Drawing a Notch Collar Lapel

This lesson is part of our series on learning how to draw collars. In this lesson we will teach you how to draw a notch collar and a shirt collar on a women’s jacket. You will learn how to map your fashion pose and then how to draw and illustrate a classic shirt and notch collar jacket. You will learn how to lay down your lines and then how to add shading to accentuate the areas of the collar, so that your end result is an illustration that you will add to your portfolio. Learn how to draw other collars like the sailor collar, the Peter Pan and the Mandarin collar.

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Module	Description	Step
1	Mapping the Pose & Notched Collar	1-16
2	Shading the Notched Collar	1-16

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MODULE 1 • Mapping the Pose & Notched Collar

Step	Description
1	We will begin this lesson by mapping the gesture of the fashion pose, beginning with the plum line, the shoulder, the waist, the bottom of the jacket and then the neck.
2	For this illustration, we will be adding a shirt underneath the notched collar jacket. Start by mapping the shirt collar on both sides of the neck.
3A	Now add the jacket collar. Draw the right-side of the jacket collar at the shoulder and the neckline, all the way down to the bottom of the jacket.

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