Fashion & Interior Design

For one/two-semester, sophomore-level courses in Fashion Design, Apparel Marketing, Design Illustration, Fashion Advertising, Fashion Buying and Merchandising.

This up-to-date text demonstrates with clarity and precision, the beginning, middle, and advanced techniques for marker and watercolor rendering for the fashion industry. Its focus and approach demystify the rendering process in simple, easy to follow step-by-step instructions—with specific examples that encourage practice and student confidence in either media of choice. A fundamental format builds on skill and proficiency, and it contains a gradual, natural progression of style into more complex and detailed techniques. This book encourages individual style development. This book has a notebook feel that makes it faculty/student friendly.

• Clearly organized lesson plans—In each chapter.

  • Enables students to explore and one facet of color rendering techniques before moving on to the next level. Ex.___

• Two lessons per chapter—Differentiates between marker use and watercolor painting.

  • Offers students choices in learning both valuable techniques—one at a time, or both—at their own pace. Ex.___

• Essential information on necessary supplies for text projects—Covers papers; pens and pencils; markers; brushes; and watercolors.

  • Familiarizes students with each supply's performance advantages, its tasks, and rendering terms in relation to its techniques. Ex.___

• Line quality—Introduction to pen and pencil sketching basics and nuances in drawing for fashion.

• An exploration of flesh tones—Done first in marker and then a separate display of watercolor.

  • Demonstrates for students how results can be similar though techniques are not, and introduces them to color theory along with a preliminary explanation of color schemes. Ex.___

• A separate chapter on creating shadows—Includes how to use a light source for shading.

  • Prepares students to use instructions that follow a diverse set of fashion silhouettes to accommodate a variety of construction details that need to be colored according to drape. Ex.___

• A range of warm-weather fabrics—Includes stripes, gingham, and plaids.

  • Shows students these simple geometric patterns that are the building blocks for more complex fabrics presented later in the text. Ex.___

• Chapter-end matching assignments.

  • Provides reinforcement of previously read material. Ex.___

• Cold weather fabrics—Herringbone houndstooth, corduroy, leather, suede-examples of multilayered, multimedia renderings for full fabrics.

• Knits—Intarsia, Jaquards, Argyle focus on the patterns and surface interest for sweaters and other knitwear textures.

• Glamour fabrics—Velvet, taffeta, lace, sequins and more sheen, gitler and transparencies for the more delicate luxury looks.

• Guest artists—Professional, industry published works in a variety of style solutions to many rendering problems.

• Croquis book sketching—Figure and rendering set ups for easy sketching methods.

 1. Introduction to Media Choices.


 2. Line Quality.


 3. Flesh Tones.


 4. Solid Color Fabrics.


 5. White Fabrics.


 6. Simple Prints.


 7. Fall Fabrics.


 8. Knits.


 9. Glamour Fabrics.


10. Professional Rendering.


11. Croquis Rendering.

Fashion Design (Fashion)
Fashion Illustration (Fashion)

Do you love to draw for fashion? Is it your art, your passion, your job? Maybe it's all three rolled into one. If you need time-saving short cuts that are long on results, this is the book for you. This is where you'll find all the tricks of the trade.

Use a little magic as your sketch heads straight into portfolio finish or a croquis book rough. Fashion always needs a splash of color and this book has it. These pages dive into simple as well as complex rendering techniques that will make your drawing skills soar.

If your focus is fabrics and textures in a fashion sketch, then this book has everything you need to know.

This book:

• Has a notebook feel that makes it easy to follow.
• Is an introduction to media, focusing on marker and watercolor techniques.
• Teaches progressive rendering techniques. Each step builds naturally into the next level.
• Showcases professional designs and illustrations from industry with a variety of guest artists.

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