This 36-hour full fashion design course (12 sessions x 3 hours) is your comprehensive guide to design and illustration styles that will prepare you to become a creative fashion designer. Structured to challenge and inspire students, lessons combine both theoretical and practical approaches to fashion design. You will get to keep your own “design journal” to compile your original sketches and illustrations as you progress through the lessons.
You will learn from Rita Nicolas, an instructor who describes herself as a happy, young, and full-of-life designer and architect. She is a Lebanese national with 22 years of extensive expertise in teaching students fashion design, interior design, architecture, creative drawing, and painting in Dubai. Students will leave the online class with a jumpstart on their portfolio and deep knowledge of both traditional sketching and up-to-date design concepts.
What you will learn:
- Accurately sketch a 9-head croquis fashion figure
- Get familiar with fabrics and garments
- Employ fashion theories
- Understand the historical perspective of fashion design
- Apply the elements and principles of design in a creative process
Course Outline:
- Lesson 1: Introduction to the world of fashion design
- Lesson 2: Hands-on learning on how to draw the fashion mannequin figure
- Lesson 3: Exercises to demonstrate the human anatomy and its role
- Lesson 4: How to render different styles, textures, shapes & gestures
- Lesson 5: Garments & the way to illustrate them on a male or female figure
- Lesson 6: Sharpening of drawing skills on different fashion poses
- Lesson 7: Colors and creation of a new fashion profile
- Lesson 8: Themes, surroundings, and effects
- Lesson 9: Starting of a portfolio design
- Lesson 10: Creation of a collection to enrich your portfolio
- Lesson 11: Implementation of the design and fashion approach
- Lesson 12: Final analysis and critic
Materials:
- Students need to bring their own A3 Sketchbook, color markers, colored pencils, felt tip pens, tracing paper, sketching pencils, eraser, 12-inch ruler, watercolor box, brushes (0.1 round, 0.5 square, 0.6 round, no12 round), watercolor pencils and ink pens (01, 03, 05, 08) for the sessions
- Any additional materials required during the class will be communicated by the instructor
Validity Period:
All sessions are valid for 4 months upon booking
Age Requirements:
18 and older
Additional Info:
- Upon booking this class, the instructor will contact you to schedule the time. Following this, you will be set the link to the online portal where the class will be conducted
- Lessons can be taught either in Arabic, English, or a combination of both
Location:
Online Class
Dubai
