Here we are again. As I've mentioned before, this course is not just about sketching. I want to inspire you to find your driving passion in fashion designing. And so what I want you to do is to use your smartphone and start taking pictures of things that you like and create a little folder. This will become your diary, your fashion diary, your fashion journal, if you will. So every day you accumulate images that inspire you, and so you create a pool of information of source Phul inspiring information and images That will inspire you to generate creative, new original ideas and designs.

Okay, back to sketching. We'll cover a whole bunch of new techniques and information today. But before we get to that one of the most important questions, you, as a designer have to ask yourself when you're sketching, how does she or he get into the garment? Here's what I mean. A lot of students of mine would sketch these beautiful designs. And there was no buttons, no zippers, no snaps, and it was a woven fabric so it wouldn't stretch like a knit fabric.

So the question is, how does she get into it? Alright, so as you're sketching your ideas, your designs, keep in mind that question, how is she going to get in and out of the dress? skirt or whatever it is you're designing. The next question is, are you designing menswear or women's wear? And the reason I'm asking this question is the difference in the closure in the buttons in the front for example, in women's wear, it is this side over this side you see that if you are wearing a jacket, it would be your right side over to the left side. Whereas in men's wear it is the opposite it is if you're wearing a jacket, it is your left side over to the right side so the closure is different.

So when you're sketching, be aware of these little details and makes a difference. Okay, and now back to sketching. Once you get good at drawing the shape of the head and you should practice many times obviously. Then you can take this line and create a neck line and then down, center front and shoulders and put the buttons on this side. So then you will know that you're sketching a woman's jacket because the closure goes from this side and to the side. If you want to add some color to your designs there's a couple of options.

If you're using markers. Prison is a really good brand to you. Use or colored pencils, which is what I'm using right now. And colored pencils are a little more forgiving and they're less expensive as well. And what you want to do with the pencil is to darken certain areas more than others to give it a three dimensional effect. So if the light is coming from this side, this side will be lighter and this side will be darker.

So I will darken this side of my figure. Then I can also combine markers to give it a bit of an accent. And I can also use very fine point marker again to highlight certain details, like my gathers my shirring here and if you want Get dramatic. You can use a heavier marker to highlight certain certain areas and keep refining. Alright then I'll see you the next class.