AN ARTS MENTOR/FRIEND NEEDED

zeenie

i'm very interested in drawing and painting but i'm not so good at it. now i have an interview by august on fashion design and i'm expected to know how to draw and paint, any help please???
i'd love for me to get admission into college this year and not be stuck at home because of my lack of knowledge of art. pleasse people... thanks

Kold

What kind of course is it? Does it require a portfolio or is it a PLC type of thing?

Drawing

It's very much a skill you can teach yourself. It's also something that comes squarely down to practice. There are lots of books out there to teach you different techniques and I'd advise getting one if you're looking to become proficient in a relatively short time.

Important thing though is that you start right now. Just put pencil to paper. Do some exercises, don't bother drawing anything in particular just yet, just scribble around, see what marks your pencil can make by holding it at different angles and altering the pressure you use (constantly sharpen it).

I'm not sure what fashion courses really entail but I reckon it'd be fairly technical, so a book on the human figure might be very useful also. I reckon it would be impressive if you had done your research into the ratios and proportions of the figure.

Somebody with a good education in drawing would be useful at some point though. These people help us see where we're going wrong when we can't.

But yeah, practice. Practice Practice Practice.

Painting

Well my painting has always been a natural progression of drawing. First thing's first though and that's colour theory. You should probably be able to google this pretty easily. At an early level a colour wheel is pretty useful. I'd just get myself a decent watercolour set and play around with it. It's easy and clean and doesn't require much setting up.

Unfortunately that's about as helpful as I can be. I'm sure that a fashion course doesn't expect you to be of a super high level, but if you want to draw, the first thing you've gotta do is start drawing.

zeenie

Kold wrote: »

What kind of course is it? Does it require a portfolio or is it a PLC type of thing?

Drawing

It's very much a skill you can teach yourself. It's also something that comes squarely down to practice. There are lots of books out there to teach you different techniques and I'd advise getting one if you're looking to become proficient in a relatively short time.

Important thing though is that you start right now. Just put pencil to paper. Do some exercises, don't bother drawing anything in particular just yet, just scribble around, see what marks your pencil can make by holding it at different angles and altering the pressure you use (constantly sharpen it).

I'm not sure what fashion courses really entail but I reckon it'd be fairly technical, so a book on the human figure might be very useful also. I reckon it would be impressive if you had done your research into the ratios and proportions of the figure.

Somebody with a good education in drawing would be useful at some point though. These people help us see where we're going wrong when we can't.

But yeah, practice. Practice Practice Practice.

Painting

Well my painting has always been a natural progression of drawing. First thing's first though and that's colour theory. You should probably be able to google this pretty easily. At an early level a colour wheel is pretty useful. I'd just get myself a decent watercolour set and play around with it. It's easy and clean and doesn't require much setting up.

Unfortunately that's about as helpful as I can be. I'm sure that a fashion course doesn't expect you to be of a super high level, but if you want to draw, the first thing you've gotta do is start drawing.

Thank so much, i'll do as you have advised but is there any pecific book you could recommend for me based on the human figure or basic drawing thing?
the fashion design course requires a portfolio for my interview, at first i thot it was just merely drawing body shaped design, but then when i inquired i was hearing some technical requirement in my drawings, something like knowing how to draw a bulb from it's side and stuffs i dont even understand... but i'll keep practising tho, thanks

bern

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zeenie

bern wrote: »

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thanks a million