Fashion illustration using stencils

I have been having fun drawing fashion girls with fashion illustration stencil kits – yes they might be pitched at kids but they are really fun and a great resource for adults too!

If you are looking to start drawing or improve your skills, these kits are a lot of fun and will give you great results, try a black fineliner for the outlines and twistable crayons or coloured pencils to add colour.

There are lots of different kits you can buy – each one comes with paper that is printed with a faint outline of the body shape (croquis) in different poses as well as a set of stencils that you position over the outlines, trace then colour and add your fashion design magic.

I even used one of my drawings within a flatlay / knolling photo that I took recently, shown below.

Here’s a detail shot of the design from the photo above, inspired by the colours on this purple button necklace that I made.

These drawing sets are so much fun, whether you buy them for your kids or keep them to yourself, like I have! It’s superfun to add the little details like bags or hairstyles, jewellery and fabric patterns.

There are a few different options and once you get the feel of it, you will be able to combine the stencils or for instance, use just the skirt from a dress stencil and pair it with the bodice design from another stencil to create your own fashion styles.