustrations? Everybody asks “how do I get the stiffness out of my drawings?”. I’ve got 10 FABULOUS TIPS for you. Let me know in the comments below if you have any game-changers from this list! HELLO TRIBE! I’m definitely biased towards lively, moving drawings….. …
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Illustrating fashion designs in gouache: Do YOU GET NERVOUS approaching the blank page? That’s normal. I thought I’d share a few photos step by step of myself illustrating fashion design from a photo/model/dress/design/fabric that I just loved by KachiDesigns, (who I discovered through AfricaFashionWeek (AFW) and follow on Instagram). My remedy for “blank page freeze-up” is …
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