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Your Croquis
WHAT YOU ARE DOING
WHY?
Drawing croquis for your designs
Understand bodies as shapes, lines and volumes
ACTIVITY MATERIALS
Sketching in fashion design using a croquis
1st
15 mins
ACTIVITY STEPS
Using the wooden mannequins. On scrap paper, sketch book or notebook sketch the human body using only basic shapes. Think: structure, not appearance.
Quick sketches.
Produce at least 5 sketches in different positions.
Deliverable: Post to Seesaw
2nd
5 min
You now want to draw five final croquis that can be used for your future fashion drawing drawings, brainstorming, improvements.
- Clearly drawn
- Each in a different position
- Large - one per A4 page
- Keep them safe in folders so you can photocopy
Prompt
Observe your body, abstract it into simple shapes and lines, and be ready to share and sketch your ideas on the whiteboard with the class.