Class Fashion Illustration

Fashion illustration can be described as an indispensable process for constructing and communicating fashion ideas. Since the 19th century, fashion drawing has been used to represent fashion clothing by painters and fashion designers such as Paul Poiret. Illustration presents the more artistic or technical creative vision of designers and illustrators. Nowadays, fashion illustration has a wide range of exploratory possibilities, from drawing by hand to digital drawing or even drawing assisted by artificial intelligence.

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Fashion Illustration: 1. Evolution of fashion illustration techniques: contemporary illustration, some examples; 2. The Scrapbook as a support for creative experiences; 3 Basics of the human body and the fashion figure, proportions and stylisation; 4. Observation drawing; 5. Drawing of the head and the various positions, details of the face (various positions of the eyes, mouth, nose, ears, hair) and details of the hands and feet; 6 The importance of colour and light (light/dark) in fashion illustration; 7. Representation of fabrics and patterns; 8. Development of collage techniques, watercolour, alcohol markers, coloured pencils and mixed technique; 9. Creation of a portfolio with the developments of the illustrations created in class;

Classes are theoretical and practical in nature. The teaching methodology is based on demonstration and experimentation. Students are confronted with the need to experiment and manipulate the various materials and techniques they are initially introduced to. Illustration techniques: Watercolour, Ecoline, Graphite, Marker, Collage, Mixed techniques and free techniques. Presentation formats: Panels; Scrapbook During the lessons, the students mostly carry out various practical exercises, concluding the demonstration of all their acquisitions with a more demanding and rigorous final work. The methodology used also involves encouraging students to work in teams, fostering co-operation between students. There will also be regular feedback sessions between students and teachers, with the aim of getting students to analyse and criticise their work constructively.

GLENVILLE, Tony, New Icons of Fashion Illustration, Laurence King Publishing, London 2013 HOPKINS, John, Desenho de Moda, Bookman, Porto Alegre, 2011; STIPELMAN, Steven, Illustrating fashion: concept to creation, Fairchild books & visuals, 1996; KATHRYN, Mckelvey, J. M. Illustrating Fashion. Wiley- Blackwell, 2009; TEJWANI, S. F. The Art of Fashion Illustration . Rockport Publishers, 2014; STIPELMAN, Steven, Illustrating fashion: concept to creation, Fairchild books & visuals, 1996