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February 2016 archive

Live Painting at Bloomingdale’s – Valentine’s Day

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Painting on some of my favorite things for Bloomingdale’s.

So much love in the air this weekend! This past Saturday I had the pleasure of live painting for Bloomingdale’s in King of Prussia, PA, for the Valentine’s Day event.

I spent the afternoon custom painting gifts-with-purchase in the cosmetics and fragrance department. Quite a few people dropped in to buy fragrances and other lovely things for their significant others, and were able to take home a little something extra to boot.

The compacts were painted with sweet and shimmering fashion- and beauty-related items — lipsticks, roses, and red bottom shoes were some of the more popular designs. I kept the color palette romantic and luxe, focusing on reds, pinks and metallic golds, which created a great contrast with the satin finish of the black compacts.

Live painting by Veronica Marche at Bloomingdale's

A few fun designs for Valentine’s Day.

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Concentrating on painting a pair of gold red-bottom heels. This was the most popular design of the day

Veronica Marche live painting Bloomingdale's

This lace boot is a personal fave. Going to paint another one just like it, just for me.

I can’t go without mentioning — the ladies of Bloomingdale’s are a blast to be around! The cosmetics and fragrance department has such a fun and friendly energy, and some of the ladies even brainstormed ideas for thing more things that I could paint on the compacts. They made the day so fun, and the afternoon flew by before I even knew it.

This is my second time working with Bloomingdale’s King of Prussia (the first was an event with Free People during the Christmas season) and I have such a great time every time I’m there. Thanks you guys for bringing me out again!

You can check video of me painting during this event over on Instagram. And if you’re interested in having me live-sketch for your next event, please contact me here.

Now Teaching – Fashion Illustration Class at MADE Studio in Philadelphia

Super excited to share this update!

Starting in March, I’ll be teaching Illustration 101 at the beautiful MADE Studios in Old City, Philadelphia.

Fashion Illustration 101 course at Made Studios Philadelphia starts on March 5th.

What’s MADE? It’s a gorgeous design studio in Old City Philadelphia where students can take classes in all aspects of the fashion design process, from design to sewing to couture techniques to (of course!) illustration. The owner, Rachel Ford, is a fellow alum of Drexel’s fashion design program and incredibly dedicated to growing the fashion talent here in Philadelphia. I’m so stoked to be joining the team there.

I’ll be the instructor for Fashion Illustration 101, teaching students how to draw the fashion figure by hand. The class is designed to teach anyone how to sketch, even if you have no previous drawing experience. I’ll be teaching all my techniques for developing poses, drawing the correct body proportions and communicating design ideas.

If you’re around Philly and are interested in fashion, I highly encourage you to check out the course offerings at MADE. You can find more information about my course and register here. And if you’re not in Philly, no worries! I’ll still be sharing my tutorials and tips here on the blog.