Watercolor Fashion Illustration: Silhouette, Color and Flow

Course final project

A course by Jessica Durrant , Fashion and Beauty Illustrator

Fashion and Beauty Illustrator. Atlanta, United States.
Joined October 2022
99% positive reviews (74)
3,143 students
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About the final project for: Watercolor Fashion Illustration: Silhouette, Color and Flow

Watercolor Fashion Illustration: Silhouette, Color and Flow

“Thank you very much for having come this far. Now it's your turn to make your illustrations and record and share how you do it. Sharing helps to learn from each other, and it is a very generous act, and I invite you to participate. These are the steps I would like you to share when you publish the course project: - Start by selecting the figures, references, and colors you want to work with.

- Sketch and lightly trace the nine figures you want to paint. Please choose at least three of them.
- Use the wet-on-wet technique to depict the large shapes and layers of color, and use light shadows to create the contours of the face, as demonstrated.
- When what you have painted on the wet paper dries, apply one or two more layers of watercolor to increase depth and contrast. Add any embellishments and textures you feel like. Try to create a link that harmonizes the collection. Be it a print, color swatches, a selection of jewelry/accessories, etc.
- Once your art is dry, scan everything at 600 dpi jpegs and edit them to reflect that original artwork.
If you edit them further, create a cohesive look for the series. This is how mine have turned out.
Thank you very much, and see you in the course forum.”

Partial transcription of the video

“Thank you so much for joining me for this Domestika course. I truly hope that you've been inspired and that you can use this course to springboard you to new ideas, new opportunities, and that it's given you the confidence to create beautiful watercolor fashion illustrations. Now that we've completed our final project, I want to remind you to make sure you go back through and use the tips and tricks that we showed you earlier to refine and make a beautiful final project. Remember to keep an open mind about the process. We want to be fluid, just like the watercolor. Let it guide us. Don't fe...”

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Course summary for: Watercolor Fashion Illustration: Silhouette, Color and Flow

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (74)
  • 3143 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (3h 10m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Fashion, Illustration
  • Areas

    Fashion Illustration , Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Jessica Durrant

Jessica Durrant
A course by Jessica Durrant

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Fashion and Beauty Illustrator

Jessica Durrant is a fashion & beauty illustrator with over a decade of experience. She grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work is inspired by her travels around the globe, music, film, fashion, architecture, vintage illustration, Scandinavian design and her life itself.

Her clients include The Washington Post, The Gates Foundation, Simon Malls, Target, Sephora, Dior, IKEA, Starbucks, Vogue Japan, Harper’s Bazaar Korea, Louis Vuitton, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ralph Lauren, Talbot’s, Brandon Maxwell, Spanx, Diptyque, Chantecaille, Jimmy Choo, Ebay, Nature Made, Lancôme Paris, Burts Bees, Elizabeth Arden, L'Oreal Paris Kérastase, Avène, NYX Cosmetics, Lavazza, Bayer, and QVC. Harper's Bazaar named her a fashion illustrator to follow on Instagram. Durrant has also collaborated with CHANEL, Oscar de la Renta, and Elie Saab. Her work has appeared in Season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Emily in Paris. Her work was featured in British VOGUE June & July 2019.

Jessica completed three fully illustrated books for L'Oréal Paris Kérastase. As well as illustrated the book Why French Women Wear Vintage. And most recently the newly published Random House Clarkson Potter book The Silhouette Solution with over 50 fashion illustrations.


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Watercolor Fashion Illustration: Silhouette, Color and Flow

A course by Jessica Durrant
Fashion and Beauty Illustrator. Atlanta, United States.
Joined October 2022
  • 99% positive reviews (74)
  • 3,143 students