Fashion design drawing course : principles, practice, and techniques : the ultimate guide for the aspiring fashion artist

This is a newly revised and updated edition of the bestselling guide for aspiring fashion designers proved to be a popular resource worldwide for students of illustration and fashion design. It is organized into 24 instructional units to reflect the progression of a course at top design college, covering everything from finding inspiration, observational techniques, lateral thinking, and mastery of the drawing media techniques themselves, to the more technical aspects of garment shapes, range planning, and flat specification drawing.

a Superb Reference Book And An Ideal Instructional Textbook For Classroom Use, This Beautifully Illustrated Guide Is Organized Into Units That Reflect Required Courses At Leading Design Colleges. Twenty Step-by-step Exercises Cover Methods Of Finding Inspiration, Developing Observation Techniques, And Creating Fashion Drawings In Both Color And Black-and-white Media. Separate Sections Are Devoted To Getting Started And Understanding Figure Proportions, Planning And Designing Garments, And Creating And Assessing Flat Specification Drawings. The Book Also Features Cross-references To Its Various Art Instruction Techniques, A Designer's Glossary, And A Helpful Index. This Book Guides Students Through Their First Steps In Fashion Illustration, Covering Everything That Is Presented In The Best College-level Courses. It Makes A Fine Starting Point For All Students Of Fashion, Introducing Them To Fashion Drawing As A First Step Toward A Career As A Creative Costumier. More Than 250 Illustrations In Color And Black And White.

Twenty step-by-step exercises cover methods of finding inspiration, developing observation techniques, and creating fashion drawings in both color and black-and-white media. Separate sections are devoted to getting started and understanding figure proportions, planning and designing garments, and creating and assessing flat specification drawings. The book also features cross-references to its various art instruction techniques, a designer's glossary, and a helpful index. [from publisher description] Presents twenty-four lessons based on design school courses, teaching every step of the fashion design drawing process from finding inspiration to giving one's presentation flair People often wonder how fashion designers manage to come up with so many marvelous new ideas.