Chapter 1 | CLOTHS AND CLOTHING
Drapery is a collective term for pleated fabric, such as this curtain.
Exercise 1: Draw three examples of a cloth hanging on a clothesline. For the third, you can also start at the bottom with the swing line and work your way up. Try this at home with real cloths if you like.
In the following examples you can see how a cloth or clothing fits around something round such as a neck, arm or tube.
Exercise 2: Draw all three examples. Notice how the fabric curls around something so that it doesn’t appear stuck to it.
Exercise 3: In all the following examples of this chapter, realistic folds have been added. Choose some of them to copy.
Try to pay attention to the folds when drawing something like this.
When clothing is tied together by a belt, buckle or button, folds are created. You often see that in busts. Note how the clothing fits loosely around the body and disappears behind the neck of the Roman emperor.
EXTRA: Also make up a drawing about a curtain that has something going on.