Start your Fashion Design career right here! Join this course to explore a variety of different fashion drawing styles and techniques in learning how to draw a well-balanced and proportioned fashion figure. Give expression to your own style and develop your own specific style of drawing and gain confidence in representing the fashion figure to communicate your design ideas. Learn how to represent the proportions of the body, movement and posture and how to create a technical drawing. Build your skill set to include how to represent garment styles, garment feature and details as well as fabric qualities and textures. You will begin to develop your own personal fashion drawing style. Suitable for both complete beginners & those with some drawing experience and those who wish to revisit & develop these skills .
Introduction to Fashion Drawing
When & Where
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20 September 2024 - 13 December 2024 ( 36 hours, 12 weeks )
- Friday
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Waterloo Centre
Quick Facts
- Availability Yes
- Tutor Jill Kennedy-McNeill
- Course Code W24FASD05A
- Suitable For 19 year olds and up are permitted on this course
What you will learn
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explore a variety of fashion drawing techniques
- Learn to draw the fashion figure, proportions of the body, movement and posture
- Create a technical fashion drawing
- Draw garments, garment details and fabrics
- Gain confidence in drawing the fashion figure
Cost
Class format and activities
Teaching is both to the whole class and on an individual, one-to-one basis using demonstrations, discussion, examples, samples, hand-outs and other technical support material where appropriate. You will receive feedback throughout your course to help you develop your skills. For you to be able to achieve on this practical class punctuality and attendance are key. Please inform your tutor of any absences. Microsoft Teams will be used for general class specific communication and for posting additional information. Health and safety inductions are planned into your course delivery, and you are asked not to use any machinery or specialist equipment until you have received specific training. Morley provides a positive and friendly atmosphere and to support this all students should be considerate and kind and work in a collegiate and collaborative way and to not monopolise the tutor.
Entry requirements
This is a beginner's course, all are welcome.
What you need to know before you enrol
Activities in class can involve standing at high tables for a period of time. Please let the tutor know if this would be difficult for you. The fashion studios are on the first floor of the Nancy Seear building and there is lift access to the first floor. Please note the eating and drinking is not allowed in the fashion studios - you are allowed to have bottled water. Students must be able to read, write and understand fluent English. Digital, mathematics and numeracy skills are desirable but not essential.
What you need
Equipment will be discussed in the first session. Some materials are provided. Please bring:• HB mechanical/propelling pencil,• HB & B pencils, sharpener, eraser, ruler• Pritt stick• scissors• black Fibre tip fine liner pens e.g. 0.1mm & 0.5mm nib• A3 Art folio (cost approx. £2-3, to keep your work in is useful)• A4 folder (for handouts) notepad and pens
