Sketching Novice

I bought colored pencils and a sketchbook yesterday, finally! Now I can stop the anxiety over all these prints that I have in mind and transfer them on paper where they belong(well, actually they belong in a showroom...but, a girl can dream/must dream!) God I sound as though I'm actually a designer, shit, I can't even sew. And I just spelled "sew" like "sow". Sad. BUTTTT I can now convert an idea into an image, or try too....

I started a few sketches today of a cream or yellow colored feathered skirt and a purple billowy silk sweatshirt combo. My style is a compilation of American Apparel dance inspired basics with couture loop back sweatshirts and sweatpants, chic studded ribbing and feathery, pubescent skirts. I like to combine conflicting textures and fabrics, like silk, sweatshirt fleece and lycra.
This a my first sketch-

I love turqoise lycra tights with tutu inspired skirts. This skirt would be feathery, soft and either cream colored or pale yellow. I also love big hair. In this month's Teen Vogue there is a fantastic 8 page spread called "Toy Soldier". Kate Kosushkinda is the model in the spread and she is posing as a lifesize doll with HUGE hairsprayed hair with ribbons weaved through it and gigantic, messy princess laia buns. I'm obsessed! Here is the spread.




I'm going to try and mimic the big hair tomorrow before work. I have to be careful not to appear too avant garde because the regional manager will be visiting and I have strict orders from Dangerous Debs to "behave myself."

This style should suffice I think?


:D <3
Luv, Picassa