workshop
John Booth Fashion Sketchbook: Experimental Techniques
Sunday, 1 October 2023
A full day workshop exploring experimental techniques with prolific creative John Booth.
Far from a traditional drawing class, join illustrator, ceramicist, designer, and artist John Booth to explore experimental techniques in fashion drawing, design sketching and sketchbook practice. In this full day workshop, you’ll try everything from felt tips to crayons and other mixed media to create distinctive illustrations inspired by John’s vivid playful style, which has seen him collaborate with designers such as FENDI, Paul Smith and Zandra Rhodes.
There will be plenty of materials available to experiment with, but please do bring along your own sketchbook and some basic drawing supplies. You can also pick up supplies from our shop including gorgeous washi tapes, sketchbooks, and other drawing materials.
John is also leading a workshop day focused on colour on Saturday 30 September. You can explore John’s work on his website and Instagram.
This workshop will have one free space available for anyone who may find cost a barrier. To book this space, enter ‘MINDFUL’ in the basket and choose the Mindful Museum Pass. The discount will apply at checkout.
This event is part of the public programme inspired by our free exhibition The Fashion Show: Everything But The Clothes, an access-all-areas insight into the world of the fashion show in the pre-digital age. Open now.
About the artist
Well known for his bright and bold use of colour and mixed media, John has applied his exuberant and joyful work in multiple contexts - from ongoing collaborations with the likes of FENDI and Paul Smith, to creating murals for The Conran Shop in Korea and collaborating on a textiles collection with Scottish weavers Begg & Co. He’s been invited to create live illustrations in the windows of Harrods and at catwalk shows.
John Booth’s design collaborations include everything from blankets to t-shirts, hotel rooms to urns. Zandra Rhodes, Ashish, Globetrotter, Walter Van Beirendock and Sunspel – John’s list of collaborators is unrivalled. Born in Scotland, raised in Cumbria, and now London-based, John Booth graduated with a BA in Fashion Print Design from Central Saint Martins in 2009. He has since taught at Central Saint Martins and the University of Westminster.
