Fashion Design Studio: Learn to Draw Figures, Fashion, Hairstyles & More

This is a how-to book for a student who is seriously interested in learning to draw fashion. They start with creating a design space and what you should have in it. You go into drawing the human form and learning about true proportion and how to emphasize and exaggerate legs and such for fashion designing. There is a lot of time learning to draw someone mid-movement, which is really interesting. Then you focus on the facial features. This book really spends time on the individual features as well as the whole form. I liked the do's and don'ts - super helpful! Now you're ready to dress the figure - learn to draw flounces and ruffles, how clothing drapes on a body, and other clothing details before you move on to designing patterns and fashion accessories. The hats page looks like tons of fun to me! You could easily add this to a high school art program. A student can write/draw directly in the book as well as keep a separate portfolio. I think this would be a good reference tool too! 126pp ~ Sara