ABSTRACT

Rendering Tips for the Costume Designer: Simple Steps for Better Drawing and Painting is a guide for students and costume designers who want to improve their drawing, painting, and rendering skills.

The book is divided into three sections – Drawing Tips, Painting Tips, and Linework Tips – and includes detailed step-by-step instructions for chapters such as "How to Draw Faces and Hair," "How to Draw Hands," and "How to Draw Feet and Shoes". This format allows readers to pick and choose which techniques to study, enabling them to focus on the areas that give them the most difficulty. Filled with practical information and over 100 illustrations, this reference guide can be used in conjunction with any figure drawing method or painting media. Within these pages, readers will find the answers to the most common rendering questions: Where do the shadows go? How do I make my figures look less stiff? How do I draw patterned fabric?

Rendering Tips for the Costume Designer is an invaluable resource for students in Costume Rendering and Costume Design courses, along with professional costume designers looking to improve their rendering skills.

part I|12 pages

Drawing Tips

chapter Chapter 1|10 pages

Getting Started

Design the Rendering Layout

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

Tracing Is Not Cheating

chapter Chapter 3|8 pages

Bodies Are Tubes

Clothing Wraps Around

chapter Chapter 4|5 pages

Hems Are Round

chapter Chapter 5|11 pages

How to Draw Faces and Hair

chapter Chapter 6|8 pages

How to Draw Hands

chapter Chapter 7|11 pages

How to Draw Feet and Shoes

Step-by-Step

chapter Chapter 8|19 pages

How to Draw a Suit

Step-by-Step

chapter Chapter 9|7 pages

How to Draw Hats

Step-by-Step

chapter Chapter 10|10 pages

How to Draw Patterns

Step-by-Step

part II|39 pages

Painting Tips

chapter Chapter 11|4 pages

Good Habits Save Time

Little Effort, Big Payoff

chapter Chapter 12|15 pages

Painting 101

Tools, Washes, and How to Plan Your Painting Order

chapter Chapter 13|18 pages

Highlights and Shadows:

How to Use Them and Where to Put Them

part III|36 pages

Line Work Tips

chapter Chapter 14|9 pages

Dynamic Line Weight

chapter Chapter 15|6 pages

Line Work Does Not Equal Outline

chapter Chapter 16|16 pages

Unique Situations

chapter Chapter 17|3 pages

Analysis and Reflection