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Drawing Drapery
As art students, we all spent most of our
time drawing the nude figure. As professional artists, we rarely draw
the nude figure. In drawing the draped figure, the natural
tendency is to copy the pattern of the folds that we see. My focus
in this book is to use the drapery as a means to describe the underlying
form. Of course, in describing the form, the action of the form is
a critical element so the drapery becomes a strong component of
communicating the action. The folds created by the drapery fall
into predicable patterns determined by the kind of drapery, the form
that it goes over, the action of the form and, in the case of clothes,
the cut and type.
The predicable patterns
are classified into seven basic folds, and combinations of these folds.
Understanding these folds, and what causes them, allows the artist to
draw the clothed figure from imagination. In drawing from
the model, the understanding of the basic folds and their causes, gives
you the ability to select the folds that best communicate the action and
describe the form.
Contains: lecture, drawing, models to draw
from, and demonstration.
In conjunction with the
Book on Drawing Drapery, this
becomes a complete course on how to draw drapery.
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Quick Sketch
The sketch is the capturing
of the essentials of a subject without details. The phrase
"quick sketch" has come to be synonymous with a drawing done quickly
to capture the action or gesture. However, what are essentials
to one artist may not be to another, and thus the meaning of the
sketch is in the intention of the artist. The famous 18th
century English artist Hogarth made a comment about Michelangelo
that he never sketched haphazardly, for every line had a meaning.
While drawing quickly, it is necessary to decide what is most
important about your subject. As you develop skills, the
decision making process is often intuitive. The lines you put
down are directly linked to your thoughts and feelings about the
subject of your attention.
