Proenza Pressure:
A good friend of mine, Mr Daniel Hull asked me to sketch a dress of his choosing.
Daniel currently is the author to the hilariously witty blog I-Know-Something-You-Dont-Know.com (Check it out, its a really good read).
Anyway. Mr Daniel chose a Proenza Schouler Dress from the boys recent Spring Summer 2012 collection, shown in New York in September.
Trust Dan to choose such an INTRICATE material.
The dress is absolutely breath-taking, but then again, most of the amazing duo’s designs are absolutely stunning. (I would like some in my wardrobe please). I did however, have some issues emulating this material in the sketch whist still keeping my own style, but I shall let you judge that.
So here is the overall finished sketch. LAYERS and LAYERS of watercolour, fine-liner in multiple colours, tippex, pencil, felt tip, crayon and flesh-tone are built up to make this material look as similar to the original as I could get.
Here are some closeups. The work is quite intricate, yet now looking back, I wish I hadn’t of filled the dress with so much colour and left some flesh tone visible. (You cant have everything).
This is a really closeup. I think im going to experiment with this sketch and maybe create a print from it’s closeups.
I hope Daniel likes it, and THE HAIR…..as he wanted ‘very Proenza hair’….so I hope the locks satify his needs.
Great to have another commission, and remember to check out his blog.
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Seems like the guys at Proenza Schouler like the sketch as they tweeted it just a few seconds ago! AMAZING. Thankyou so much!
(All Illustrations Copyright, Runway Images from Vogue.com)
