Fashion Sketchbook, 5th Edition

Fashion Illustration

Fashion Sketchbook, 5th Edition

  • ©2007
  • 504 Pages
  • illustrated | 24 pp. full color | hardcover | spiral bound | 9 x 12
  • 978-1-56367-447-1
$100.50
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With new and revised illustrations and instructions, the 5th edition of Fashion Sketchbook is still providing students with a comprehensive course on sketching the fashion figure, fabric shapes, and garment details. Bina Abling's directions are easy to follow and detailed, using minimum narrative and numerous diagrams. Fashion Sketchbook, 5th Edition, explains step-by-step how to draw women, men, and children; pose the figure; develop the fashion head and face; sketch accessories; include garment details; and prepare flats and specs.

• Varied techniques for sketching heads and faces

• Text covers croquis

• Broad range of age groupings and sizes for children

• Photos of knit samples and garment details with illustrations to enhance teaching techniques

• Full-color photos of 20th-century designer garments to encourage students to research portfolio pieces

• Updated and reorganized appendix of design shapes, construction, and detailing


• Fashion Figure Proportions
• Basic Figure Forms
• Model Drawing
• Fashion Heads
• Drawing Men
• Drawing Children
• Garment and Garment Details
• Accessories
• Basic Rendering Techniques
• Color Rendering
• Drawing Knits
• Designer Sketching and Fashion Illustration
• Drawing Flats and Specs
• Layout

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Bina Abling has taught courses on design concepts, fashion illustration, model drawing, and fashion portfolio in the fashion design departments at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design. She is the author of numerous books on fashion illustration, model drawing, and rendering.

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