Fashion Sketchbook: Find Your Creative Voice

Start the course by getting to know a little about Ronaldo Fraga and his career: how his passion for drawing was ignited and how the fashion world became the stage for his storytelling. He explains how he uses fashion to position himself and shares his biggest influences in literature, music, visual arts, architecture, and dance.

Learn how to use certain materials to help get your creative juices flowing. Ronaldo demonstrates the importance of the sketchbook as a research tool as well as a way of keeping track of your inspiration and reference materials to enrich your creative process every step of the way. Then move on to do a series of drawing exercises.

Next, use all this inspiration to turn your ideas and research into fashion illustrations. Watch how Ronaldo works with his sketchbook step by step, building on his fashion croquis and deciding on a theme for the collection. After discovering how to source the best fabrics, do a technical drawing and select the final patterns.

Once your sketchbook is finished, explore how to bring your piece to life and share it with the world. To wrap things up, Ronaldo teaches you how to apply your illustrations to textile prints, ceramic pattern designs, or mock-ups for use on a range of surfaces.

He also gives some you final tips on how to develop a signature style. Now you have a stunning fashion sketchbook filled with inspiration for you next project.