In this class, students will learn to do fashion design, this is suitable for beginners and experienced drawers as we will start from the basics and students can advance at their own pace. After the initial introduction to fashion design, students will research a theme of their choice, which will be the base for their future designs.
By the end of the 6-weeks, students should be confident in their fashion drawing skills, be able to research a theme and take inspiration from it and have designed a fashion collection, using a design process similar to a fashion designer.

Week 1:
>Students will learn how to use a body template to draw clothing onto a person.
>Students will draw from an image to learn how to make the clothes look realistic.
>Students will learn about using tone to show shadows and creases in the fabric.

Week 2:
> Students will learn more in-depth about shading and the use of tone to draw fabric.
>Students will learn about fabric drape and how to draw it.
>Students will learn about drawing different types of fabric or fabric textures.

Week 3:
>Students will learn how fashion designers use themes as inspiration to design their collections.
>Students will decide on their own theme and create an inspirational moodboard - they will use this to help with drawing their designs next week.

Week 4:
> Students will start to draw their fashion collections and then learn how to develop their design ideas.
>We will look at types of garments they can draw and start with designing the garment shapes.

Week 5:
>Students will continue designing their fashion collections.
>Learning how to incorporate inspiration from their chosen theme.
>Aiming to have 4-6 fashion designs completed by the end of the 6 weeks.

Week 6:
> Students will work on a creative background to mount their fashion designs - related to their theme.
>Finish off any incomplete designs and present them on their design board.