Fashion Sketching &
Figure Drawing
Learn the principles and techniques of presenting designs on paper. At the end of each course, students will have finished plates for their foundation portfolio.
Develop a croquis and draw designs with an understanding of garment anatomy, silhouette and style lines.
Drawing as part of a design discipline is as much about art as it is about communication. Drawing is a visual language that allows the designer to use the power of mark making, color, pattern, and texture to convey the concepts behind a collection. Good designers are great storytellers.
Learn to work with various media (pencil, watercolor and marker).
In every iteration of a sketch, a designer uses critical thinking by questioning, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating the information they collect and commit to paper about proportion, materials, construction details, how the body moves, and more.
SFD Courses in Fashion Sketching & Illustration
Fashion Sketching I: Figure drawing for womenswear
Fashion Sketching II: Figure drawing for specialty clothing
Fashion Illustration
Be able to render fabric textures, patterns and embellishments.
Designing fashion is ultimately about problem solving. Being able to draw multiple variations of an idea in fine detail provides the designer with a broad range of choices to present. This approach to a design challenge allows the designer to make smart choices about what they want to invest in making.