Figure Drawing for Fashion Design, Vol. 1

The seminal guide to figure drawing for fashion design in a completely revised, updated and expanded two-volume edition.

Fashion drawing is the most important way to visualize ideas and concepts in costume and fashion design. This new and expanded two-volume edition of the already classic title Figure Drawing for Fashion Designrevised, updated and expandedis a precise, topic-by-topic manual that will help readers acquire and perfect their skills, drawing fashion designs on the female form. Mastering the rules of figure drawing as well as stylistic techniques that add individuality and flair to the design is an essential skill for all designers and illustrators to master in order to bring one's vision to the page, and eventually mannequin. In its approach, this book is ideal both for those designers and students who want to apply themselves professionally to fashion design, and for all enthusiasts of drawing the female body in a fashion context.

Auteur
Tiziana Paci teaches fashion design and painting. In her thirty years of experience, she has come up with original methods for design in general and for the improvement of drawing and painting techniques for fashion sketches and figures. Sie is author of "Colour in Fashion Illustration" and co-author of "Figure Drawing for Men's Fashion"

Contenu
CONTENTS. Introduction. FIRST MODULE. Canons of proportion and drawing the figure. Basic rules in drawing. Facial features. The nose. The ear. The mouth. The head. The torso. The upper limb. The hand. The lower limb. The feet. SECOND MODULE. The Figure in Fashion. From the Greek canon to the fashion canon. The imagined figure. The fashion figurine. THIRD MODULE. Pleats. The pleating system in clothing. FOURTH MODULE. Drawing techniques for fashion design. Colour Theory. Textile Design. Outfit and mini capsules. Bibliography.