NEW ONLINE COURSE
by Konstantin Sterkhov
Fashion Illustration: Expressive Lines and Beauty in Motion
LIFETIME ACCESS |
NEW ONLINE COURSE
by Konstantin sterkhov
Fashion Illustration: Expressive Lines and Beauty in Motion
LIFETIME ACCESS |
You don’t need to be a fashion designer to sketch people with beauty and ease. At this course, guided by the acclaimed artist Konstantin Sterkhov, you’ll learn how to draw and paint expressive human figures using lines, washes, and elegant simplicity.
Build eye-hand coordination, train your sense of rhythm, and explore the power of movement, gesture, and light. You’ll work with mannequins, silhouettes, and dynamic poses – the perfect training ground for confident figure painting.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced artist, this course will unlock a new visual language where minimalism meets expressiveness. Sign up and create 6+ gorgeous fashion sketches and one finished watercolor illustration!
This course will suit artists with any level of watercolor painting skills who:
Are looking to improve their sketching of the human figure
Want to build confidence in gesture depicting and simplify anatomy
Konstantin about the course...
Course Table of Contents
7 video lessons (total 2h 40min)
Introduction
Learn more about your instructor Konstantin Sterkhov and see how the course will be organized.

Lesson 1.
Line and Hatching. Dynamic Pose
1 video lesson, 10 min
Lesson 2.
Line and Tone. Expressive Heads Sketching
1 video lessons, 14 min
Lesson 3.
Light and Shadow in Watercolor Washes
Learn to build a dynamic pose that feels alive and full of movement. Practice using contrast lighting to create drama, unify shadow areas for clarity and cohesion, and preserve key highlights to make your subject shine.
1 video lesson, 14 min
Lesson 4.
Minimalism in Line and Spot
Learn to capture an expressive pose with just a few decisive lines. Practice using a couple of fluid washes to suggest form, convey folds with minimal strokes, and leave white paper untouched to add clarity and light. Focus on the power of suggestion to create vivid, simplified figures.
1 video lessons, 13 min
Lesson 5.
Color and Models
Learn to work with a limited palette to create harmony and focus, use free washes to build form loosely, and bring life into your painting through energetic brushstrokes. Explore strong contrasts between light and shadow to enhance depth and expression.
1 video lesson, 22 min
Lesson 6.
Figures in Interaction
Learn to depict the interaction between two figures through posture and spacing, explore soft and sharp edges on wet surfaces for depth and focus, and study the warm-cool color relationship to create atmosphere. Practice rendering textile textures and painting realistic clothing folds with confidence.
2 parts of the video lesson, 1 h 28 min
Conclusion
Summary of techniques learned, creative task and feedback giving.

What results you will achieve at the course:
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Understand how to sketch fashion elements like folds, movement, and material
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Improve your drawing skills and train on mannequins to later sketch from life
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See how to simplify complex forms and still convey volume and emotion
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Meet your instructor:
Konstantin Sterkhov
- An artist with over 30 years of painting experience and 20 years of teaching practice.
- A participant of оver 200 international and 10 solo exhibitions, member of the jury for various international competitions, including “Fabriano”.
- His paintings are placed in museums, private and corporate collections worldwide.
- A participant of such prestigious international exhibitions as “World Watercolor Masters”, “Watercolor Masters”, “Fabriano”, “Royal Institute of Painters and Watercolour”, “Reinterpretation”.
- A brand ambassador of the leading producers of art materials (Daniel Smith, Roubloff).
- A member of the Watercolor Society of Finland.
We offer different plans
Standard
7 video lessons (total 2h 40min)
- 1 full watercolor fashion illustration
- 5–6 expressive fashion sketches (ink, pencil, watercolor)
- Step-by-step training from line to color, from sketch to expressive composition
- 24/7 access from any location at your own pace
- LIFETIME access to the video lessons as a bonus
- Access to the moderated students community on WhatsApp
- Final project (your own painting)
- Bonus: 30 ArtiCoins
Premium
7 video lessons (total 2h 40min)
- 1 full watercolor fashion illustration
- 5–6 expressive fashion sketches (ink, pencil, watercolor)
- Step-by-step training from line to color, from sketch to expressive composition
- 24/7 access from any location at your own pace
- LIFETIME access to the video lessons as a bonus
- Access to the moderated students community on WhatsApp
- Final project (your own painting)
- Individual written feedback from professional curator within 75 days on each painting + 1 creative task
- Certificate of Completion
- Bonus: 40 ArtiCoins
Standard
7 video lessons (total 2h 40min)
- 1 full watercolor fashion illustration
- 5–6 expressive fashion sketches (ink, pencil, watercolor)
- Step-by-step training from line to color, from sketch to expressive composition
- 24/7 access from any location at your own pace
- LIFETIME access to the video lessons as a bonus
- Access to the moderated students community on WhatsApp
- Final project (your own painting)
- Bonus: 30 ArtiCoins
Premium
7 video lessons (total 2h 40min)
- 1 full watercolor fashion illustration
- 5–6 expressive fashion sketches (ink, pencil, watercolor)
- Step-by-step training from line to color, from sketch to expressive composition
- 24/7 access from any location at your own pace
- LIFETIME access to the video lessons as a bonus
- Access to the moderated students community on WhatsApp
- Final project (your own painting)
- Individual written feedback from professional curator within 75 days on each painting + 1 creative task
- Certificate of Completion
- Bonus: 40 ArtiCoins
You have no risks – we support you!
No risk for you*
In case after 1–2 lessons of the coursе you realize that is not for you, YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEY BACK!
*within 14 days after payment
Freeze
For Premium plan – If the start date is not convenient, we freeze the course
(1 time free of charge)
Freedom & Mobility
Make your own schedule and go through the lessons at a comfortable pace – whenever and wherever you like

Certificate of completion (for Premium Plan)
Upon completion of the course for the students of Premium plan we issue a certificate. The certificate could be used as a proof of your qualification's upgrade at work (if it is related to arts) and for your private affairs as a recognition of your mastery in painting.
Your curator for this course
Olga Karlsson
Watercolor artist Sweden

- Olga is a practicing artist interested in the medium of watercolor and acrylic.
- After graduating from the St Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering she has been working as an architect in St Petersburg and has founded a school of aesthetic education for children.
- Olga came to Sweden in 1993, she is a self employed, manages an art courses in Karlstad and all over Sweden (online).
- Olga participated in national and international exhibitions and competitions such as IWS Fabriano Acquarello (2019, 2022), IWS Bulgaria (2019) , IWS Malajsia (2021).
HERE YOU MAY FIND OLGA'S WORKS
Examples of Olga's works
How is your learning process organized?
BEFORE COURSE
Full course program
List of course materials
Friendly community of beginner and professional artists
AT COURSE
Recorded video lessons
Watch lessons at your own pace
Closed students' chat
Feedback from curator
AFTER COURSE
Certificate of completion
Own portfolio
Skills and knowledge practiced
Part of our art community
Which materials do you need
for the course?
- Watercolor paper А3 preferably cold pressed, 300 g
- Brushes: Big round or cat tongue №12-14, medium round pointed №7-10, wide flat №30-35
- Paints: Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Sedona or Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine, Verditer Blue or Cobalt Blue, Neutral Tint, Manganese Blue or Phtalo Blue, Burnt Umber, Pirrol Scarlet, Pirrol Orange, Turquoise Ultramarine or Veridian, Lavender, Wisteria
- Hardboard and a paper tape to fix the paper if the paper is not fixed in a block
- Pencil, eraser, wax crayon or candle, masking fluid or a masking pen, container for water, napkins
- Hairdryer
Examples of Konstantin's works
What students from around the globe say about learning with Konstantin Sterkhov
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