An exercise I like to do during fashion weeks is to set myself down with a new sketchbook, scroll through the runway An exercise I like to do during fashion weeks is to set myself down with a new sketchbook, scroll through the runway shows and sketch each and every look that catches my eye.

Nothing special, just a quick sketch to respond to the design and see what happens.

For this I thought I’d ramp that up, and sketch the entire collection in one sitting. 60 second a look, to keep each sketch gestural and quick, 31 minutes, 31 looks!

I've blinked (napped) and 3 years have gone by since I took the leap and became a full time artist!

It took me 8 years after graduating to finally be in a position to go full time, so it's a process, it won't happen overnight, and it's better for it not to!

So I've put some thoughts together about what I've learnt, as I haven't shared anything like this since my 6 month mile stone, and things have changed a bit since then...

Fashion illustrators need to know how to depict different fabrics and textures. Let’s get into this fashion bootcamp…