Making sense of style system categories
| I am making reference cards for a fashion drawing class. I want the notes to explain what is actually visible in each drawing. The difficulty is that elongated fashion figures can change how we read proportion. I put body shape and colour analysis on my reading list while looking for clearer terminology. Before using any category, I would compare a neutral standing pose with the finished sketch. I could annotate where the jacket ends, where the skirt widens and how the sleeves hang. A monochrome version might make the shape discussion easier to keep focused. Our tutor asks us to distinguish observation from interpretation, and I want the cards to make that distinction visible to the whole class. How would you test whether two students interpret a silhouette description in the same way? I would appreciate a method that works with simple sketches and clearly stated observations. |
