Fashion Illustration Night!
One of the silver linings of the pandemic has been accessing virtual events that I normally would miss out on because I am far away and in a tricky time zone for New York events. I used to attend the Society of Illustrators sketching events and am so happy that I’ve been able to join here and there via Zoom.
Today was Fashion Sketch night and luckily it was a Friday morning for me. Usually Friday mornings I am teaching painting, but it’s the term break so my schedule was more open. This one was hosted by Ted Michalowski featuring Cabaret Couture. The model, Janet, was unbelievable and wearing the most fun dresses to draw that I could ever imagine.
More about Fashion Sketch night and other Society of Illustrators events: https://societyillustrators.org/events/
Here are some of my two-minute sketches while working on my Cintiq monitor in Photoshop:
I then really wanted to figure out how to add the color quickly. Here are some 5-10 minute poses. She did this amazing makeup with white eyeliner and disappearing eyebrows, so that was a fun challenge!
Then she changed outfits to another UNBELIEVABLE dress. We had some more time with 15-minute poses and I think I finally figured out what colors were working better digitally. I wish I had more time with the second one. What a dress!!!
I also remembered to screen capture some of my drawing process which I sped up into a 5 minute video. Check it out to see how it all works!
That’s all! I hope to be able to attend more of these going forward.
Asian Adventure
This past holiday season I was lucky enough to take a trip of a lifetime to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. With 30 other travelers from all over the world, we visited sights in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, traveled by boat to Pakbeng and Luang Prabang, by bus to Vangvieng and Vientiane, and flew to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. While we were busy sightseeing, kayaking, tubing, tuktuking, motor scootering, etc I attempted to document our trip in a small sketchbook. It was the most special Christmas and New Years I've ever spent - it will be difficult to top this one! #noregrets
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine
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