Fashion Design Portfolio - for high school students: ages 15 and above - 5th July

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Learn new skills, gain new insights  and make new friends during your holidays while attending the VCUQatar Summer Camps for Children and High School Students.

Participants must buy their own materials and bring along. Payment can be made online here or visit the VCUQatar shop for in-person registration.

Here are the details

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In this course, students learn how to build a dynamic fashion portfolio.

Students will be introduced to creating a basic portfolio of fashion design work, including a mood-board (showing color palettes, fabrics, and fashion design ideas), design concept development, working drawings, and final Illustrations.

Students will have an opportunity to explore various aspects of fashion design, not only the art and design fields including drawing, painting, and design, but also different professional areas, such as history, socio-economics, and culture.

Start: Sun, 5 Jul, 2015

End: Thu, 16 Jul, 2015

Lessons: 10 (over 2 weeks)

Days: Sunday to Thursday

Time: 9am to 1.15pm (15-minute break at 11am, no lunch provided)

Location: VCUQatar, Rooms 266 and 252

(GPS Location of VCUQatar can be found at www.rush360.qa by searching for VCUQatar)

Cost: QAR 2125 / US$ 584

Class Outline
Please note that this schedule is flexible and may change according to needs arising

• Brief introduction to the fashion design development process, major materials, and professional terminologies. Discuss goals and experiences of students. Look at portfolio samples. Research trends such as color, mood, trends, and materials (Computer lab: Organize drop box folders). Start a fashion mood board reflecting research, inspiration, and concept (Various magazines). Introduction to fashion croquis with different mediums such as markers, pens, ink, watercolor and gouache. (Visit Fashion Design Department at VCUQatar and tour around different major departments). Practice line drawing with fine liner pens and markers
• Fashion mood board continued: select color palette, prints, materials, and silhouette (collage). Introduce different art and design elements such as lines, values, and color followed by observational drawing on shapes or forms like boxes, cylinders, sphere, and cones which are the basic to understand body parts (Perspective).
• Identify prospective customers along with market trend research. Finalize the fashion mood board. Brief introduction to Fashion History (Art and Design History). Fashion Illustration with Goauche painting and color pencils (Values, fabric folds, texuture, prints, and details)
• Discuss design development process and fashion croquis look book. Begin with simple design sketches (Markers). Fashion figure rendering with watercolor painting (Color theory)
• Brief introduction to Fashion Illustration History. Fashion illustration with ink and charcoal (Fabric folds varying values). Non-conventional fashion design approach (Opportunity of exploring mixed media). Select favorite designs that are cohesive for your portfolio and also for the look book
• Brief introduction to layout and flow and discuss about compositions in art and design (Computer lab). Tips for documentation (Sketching, Photography or Scan). Design prints for textiles that can also be incorporated with promotional tools with drawing, painting, and cut outs. Creative fashion design and making with chosen themes and resources (Collaboration project in groups)
• Creative fashion design continued and making (Experience garment construction on mannequins). Edit fashion portfolio in its layout and flow. Brainstorming on window display with a chosen theme (Collaboration project groups). (HW: Bring some props to add to your window display)
• Window display project continued: Design logo and business card with developed prints. Finalize promotional croquis look book
• Work on fashion illustration for chosen designs and complete the portfolio (Computer lab)
• Presentation followed by critique. Prepare for the exhibition.

For details of the Instructor and more please visit http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community/h-fashion-design-portfolio-for-high-school-students-ages-15-and-above