Sketch from Thistle and Clover illustration event.
A few weeks back I hopped on a BoltBus to New York so I could take part in a live illustration event with Would You Rock This?, a fashion illustration community headed by the super cool Brandon Graham.
The event was held at The Fashion Center in conjunction with Thistle & Clover boutique. About a dozen or so of us illustrators gathered to sketch a model in outfits styled by the boutique. Afterward, we submitted our work for consideration to be displayed in Thistle & Clover’s store window.
If you’ve never done live-model fashion sketching, let me tell you: it is EXHAUSTING. We did about eight or nine different poses over the course of two hours. I met up with friends afterward at Coffee Shop and couldn’t wait to sit down to exhale.
My pieces weren’t chosen for exhibition (sadface!) but it was cool to get up to New York and meet other people who were just as passionate and excited about fashion illustration. Plus, the WYRT crew is super cool. I SO need to make live drawing a regular part of my schedule. Exhausting as it is, it’s also invigorating and very fun.
Sketch from Thistle and Clover Illustration event.