Sketching Short Course with Rachel Richardson: Heads and Fascinators

Original price was: £47.99.Current price is: £34.99.

What You Will Learn:

  • Rachel’s tried and tested techniques to effectively draw heads from different angles as an aid to hat design
  • How to create sketchbook pages and use them for design development
  • How to draw a pillbox, fascinator and headband
  • How to develop your sketches to faithfully convey your ideas

The course is broken down into 4 units. The first 3 come with a list of materials specific to the unit and a breakdown of exactly what you will learn alongside a video.

We have also created exercises for each unit that will help you practice and consolidate your learning.

The final unit gives you some next steps projects and references where you might find inspiration for your sketching practice. Enjoy!

Sketching Short Course with Rachel Richardson

Heads & Fascinators

Sketching is a valuable tool in a designer’s arsenal. In this short course award-winning milliner, designer and artist Rachel Richardson breaks down the process of drawing hats and heads to help you translate your ideas to paper.

Rachel has a background in Fine Art and Sculpture with over 15 years of experience designing hats and accessories for brands and retailers. She has worked directly with hat manufacturers in China as well as producing her own bespoke hats and collections, giving her extensive knowledge of the hat industry.

You may have seen Rachel’s work on the ‘Sketchbook’ pages of the Hat Magazine, for which she has been a regular contributor.

The power of the sketch to both generate and convey design ideas for hats is at the core of Rachel’s extensive experience which she will share with you in this masterclass.

This course contains approximately 34 minutes of video content accompanied by drawing exercises. All of the content in this short course is also featured in the full Heads, Hats and Fascinators course. If you have purchased Heads, Hats and Fascinators you do not need to purchase this course.

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