349: Before and After
A little sketch and dress for your Sunday. For me, just as much – if not more- design happens on the form as it does on the page.
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A little sketch and dress for your Sunday. For me, just as much – if not more- design happens on the form as it does on the page.
Read moreWhile the style and the pose owe more than a little to Dior and the New Look, the medium would cause them to balk. Constructed from that weird thin styrofoam that is frequently found in electronics shipments, the strange materials…
Read moreWhile a minimal, bias-cut gown is the hardest to wear, it’s the easiest to draw. A little cut-paper detail at the bottom is sculptural but still understated.
Read moreThis one is all about the veil- as sometimes it should be. Pearls of various sizes and shades were sewn to the tulle. Everything else is secondary.
Read moreThe punched flowers I used on the skirt have been crushed beyond recognition- but they’re still perfect for sewing to this watercolor sketch.
Read moreSo obviously I’m on a bit of a lace kick. I’m really liking incorporating appliques into the sketches- the shift in scale takes them from a minuscule, ditzy detail to a big, almost sculptural element. In shape and thematically, this…
Read moreFor this sketch, I relinquished control and let the paper tell me what it wanted to do- after drawing the face and body (and losing interest around the hands, you might notice), I sat down with some scraps of paper…
Read moreAlthough in my youth, I sported British flags on the 4th of July to protest those traitors to the crown that let us down the path to not being English (I really wanted a cool accent), I have now come to…
Read moreToned paper is the best for lace. On white paper, you have to really labor over it to prevent it looking like scribbles- on the toned paper, you can actually scribble and it still turns out looking lacy.
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