Fashion Illustration with Stuart Mckenzie - Women in Advertising Special

Fashion Illustration with Stuart Mckenzie - Women in Advertising Special

Time: 11am - 4pm 

Date: Saturday 17 June 2017
Cost :£20 + booking fee

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What you will learn

In this creative full day workshop, run by renowned author and Illustrator Stuart McKenzie, you will learn how a professional fashion illustrator shapes a successful portfolio of drawing. The day will be filled with activities to create drawings for your own portfolio.

You will learn how to create new, fresh and experimental drawing techniques, using mixed media. You will gain new skills and insight to drawing from exhibition material, working with the Museum’s current focus on Women in Advertising.

The workshop is led by Fashion illustrator Stuart McKenzie, author of Creative Fashion Illustration (Bloomsbury), Central St. Martins graduate and previous Studio Assistant at Vivienne Westwood; a love for punk and an enviable portfolio, Stuart is the perfect tutor for aspiring designers and artists.

Schedule of the day

-              Icebreaker drawing activities

-              Drawing activities in the Museum Time Tunnel and inspired by Women in Advertising short film

-              Introduction to how to shape a portfolio (with emphasis on Fashion Illustration and

               Visual Communication)

-              Stuart will present his portfolio, talking through how it has been shaped

                through his career

                Lunch (Participants receive 10% discount in the café)

-              Fashion Illustration

-              how to work to a design brief

-              Constructive feedback session

-              Closing and certificate giving

Price includes admission to the Museum's permanent Time Tunnel exhibit as well as the short film Women in TV Commercials

10% Discount in the Museum Cafe and Gift Shop

About Stuart McKenzie

Stuart McKenzie is a freelance illustrator and lecturer in fashion illustration. He has lectured at American Intercontinental University, London, UK, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, UK. He has worked for numerous brands including Selfridges, Vivienne Westwood, Marks and Spencer and US Cosmopolitan magazine. - See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/stuart-mckenzie#sthash.I7eYyozw.dpuf

Feedback from previous workshops with Stuart McKenzie at the Museum of Brands

"I found the workshop very inspiring and stress free because we learnt new drawing techniques which made skilled drawing easier."

"It is something you should attend if you are looking for a way to develop creative skills."

“I enjoyed everything and thought it was really planned out in terms of research, drawing and then creating a final product."