Today I was lucky enough to go to an opening of a new
exhibition showing at The Minories Art Gallery in Colchester by a
fashion illustrator Sonya Todd.
Sonya Todds fashion illustrations.
Sonya was an suffolk based illustrator who had worked freelance
for the TV Times and has had work showing for companies such as C&A and in The Avengers
publishing’s with Joanna Lumley. Most of her artwork is from the early 1960’s
into the 1970’s, drawing models and figurines that had been published in papers
and magazines.
Sonya Todd
The exhibition opens tomorrow Saturday 13th of
October until the 17th of November and is free to visit. Today fashion
students-such as me, had the chance to visit first and meet Sonya to have a
little tutorial with her and her illustrating skills. I had previously seen
Sonya in a trip the institute did to visit her studio so it was nice to see her
again and see her do some quick sketches in front of you.
Today; Sonya in The Minories Art Gallery.
I really enjoyed the afternoon, seeing Sonya and hearing how
she draws. Her points were; to start with the head and then draw the line of
the body to the floor and then position the shoulders. I found the point of her
listening to music while drawing interesting as she explains it makes you move
and gives you more freedom when sketching-especially reggae! She also talked about that detail isn’t the
most important thing but to achieve the moment of the clothes is and feet aren’t
that important when drawing but hips are!
Quick sketches.
I found her quite an extrovert and a very interesting person.
I do wonder what it must have been like being a fashion illustrator during the
60’s and how exciting of an era it must have been to be in the fashion
industry.
All in all I found the tutorial with Sonya really motivating
and after being interested in fashion illustration myself, it’s inspired me to
draw more and try to take it up on a daily bases. I hope this will help to evolve
my skills and hopefully come in handy with my portfolio at the end of this
year. As soon as I draw some I’ll pop my drawings up on here to show everyone J
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