While I was living in New Jersey, I taught a great group of girls a class in fashion design. The primary focus was to help these girls learn to draw and paint people. Another objective was that of teaching the facets of creative mixed media design, The third objective is to help students explore Fashion Design as a Career Path.
The fourth objective is to prepare students to create textile art.
The fifth objective is to prepare students for college art courses in Figure Drawing.
The sixth objective is to help students conquer their fear of drawing faces.
He Wore Flowers in His Hair
Jacki Kellum Acrylic Painting
Janis Joplin
Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting
First, the students are taught how to draw faces according to guidelines,
Whether the face I am drawing is cartoon or more realistic, I always begin by lightly sketching the guidelines to help me place the eyes, nose, and mouth.
I have been drawing faces for half a century, and I still do not skip this step.
Baby Margaret
Jacki Kellum Drawing in Red Chalk
After I teach students to draw cartoon faces according to guidelines, I allow them to progress to a study of Jane Davenport’s book: Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces.
Image Credit: Jane Davenport on Amazon.
Image Credit: Jane Davenport on Amazon.
A Braided Pony Tail Drawn & Painted by my student who was in 6th grade.
After studying faces, we study fabrics and fashion figures.
Fashion Illustration requires a myriad of skills. Students are taught to draw fashion models, but they are also exposed to a wide sampling of fabrics. Making choices of what works with what is an art, and I flood my students with fabrics and force them to make choices.
6th Grade Student’s Study of Fabric Design
Another 6th-grade student’s study of fabric.
Image Credit: Stephanie Corfee on Amazon
Image Credit: Jane Davenport on Amazon
Image Credit: Jane Davenport on Amazon
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