I was introduced to North American Smocking around 2001, when I was team teaching a fashion lesson at the college. This type of smocking is also known as Canadian Smocking or Capitone depending which part of the world you are from. This isn’t the usually smocking that you find on some old fashion kids clothing from back in the 70’s. This was something more magical. I just
Blythe: Real or Fake?
Buying a Blythe doll can be a bit daunting at first, especially when the market is now saturated with a lot of fakes or copies of Blythe dolls that have been labelled factory/nudes. You just don’t know where to buy a genuine Blythe from anymore. I have taken some pictures to show you some comparisons between a genuine and a fake Blythe doll I own.
Illustration Techniques: Mixed Media
Sometimes the students are the ones that actually inspires me. This post is about one of those days. It was a fashion illustration lesson I was supporting. I was inspired by one of the student’s sketches. In her original sketch she didn’t like the template she was given so she couldn’t develop any design pages. She thought the pose was ugly and uninspiring. I just wanted to