Saturday Sketch: Fashion Design with Briana Bright

Curious about fashion? Join Briana Bright, fashion art director, designer, artist, youth mentor, and founder of Bright Vzn, for a series of four 90-minute sketching classes exploring key aspects of fashion design and marketing. Whether you’re attending the full series from October through January or joining select sessions, this program is inspired by No Bodies: Clothing as Disruptor and welcomes teens and adults of all skill levels. Coffee will be served!

Saturday, October 5 — Fashion Figure Drawing 101
Learn the basics of drawing the human figure with a focus on fashion proportions, consisting of a step-by-step guide to drawing fashion figures, understanding proportions, and creating dynamic poses. Perfect for beginners.

Saturday, November 2 — Sketching Fashion Accessories
Draw fashion accessories such as shoes, handbags, hats, and jewelry, exploring techniques for rendering different textures and materials.

Saturday, December 7 — Designing a Fashion Collection
Design your own mini fashion collection by developing a theme, creating a mood board, and sketching a series of looks that come together into a cohesive collection.

Saturday, January 4 — Advanced Fashion Rendering Techniques
Push your skills to the next level in this final class by mastering advanced techniques like shading, highlighting, and mixed media. Experiment with colored pencils, markers, and watercolors to bring your designs to life.

Briana Bright has been designing clothing since age 11 and has an extensive career in the fashion industry, from interning at Baby Phat to working as a senior designer at Kate Spade. She has collaborated with major brands such as Pepsi and American Airlines, and founded Bright Vzn in 2018, offering consulting services in art direction, branding, and web design. Currently, she serves as Art Director for Moche, a luxury brand she co-created.

Support provided by Art Bridges.