Melbourne School of Fashion offers intensive industry specific courses in core aspects of the fashion industry.Classes are restricted in size to maximise individual tuition and all lecturers are chosen for their teaching experience as well as their fashion industry expertise.
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Certificate of Fashion Drawing - Part Time
This course is invaluable for all fashion professionals who are seeking the fundamental techniques required in fashion drawing. Refine and discover your drawing skills in this hands on teaching class. Not just for the budding fashion illustrator or designer, this course can open doors to understanding the business of fashion on a more artistic, profound level. Drawing is after all the primary language of fashion!
Course Content
- Fashion illustration basics.
- Rules of proportion.
- Understanding perspective.
- Beginning a drawing.
- Drawing the human figure.
- Drawing the fashion face.
- Colour theory.
- Understanding skin tone and shading the fashion body.
- Rapid sketching.
- Working from photographs.
- Fabric rendering.
- Working with different media.
- Trade sketching/specification drawing.
- Stylised fashion illustration for storyboards, magazines and advertising.
- Evaluating your own work.
- Preparing a folio.
Assessment
- Punctual completion of practical work and homework to required standard
- Folio presentation at end of course (details supplied at first session)
Course Prerequisites
- Year 12 level preferred
Teaching Venue
156 George Street, Fitzroy
VIC 3065
Equipment Costs
Approximately $300 (or less if studied with the Certificate of Life Drawing and CAD Illustration)
CODE: ( FD/A)
2 March 2010 to 19 October 2010.
Tuesdays 10:00am to 1:00pm
Class Size
Maximum 18
Contact Hours
90 hours
Non-Contact Hours
90 hours (minimum) approximately 3 hours per week.
CODE: ( FD/B)
2 March 2010 to 19 October 2010.
Tuesday evenings 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Class Size
Maximum 18
Contact Hours
90 hours
Non-Contact Hours
90 hours (minimum) approximately 3 hours per week.
CODE: ( FD/C)
3 March 2010 to 20 October 2010.
Wednesday evenings 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Class Size
Maximum 18
Contact Hours
90 hours
Non-Contact Hours
90 hours (minimum) approximately 3 hours per week.
CODE: ( FD/D)
18 March 2010 to 11 November 2010.
Thursday evenings 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Class Size
Maximum 18
Contact Hours
90 hours
Non-Contact Hours
90 hours (minimum) approximately 3 hours per week.
CODE: ( FD/E)
3 March 2010 to 20 October 2010.
Wednesdays 10:00am to 1:00pm
Class Size
Maximum 18
Contact Hours
90 hours
Non-Contact Hours
90 hours (minimum) approximately 3 hours per week.

