The Masterclass Is Reopening 31st Jan ‘25

Watch 3 brand new video lessons as a taster for the course:

Video 1

Is Live Drawing ESSENTIAL for Fashion Illustrators

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Video 2

5 Requirements for Live Event Illustrators

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Video 3

How To Draw A Fashion Illustration In 10 Minutes

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Live Event illustrating is one of the biggest jobs out there right now for Fashion Illustrators... 

If you're NOT offering it as a Fashion Illustrator you're waving goodbye to bookings, brands and banknotes...

Who's This Suitable For?

This course is open to everyone, from beginners all the way up to booked professionals. 

There aren’t any skills needed to take the course, just approach the lessons with your current skillset and the feedback will be tailored to your skill level, so it’s really welcome to all!

The course will be ideal for illustrators who:

✔ Want to get into Live Event Illustrating

✔ Are already doing Live Event Illustrating but want to improve their skills

✔ Illustrators who aren't interested in Events but want to loosen up their work and quicken their pace

✔ Illustrators who want a structure in place to create work consistently over 8 weeks

✔ Illustrators who want a professionals opinion and guidance on their artwork

What You Can Expect

This course lasts 8 weeks, is fully online, begins Monday 9th September and ideally requires a time commitment of around 4 hours a week

Each modules is roughly 2 hours, the homework will take you an hour, then an hour for the weekly Zoom feedback session.

All my courses have the same structure which has been working very well for the past 3 years.

Monday the course module will go live, this is a prerecorded video with lessons, exercises and discussions, that you can watch and rewatch at your own convenience.

Then we as a group will vote on the timings for the feedback session on Zoom, we vote each week to allow for the timings to suit as many people and timezones as possible.

You will work on the homework in your own time over the next couple days, then share it in the Slack group. We'll then go over it together on the Zoom and I will offer constructive feedback and answer any questions you may have.

Module #1

Introduction To Live Events

  • ⚫ A weekly illustration warm up to help loosen up your work

  • ⚫ Exercises based around how to improve your drawing speed

  • ⚫ I share my experiences, methods and material suggestions for Live Events

  • ⚫ Quick proportion tips to help you render figures swiftly

  • ⚫ You'll be set a homework brief

Module #2

Diversity

  • ⚫ A weekly illustration warm up to help loosen up your work

  • ⚫ Exercises based around how to capture diversity in your illustrations

  • ⚫ I'll share examples of how to illustrate different ethnicities, body types and age ranges 

  • ⚫ You'll be set a homework brief 

Module #3

Posing

  • ⚫ A weekly illustration warm up to help loosen up your work

  • ⚫ Exercises based around how to pose figures to show off their clothes

  • ⚫ I'll share samples of how to add personality to your illustration and be inspired by the sitter

  • ⚫ I'll illustrate examples of how to pose men vs women

  • ⚫ You'll be set a homework brief 

Module #4

Textures

  • ⚫ A weekly illustration warm up to help loosen up your work

  • ⚫ Exercises based around how to render various textures quickly

  • ⚫ I'll share samples of how to illustrate the most common textures that pop up at live events

  • ⚫ I'll illustrate examples of how to approach textures

  • ⚫ You'll be set a homework brief 

Module #5

Prints

  • ⚫ A weekly illustration warm up to help loosen up your work

  • ⚫ Exercises based around how to render various prints quickly

  • ⚫ I'll share samples of how to illustrate complex patterns that pop up at live events

  • ⚫ I'll illustrate examples of how to make a boring outfit interesting

  • ⚫ You'll be set a homework brief 

Module #6

Branding

  • ⚫ A weekly illustration warm up to help loosen up your work

  • ⚫ Exercises based around how to illustrate a brands requests 

  • ⚫ I'll share samples of how to illustrate backgrounds quickly

  • ⚫ I'll illustrate examples that showcase different brands identities

  • ⚫ You'll be set a homework brief 

Module #7

Portraits

  • ⚫ A weekly illustration warm up to help loosen up your work

  • ⚫ Exercises based around how to illustrate portraits rather than full body

  • ⚫ I'll share samples of what not to focus on when drawing portraits

  • ⚫ I'll illustrate examples of how to capture a likeness

  • ⚫ You'll be set a homework brief 

Module #8

Situations

  • ⚫ A weekly illustration warm up to help loosen up your work

  • ⚫ Exercises based around experiences I've had at events that will help prepare you for the reality of Live Events

  • ⚫ I'll share examples of awkward customers, horror stories and how to tackle messing up

  • ⚫ I'll showcase examples of how I've tackled odd requests

  • ⚫ You'll be set a homework brief