How to Draw Fashion Sketches

Learning how to draw fashion sketches can be intimidating if you are not a natural artist. It's beneficial to learn the basics such as how to draw body shapes and how to shade to give the clothing depth. Tracing can be used to help get you started, but once you have some practice sketching the human body, you will no longer need to trace.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Drawing paper
• Pencil
• Colored pencils
• Markers

1. Purchase drawing paper, a pencil and markers or colored pencils at a craft store. You can purchase these items inexpensively, but if you are considering fashion design as a career, you might want to invest in the higher quality items.

2. Clip pictures out of fashion magazines and advertisements. This will help you get an idea of what types of clothing you would like to sketch. Get a variety of pictures that include women and men.

3. Sketch the basic shape of a human body. Drawing books provide good examples for you to compare your sketch with. Start with the oval shape of the head then continue drawing the torso and the legs. The details of the hands and feet can be difficult to master, so try to draw the basic shape of them. Practice drawing the shape of the human body several times until you can draw it without referencing a picture.

4. Examine one of the pictures you clipped from a magazine or advertisement. Use it as a guide and try to replicate it. Shade in the appropriate areas and color it in.

5. Experiment with your own designs. Attempt to put your thoughts on paper and see if they are fashionable and wearable.

Tips & Warnings

• Attend a basic art class to get a better understanding of how to shade and color.
• Practice drawing the fashion sketches every day, because you will get a sense of what you need to do to make them better.
• Get a friend's opinion on your designs, because they might see a fatal flaw that you can't.
• You might get frustrated in the beginning, but you have to practice sketching the basic body parts before being able to sketch a fully dressed model.