How to draw 8 little black dresses from the book 20 Ways to Draw a Dress

We all have one...or two...or well you see where I'm going with this. Whether you just have a bunch of little black dresses hanging in your closet, or you simply want to draw and sketch some for your art, I bet you will be inspired by these 8 little black dresses featured in the book 20 Ways to Draw a Dress and 44 Other Fabulous Fashions and Accessories: A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers.

Click on this page from 20 Ways to Draw a Dress to enlarge and try your hand at drawing a little black dress. This inspiration could come in handy if you are the sort to be making your Halloween costume. I am!

And if drawing all sorts of clothes is what you are into, you can get yoruself in the running for a copy over at GoodReads.

 

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More about the Quarry book:

20 Ways to Draw a Dress and 44 Other Fabulous Fashions and Accessories: A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers

by Julia Kuo

This inspiring sketchbook is part of the new 20 Ways series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun. Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of modern drawings of little black dresses, summery hats, stylish shoes, faux fur coats and much, much more–with blank space for you to draw your take on “20 Ways to Draw a Dress.”

 

This is not a step-by-step technique book--rather, the stylized dresses are simplified, modernized, and reduced to the most basic elements, showing you how simple abstract shapes and forms meld to create the building blocks of any item that you want to draw. Each of the 20 interpretations provides a different, interesting approach to drawing a single item, providing loads of inspiration for your own drawing. Presented in the author’s uniquely creative style, this engaging and motivational practice book provides a new take on the world of sketching, doodling, and designing.

Get out your favorite drawing tool, and remember, there are not just 20 Ways to Draw a Dress!

 

Julia Kuo grew up in Los Angeles, California, and studied illustration and marketing at Washington University in St. Louis. She currently works as a freelance illustrator in Chicago, Illinois. Julia designs stationery, illustrates children's books, concert posters, and CD covers and paints in her free time. One of her gallery shows featured paintings of street fashion shots from Face Hunter. Julia's clients include American Greetings, the New York Times, Little, Brown and Company, Simon and Schuster, Capitol Records, and Universal Music Group. She is also part of The Nimbus Factory, a collective of two designers and two illustrators specializing in paper goods. Her illustrations have been honored in American Illustration, CMYK magazine, and Creative Quarterly.

www.juliakuo.com

 

Comments

[maf]

interesting. I'm curious to see all the designs.

[Kathrynn]

I made a bunny rabbit costume for my little sister when I was 16

[kelly thompson]

In college I dressed as roller girl and it was a hoot

[Lauren]

Captain Underpants! He's a character out of a children's book. The kids in my year 5 class thought it was hilarious!

[Jean]

Granddaughter would love this, perhaps we could draw together.

[Jackie Posnansky]

Would love some new designs for the cards I make. These dresses look fabulous!

[MelodyJ]

I've never made a costume before.

[Em]

I dressed up as a singer in a sparkly pink wig and bathrobe once.

[BillieBee]

Maybe it was the Tinkerbell for my daughter many, many years ago or my son's Gene Simmon's from Kiss.