Whom You Know: READ THIS: Advanced Fashion Drawing: Lifestyle Illustration by Bill Donovan

Thursday, October 14, 2010

READ THIS: Advanced Fashion Drawing: Lifestyle Illustration by Bill Donovan

Our most FAVORITE aspect of Dior, and believe me, Peachy Deegan could come up with many adored aspects of Dior, is their artist, Bil Donovan. Peachy met him before she even WAS Peachy and Bil expertly did her portrait and it hangs on her wall to this day. It is the best ever done of her. Now we know after reading his book Advanced Fashion Drawing that practice does really make perfect.

Today Movers and Shakers include Mayor Koch, and Peachy's even spoken to Mayor Bloomberg on our Whom You Know video section, and Anna Wintour, TWICE. They number over 200. But we love most whom we loved first, and Bil Donovan is #14:
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2009/02/movers-and-shakers-artist-bil-donovan.html
It's important to note that he is not only a big hit with Peachy, but also he's got 23 comments so far on that post. We were dying for his book to come out!

Dior Beauty artist-in-residence here reveals how to create an illustration with a sense of fashion not just a knowledge of figure drawing. A series of demonstrations and exercises helps the advanced illustration student hone their skills and increase their level of draftsmanship, while establishing their own personal style.

In ten chapters, Bil makes the rules and in the tenth one breaks them. You will be truly enlightened by lines, forms, continuity in drawing and much more. Fashion is so much more than just opening your closet and choosing your outfit of the day; we are always interested in this depth of knowledge across disciplines and this book will also give you insight into fashion itself.

You'll learn so much: verticals, diagonals, the opposition of line...you may not even know what that is so you know you'll learn that! Depth of field is important and you know that if you've studied photography....

Even if you aren't interested in fashion drawing for yourself, this book makes for a fascinating read and it is a true celebration of a talent that you all need to know about. It also makes a fabulous gift for every fashionista in your life! Start on your Christmas shopping!

Whom You Know highly recommends Advanced Fashion Drawing by Bil Donovan!!!

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Advanced Fashion Drawing is a practical book showing
how to illustrate for the fashion and lifestyle market.
Renowned fashion illustrator Bil Donovan reveals how
to create an illustration with a sense of fashion, rather
than one that concentrates solely on the fashion figure.
A series of demonstrations and exercises helps the
advanced illustration student hone their skills and
increase their level of draftsmanship, while establishing
their own personal style.

Bil Donovan is a fashion illustrator who has worked
and lived in New York, Paris and Milan. He has
recently been appointed Dior Beauty’s first artist-in-
residence, and his work has appeared editorially in
various publications and promotional advertorial
campaigns throughout the world. He teaches at the
Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

(September 13, 2010; 192 pp; $35 hardcover)

http://bildonovan.com/

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