Fashion Drawing for Beginners

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Description

If you enjoy drawing, have an interest in the figure, fashion images, clothing and illustration then you will love this course! Working from images of the clothed model, you will experiment with drawing materials, then work to develop fundamental skills in drawing the human body. Explore techniques in collage, pencil and a variety of media to push your drawings into an exciting suite of works that communicate movement, texture and colour. You will learn about fashion designers, fashion artists, trends and colour forecasting. This course aims to extend confidence and ability in a fun studio environment.

Note this is not a technical course for fashion design or technical drawing for garment shapes, it is rooted in fine arts and illustration and takes inspiration from fashion.

Expected learning outcomes

• Learn about fashion illustration and some of the key artists working in this discipline, both historic and contemporary
• Experiment with and learn to use a variety of art materials and drawing techniques
• Gain a basic understanding of figure drawing and how to apply it to the fashion figure
• Create an exciting suite of drawings that incorporate movement, texture and colour

Who should attend?

All skills and abilities are welcome. Students should enjoy drawing, have an interest in fashion and wish to experiment and extend skills. Students may be considering fashion or design study and need extra pages for portfolio or sketchbook. Please be aware that we will be looking at fashion images that may contain nudity.

What to bring

Bring colour pencils (we recommend better quality pencils such as Faber Castell which leave colour on the page easily). Students at Selwyn Community Education are welcomed at Gordon Harris Art Supplies in Newmarket and are offered a 10% discount if you mention you're doing a course with SCE.  All other materials (paper, drawing pencils, charcoal, watercolours, ink etc will be provided within the classes).

About tutor Caroline Faigan

Caroline Faigan is a multidisciplinary artist who recently completed a MFA at Elam, University of Auckland. She has also worked in film and fashion as an art director, stylist and writer. She enjoys teaching and learning and spent several years working in fashion education in London. Caroline’s art practice incorporates diverse techniques and materials to represent the body and form.

Testimonials

Comments from our inaugural August 2019 course:

• Enjoyed the time to play and loved the inspiration
• Enjoyed learning about different artists
• Enjoyed trying different media and the process of learning to draw
• Caroline is very knowledgeable and patient. She is encouraging and a great teacher.
• Loved being taught about the different forecasting sites and mags
• The class is very creative. I learnt lots of new techniques and discovered some new designers.
• I loved the course. I would highly recommend it and I'd like to do it again.
• The most exciting part of the class was body illustration. The tutor was very friendly and kind. She explained very well.
• Enjoyed trying something new and being pushed outside my comfort zone. Not really what I expected - thought it would be more focused on how to draw clothing, not so much face/figure {SCE comment: the tutor is reviewing the course for 2020 to ensure the course description accurately describes the course content}
• I loved that there was no pressure to be great! I think I always leave very relaxed.