A02) Fashion Illustration, (Ages 15+)

About this class

This course will enable students to understand a variety of media and techniques to create fashion illustrations with different fashion fabrics. Participants will also be introduced to diverse fashion drawings and fashion illustrators. This course will provide an opportunity of placing two or more fashion figures in a page of portfolio drawing, in a way that reflects knowledge of fashion figures and design layout with a combination of lecture, demonstration, and studio time. 

Class Outline

Please note that this schedule is flexible and may change according to needs arising

1. Brief introduction to the art of fashion illustration, major materials, and basic techniques. Introduce to gouache painting and values, lines, color theory. Begin with fashion figures with sketching guidelines.
2. Draw fashion figures varying poses and sketch garments. Observational Drawing with pencils and charcoals.
3. Brief introduction to design process to create a fashion collection (Non-conventional fashion design approach).
4. Project I: Complete one or two looks corresponding to a chosen theme.
5. Finish Project I and Presentation

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

Participants are required to buy some materials beforehand, label them with participant’s name and bring them to every class.

• 1 A3 sketch pad for rough sketching
• 1 A2 Newsprint paper pad for marker sketching
• 1 chisel tipped black marker
• Pencils of 2B and 4B
• 1 artist eraser
• 1 pencil sharpener
• 1 ruler of about 18 inches
• 1 pad of tracing paper in A3 (preferred). If not, A4 is fine
• 1 roll of masking tape
• Set of artist quality gouache paints (Recommend Winsor & Newton)
• 1 A3 Gouache Paper Pad
• Ceramic or Plastic Pallet with wells
• Two water containers with a lid if possible
• Set of brushes (suitable for gouache and watercolor) – Watercolor Brushes: No.12 or No.14 synthetic round, 1 or 2 inch flat or a large hake, No. 2 or No.4 flat synthetic with stiff bristles for scrubbing, a rigger or one of No.2 or No.4 synthetic round
• Set of colored pencils (at least 12 colors) – optional
• Black ink and a charcoal stick

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:

• Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
• Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
• Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
• Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
• Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Sun, 30 Jun, 2019
End: Thu, 4 Jul, 2019
Lessons: 5 days (over 1 week)
Days: Sunday to Thursday
Time: 9 AM – 1PM (no lunch provided)
Location: VCUQatar, Room 214
Cost: QAR 1,350

Instructors

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