Fashion Design: Sketching Basics
Overview
Through this lesson, students will learn the basics of fashion sketching (illustration) and how to create a croquis sloper. This lesson contains interactive H5P videos, teacher demonstration videos, and 2 assignment examples.
This lesson was written in accordance with Utah State Standards for Fashion Design Studio.
Sketching Basics Lesson
This lesson includes resources and assignments used to teach how to create a croquis sloper and how to create a basic fashion illustration.
This lesson was written in accordance with Utah State Standards for Fashion Design Studio.
Croquis Sloper Assignment
Make Your Own Croquis Sloper
Learning Objective: Students will create a croquis sloper
The word croquis in French means simply "sketch". In fashion, the term refers to a quick sketch of a figure. A Basic Croquis can and should be the template by which you base & trace all of your sketches as a beginning illustrator.
For this assignment, you will be watching the videos below that show you how to draw a croquis and then sketching your own design of a croquis (either a woman or a male version). You do not need to complete both genders, just choose one. You were provided with printed croquis slopers in your fashion kits. However, I would also like you to expand your skillset & create one that you can also use as a template throughout the semester. All you will need is paper, a pencil, a ruler, and a sharpie.
Women's Croquis
Men's Croquis
To turn in this assignment:
- Take a picture of your finished croquis using the built-in camera on your computer or you may also use a cell phone/camera and load your picture to your computer.
- Click Add Submission
- Drag and drop the image file into the File Submissions box
- Click Save Changes
Sketching Basic Demo Video
Sketching Basics
Watch this video as your teacher walks you through how to use all of the supplies in your kit to create an awesome fashion illustration.
Click Here if you need to access the Croquis templates that were in your kit and the video.
Click Here if you need to access the Design Details templates that were in your kit and the video.
Practice Sketch Assignment
Practice Sketch Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will Identify why we wear clothes and explore the fundamentals of fashion.
For this assignment, you will be using the croquis templates from your kit, the croquis you created this week, and the design details templates found in your kit to create your first practice fashion sketch. You are free to sketch your model wearing whatever you would like.
You must follow these rules:
- The sketch must be completed on tracing paper provided in your kit
- The sketch must be colored using the colored pencils provided in your kit. No crayon or marker allowed.
- Remember that you are a beginner and your sketches won't be perfect. Just try your best!
Here are a few examples of practice sketches:
CLICK HERE to see the example portfolio if needed
To turn in this assignment:
- Take a picture of your finished sketch using the built-in camera on your computer or you may also use a cell phone/camera and load your picture to your computer.
- Insert your picture into your Google Site under the "Sketches" Page.
- Create a label for your picture that says "Practice Sketch Week 1"
- Click Publish in the upper right-hand corner of your Google Site. Remember, you must re-publish each time you edit your site
- Click on the Paperclip copy icon in the upper right-hand corner
- Click Copy link
- To submit your assignment, return to this page and click Add Submission
- Paste the link to your Google Site into the Online Text box (ctrl+v)
- Click Save Changes