Fashion Illustration Lessons + Fashion Design Art Tutoring

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Who is this for?:

  • Current Fashion Design students

  • Students looking to apply to a fashion program

  • Anyone who’d like to learn or improve their fashion illustration skills

  • People looking for a fun new hobby to relax with

  • Parties or small groups (see group session details below)

  • All levels welcome! We can start at the basics or jump in at what ever level you’re at

  • International students welcome (Virtual lessons go by ET time zone)

I’ll work with you directly in any areas you’d like to improve in. If you are currently part of a fashion program we can follow along with your curriculum. '

You can check out examples from some of my past private lessons at the bottom of this page.

Digital illustration on Procreate

What can I help you with?:

  • Creating your own group of croquis (fashion figures) in different poses

  • Fabric and texture rendering skills

  • Illustrating different types of garments and silhouettes

  • Building a cohesive collection

  • Creating accurate, industry standard technical flats (Adobe Illustrator or by hand)

  • Preparing your fashion design art portfolio

  • Both marker rendering and digital drawing on procreate

How does it work?:

Live sketching in store for Alice + Olivia

  • Currently I’m only offering virtual lessons. (In person lessons may be available to some NY & NJ locations upon request.)

  • Virtual lessons will be conducted over zoom

  • I’ll draw in steps on screen with you as you follow along on your own paper. You’ll be able to ask as many questions as you wish. When it’s time for revisions you can hold up your drawing or email me your sketches as a file. Then we’ll review them together.

  • Each time we meet you can either choose to work on something specific or we can do a general lesson.

  • The one on one lessons are very interactive and you can control what we go over.

Live sketching in store for Boss, SOHO

 

What type of sessions are available?:

I offer a few different program options

  • 1 full semester of fashion art tutoring

    - Up to 15 weeks of 1-on-1 lessons, 1 hour per week

    - All for $585 USD

  • Solo 1 hour Session

    - 1 Private virtual lesson or tutoring session

    - $50 USD for one session

  • 5 Sessions (1 hour each)

    - Private virtual lessons or tutoring sessions

    - $215 USD for five sessions

  • 2 hour group figure drawing lesson (for small groups of friends or parties)

    - Fashion illustration basic lesson for easy to follow along fun.

    - By the end of the lesson each person will have completed their own fashion illustration.

    -Larger group sizes may require a longer session

    -Starting at $250 USD for 2 hours, based on group size

*Prices subject to availability

A little bit about me:

Illustration on tote bags for Bergdorf Goodman at their 2022 Holiday store event

I graduated with a BFA in Fashion Design from The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC over a decade ago. I spent 4 years in the fashion design program and have learned a lot of tips and tricks I’m always happy to pass on. Since graduating I’ve worked as a designer for many different fashion brands and labels. My designs have appeared in Macys, in Lord and Taylor, on Betseyjohnson.com, and more. I now work as a fashion illustrator (and continue to do freelance design when something fun comes up!) As an illustrator I work with brands to sketch their clients live during their in store activations and special events.

No two fashion careers are the same and during mine I’ve learned so many cool things I’d love to share with you!

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Here’s what some of my students have asked to work on together:

  • Learning to draw a basic fashion figure:

During the lessons I brake down the figure into easy to follow along steps. (See my breakdown below.)

Croqui break down by Deanna Kei

Students follow along and share their progress during the video call so we can correct it together. (See one of the student’s sketches below)

Private student’s work

  • Developing multiple poses in the same scale for portfolio and collection development

 

During the lessons we can work with poses you’ve pulled from magazines or create new ones.

Men’s croqui group line

  • How to turn a photo into a fashion sketch. Group lessons are available*

Live Fashion Drawing lesson for special event at The High School of Art & Design

  • Breaking down garment construction to create an accurate fashion illustration

Fashion Illustration 1 on 1 virtual lesson, Clip —Garment Construction break down