Here is an outline of common concepts taught in fashion design courses:

• Direct observation projects
• Drawings based on pattern, ornamentation, and/or decoration
• Thematic drawing based on memory
• Oral explanation and justification of the drawing procedures used by students
• Establishing specific parameters to be accomplished in drawing projects
• Paper and its effect on drawing approaches with art techniques
• The relationship between the sketch and the final drawing outcome
• Developing a created space
• Objective and subjective drawing exercises
• Mixed media drawing
• Collaboration in art
• Using unconventional supports, tools and/or materials
• Self-portrait drawing
• The immediacy of drawing as a means to express thoughts and visual conceptions
• Identifying and illustrating local or global concerns
• Documenting work and presenting a final portfolio