Paper Dolls Fashion Workshop: More than 40 inspiring designs, projects & ideas for creating your own paper doll fashions (Walter Foster Studio)

This would be great for an artistic teenager who loves designing clothes. I got it for my nine year old grand daughter, but the book is too grown up for her!

My wife was looking for something she could use to introduce our great granddaughter to the fun of playing with paper dolls. This book was exactly what she was looking for.

My little friend had great fun with this

this book is a lot of fun

Norma J. Burnell's new book will interest those who like paper dolls, fashion, and who are crafty.. The text and beautiful colored illustrations will provide the basic figure proportions, poses, drawing poses with gestures, and using color. Several pages of making paper dolls and tab placement will get you started and move you into fabrics and prints. Fashion styles of dressy, seasonal, eras, careers and costumes will guide you into so many creative possibilities. There are four paper doll models to cut out to use to design your fashion pieces.

Paper Dolls Fashion Workshop is the perfect title for this versatile book that combines hands-on design advice and all the tools to begin your own creative process. There are styles and suggestions for various historical time periods as well as career-based prompts that trigger all sorts of fresh, new innovations. All that’s needed is to just add, You!!!My 10 year-old goddaughter and I ooohed and aaahed over various dresses, jackets, casual sweaters, as well as the Winter Fab and Autumn Cozy seasonal wear. We could hardly decide where to start, but finally agreed that we both like the vintage Workwear-ready Shirt on the cover the best and have set our sights on that whole outfit (page 49) for our first doll-model.Special pros: Learn to draw your own models (4 ready-to-use are provided by the artist) Seasonal, casual, & dressy styles complete with hats, bags, and footwear; Color combinations, artist's tips and tools, and creative ideas galore Real-life, realistically proportioned models … and our favorite … the Tangled patterns that Ms. Burnell included to make designs that are modernly unique.Paper Dolls Fashion Workshop is the next best thing to actually being in a design workshop … and will kindle the creative fires of artists of all ages.

PAPER DOLLS, FASHION WORKSHOP is the perfect instructional and supportive book for artistic girls/boys interested in fashion design. The artist's tips are an incredible addition, revealing professional know-how that kids will use throughout their creative endeavors. "To create the look of tulle...use simple squiggle lines." The author's step by step guidance enables any child to draw a variety of dolls and outfits. Paper doll cut outs are also included. My Betty Grable and Esther Williams' outfits were so limited! Hair, accessories: shoes, belts, jewelry (icing on the cake) are modeled. In addition to the eye appealing contemporary styles, Ms. Burnell wisely included seasonal, historic, and other couture examples. Children will be inspired to expand fashion projects while having hours of fun and success with this book. My grandaughter is a high school sophomore and her sister is in middle school. I can't wait to give each this book to explore and draw their own imaginative dolls and clothes.

I was excited to get this book to have as reference in our school's fashion and textile design classroom! The book has simple illustrations that break down figure proportions and poses for fashion drawing, easy to follow and understand for a beginner. There are a range of fashions from casual wear to more formal styles, and also included is outerwear, swimwear and accessory design. A section on "Fashionable Eras" introduces a fashion beginner to clothing of the 1920's through 60's, and another section highlights clothing for careers. Finally, "Costume and Couture" shows examples of bridal wear and Renaissance and Victorian designs. The simple, and colorful illustrations and clean design of the book will make it enjoyable for anyone to read and learn from, whether they actually cut out and make paper dolls or just see an approach to fashion design.

Lovely item. Full of great ideas. Can't wait to see my daughters face when she sees it