Drawing lessons - illustrated lesson notes for teachers and students

Painting textiles No 1

suggest body forms. Note

particularly the thigh and leg of

Mary.

Light linen or cotton will behave in a similar

fashion only the folds and bends will be

thinner and closer together. Note the size of

the folds and the squareness of the outline.

Velvet (the cape) is heavy, yet quite pliable

and will show a slight curve and usually turn in

single folds. This more flowing style is typical

of Bottichelli.

Silk and satin are thin and fold easily with narrow and sometimes a chaos of activity where

directions alter. They cling to the shape they cover and faithfully follow the contours - be they

straight or curved. Here I have simplified a part of a Virgil Elliott painting to show the underlying

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