Artistic Drawing for Fashion

Artistic Drawing for Fashion is an intensive workshop dedicated to those who are passionate about drawing, fashion, and art. Designed for fashion and art students, illustrators, and enthusiasts of mark-making and style, the course offers a unique creative experience in Milan to develop talent and technique in fashion drawing.

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Course Structure

In one week of immersive practice, participants will explore drawing as a creative language for fashion, developing observation skills, personal style, and aesthetic sensitivity. The course alternates life drawing sessions in the classroom (with a live model) and plein air exercises in iconic locations across Milan’s fashion and art scene: from the Museo del Novecento to Armani/Silos, as well as some of the city’s most emblematic urban views. The city itself becomes both muse and creative set.

The workshop concludes with the presentation of an illustrated capsule collection inspired by 20th- and 21st-century Milanese fashion and art, a personal synthesis of visual research and contemporary inspiration.

Study Programme

Introduction

Basics of fashion drawing: proportions, dynamic anatomy, gesture, and movement
Life drawing session with a live model
Analysis of personal mark-making and experimentation with different graphic techniques
Short group review of the works

Style and composition

Focus on fabrics, folds, and draping
Study of the relationship between body, garment, and movement
Style and composition workshop: building an illustrated fashion image
Introduction to the illustrated capsule collection (personal concept and moodboard)

En plein air: the city as muse

External visits to Museo del Novecento / Armani Silos: inspirations from Italian modern art
Quick sketching and urban observation exercises
En plein air sessions in central Milan (Duomo, Galleria, Fashion District)
Study of the human figure and urban environment as fashion scenography

Dialogue between art and fashion

Analysis of contemporary fashion visual and stylistic languages
Sketches and visual research for the capsule collection
Visual reinterpretation workshop: from research to illustrated boards
Guided review of individual projects

Final presentation

Final refinements of the illustrated capsule collection
Composition of the final board (layout, palette, presentation)
Group presentation of final works
Open discussion and feedback from the instructor

Fees

Fees:

€850 in a single payment
or two instalments of €430 (the first upon enrolment; the second after 30 days)

Special discounts:

Plena Education students and alumni (RUFA, SPD, Ferrari Fashion School, Saint Louis College of Music, CIELS, CAST, MADE): 50% discount
Former students of Plena Education Short Courses and Summer Courses: 15% discount
University students: 10% discount (upon presentation of a valid student ID)
For agreements with Lombardy-based and international high schools, as well as packages for multiple courses, groups, or families, please contact: corsibrevi@plenaeducation.it

Application deadline: 27 July 2026

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FAQ

The intensive workshop is open to fashion and art students, illustrators, and enthusiasts of drawing and style who wish to develop their talent and technique in fashion drawing.

The course combines life drawing sessions in the classroom, en plein air exercises in iconic Milanese fashion and art locations (Museo del Novecento, Armani/Silos, Duomo, Fashion District), study of gesture, anatomy, fabrics and composition, and the development of an illustrated capsule collection.

Students explore Milan as a creative laboratory, with city outings for quick sketching and urban observation, visiting cultural spaces and fashion landmarks such as Museo del Novecento, Armani/Silos, the Fashion District, the Duomo, and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

Yes, upon completion of the course, a Ferrari Fashion School certificate of participation is awarded, which can be used to enhance your CV and demonstrate the skills acquired in the fashion field.