Drawing lessons - illustrated lesson notes for teachers and students

Painting textiles No 1

6-1 PAINTING CLOTHING

The painting of fur, linen, cotton, velvet, silk, satin, gauzes and other diaphanous

materials

Drawing the edges and the folds ... the thickness and pliability (softness) of the cloth

determines the size and shape of the folds.

Fur and thick wool that is soft yet pliant

requires little drawing as it is mainly

composed of large gentle contours. It usually

dominates the form it conceals.

Thick heavy linen or damask

that resists folding will show

straight edges and will stress at

the folds with double or even

triple indents (see in the acute

angles left). It also will override

the shape it conceals. Note the

straight lines on the outside of

the folds and the triple creases

in the folds. Durer, who makes

this type of rendition so stylistic

it almost becomes his drawing

signature, suggests deeper

creases within the shadows to

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