Thursday, March 19, 2015

Tips On Fashion Style Drawing

By Lena Stephenson


For the aspiring fashion artists out there, it is very important to perfect the art of sketching fashion style as it is the most basic thing that one will be learning. Now fashion style drawing is a specific way of sketching a person or a figure for the sole purpose of introducing a new piece of clothing. Of course there is a certain way to do this that all beginners have to learn.

Of course one thing that one would have to take note of when drawing fashion style would be that all parts are very much exaggerated. Now the shadows and the folds of the clothes are very much unrealistic but they are used in order to highlight the good parts. Of course the body proportions and the stances of the models are also exaggerated.

Now the very first thing that one should do would be to make an outline of a figure that he would want to make. For beginners, it is recommended that they would just trace the silhouette of a model from a magazine using tracing paper. Basically, the things that he will be needing for this step would be some tracing paper, a pencil, and a ruler.

Now from the silhouette that has been traced from the magazine, one should make a puppet outline. Now what most artists would do before they draw people is that they would first make an outline in the form of a standing wooden puppet. This is done that they will have a guide wherein they can draw the details of the figure.

Now after the creation of the puppet outline, then he can start drawing the details of his figure. First, he should start working on the face, the arms, and all the other body parts using a pencil. Now it is expected that the figure will have exaggerated body parts which means that the figure should have a rather small head, a long torso, a long pair of arms, and a long pair of legs.

Of course when he draws the clothes, he has to make sure that the shadows are exaggerated as well. Now when he is done making the pencil sketch, then he should use a black pen to trace the pencil marks and darken the details that need emphasis. Of course once he is done with that, then he should erase the pencil marks that were made.

Now notice that in fashion sketches, artists would add a lot of accessories and use a lot of colors. Notice that the artists would also give their figures some trendy or unusual hairstyles. This is to add style and a little bit of sass to the sketch.

So for the beginners out there, here are some tips that can be followed when first starting out in this line of work. Now once one has gotten some practice already, then he may not need to trace the silhouette of a model from a magazine anymore. He can also try experimenting with different kinds of styles so that he can come up with his own style.




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