Have you always admired the elegant
fashion drawings of David Downton, cute girls sketched by Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz
or moody and mysterious ladies painted by Tanya Ling? Work of all of those 3
artists is very well known through the fashion press. Now you can take a closer
look at what it takes to illustrate fashion.
West London gallery Debut Contemporary is
holding a new series of monthly fashion illustration workshops for anyone who wants to try their hand at drawing fashion or wants to develop their existing skills further.
The courses are run by artist and designer Anu Samarüütel, who has graduated from London Central Saint Martins MA Fashion course and has been working as an illustrator and designer for years. Anu is
also a participant in the world touring New Nordic Fashion Illustration
exhibition project, along such fashion illustration luminaires as Laura Laine
and Lovisa Burfitt.
The workshop will give an overview of
inspirational artists working in the field today and take a look at basic
principles of fashion illustration and composition. Participants can experment
with different techniques and try their hand at the kind of briefs that fashion
illustrators tackle in their daily work.
Fashion illustration as an artform has
seen a comeback lately with several prominent illustration exhibitions during
past couple of years in the Design museum, Somerset House, the Fashion
Illustration Gallery in Cork Street and this summer in the London College of
Fashion gallery.
Fashion
illustration somehow manages to capture it’s subject in a way photography
cannot, also there’s a special charm about an image drawn by the hand of an
artist - most of the top fashion illustrators are practicing their craft on
paper, with paint and brushes, not digitally.
To those who are
not sure if their drawing skills are high enough to join the workshop, Anu assures: „ There is such a multitude of
styles in fashion illustration now, everything is allowed, starting from
imaginative collages to cute cartoonish characters to pixellated figures
to freehand drawing. Find your own style and have fun with it! Enthusiasm and
will are the main ingredients at this workshop.“
When
The first
workshop will take place over two evenings:
December 6th and
7th, 2012
18.00 – 20.30pm
Where
Debut
Contemporary, 82 Westbourne Grove, W2 5RT, London
The cost of
two-part workshop is £60, that includes basic art materials. Also included in
the cost is a one on one critique session after the workshop for any
participants who wish to take their work further.
To book
please e-mail to
Sophia Victoria: sophia@debutcontemporary.com
or call T: 020
7221 1751.
Closing date for
bookings is Tuesday, December 4th.
More info
More about Anu
Samarüütel
Illustrating
Fashion December 2012 event page on FaceBook
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