Katie Rodgers

Painting with Watercolors: From Inspiration to Fashion Illustration

the first watercolor actually looks like tulle! 

Love 2, 4, and 5 the most! The 2nd sketch looks confident, especially compared to the first one. You capture the fabric folding at the end of her skirt so nicely! I think my favorite is the 5th sketch though- also love that look a lot :). Try to be a little looser with your pencil and not so stiff- it will help lift your drawing off the page and make it more dimensional. The first one seems very flat and 2d- while your second sketch really comes to life in the skirt. You see what I mean? Hope that helps. Fantastic work :) Can't wait to see the watercolor.. 

Thank you so much! That helps a lot. I see what you mean on the first one. I will do some more work on those 3 before I jump into watercolor. It helps me to narrow it down too :)

I like the progress of your board. My favorite sketch is the one with the flowers on the bottom part :)

Thanks! I am going to try to narrow it down and do some more refining. That helps :)

i love the 2nd piece! simple yet sophisticated!


Embellished
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Watercolor Sketches
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I think that the embellishments will help these out a lot!
Second Sketches
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(instead of narrowing it down...i ended up doing some new ones :)
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First Sketches
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