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Learn the basics for how to draw a variety of clothing and drapery. Master the 7 basic folds and understand how fabric interacts with the human figure.
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Educator, painter, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention and Gesture Drawing: Dynamic Movement and Form.
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Using the images provided, draw the drapery of 7 to 10 figures. Make sure you show all 7 fold types in your drawings.
Follow this consistent process for each drawing:
- Start with the mannequin: build the figure underneath first.
- Pause and map the silhouette: outline the overall shape, and place a small marker wherever you spot a fold.
- Wrap the folds: go back in and draw each fold where you marked it, focusing on shape, gesture, perspective, and how each fold connects to the anchor points on the mannequin beneath.
The goal is to build good habits, keeping a structured, repeatable approach to drapery so these steps become second nature.
Deadline - submit by August 13, 2026 for a chance to be in the critique video!
My 10 attempts. I often had to estimate the position of the figure and hope that I got it reasonably right.
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Nice work!
I’m off on my summer vacation - a little sad for missing out on this homework & the next few ‚live‘ lessons, but also very excited about travelling Krakow, Silesia & Berlin with my fiancé. Il be rejoining you all in September - Have fun !
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Fun! Enjoy the time away, Michael.
First two. The first was a bit quicker (and the backside shines through, sorry).
For the second I tried to exaggerate them posture a tiny bit to make it dynamic. Now I think I should have pushed further and make him lean back a bit more - because my cloth negate some of the effect of my figure lay in. But overall I'm rather happy and could place every fold type.
*edit*: I changed only a few subtle things in the cloths to suggest the gesture better. I think I like it better (last image).
This one drove me crazy and I'm now giving up.
I don't know how to control this mess without some indication of value.
At one point I lost the figure underneath and I'm still not sure if the figure makes sense.
I've attached three stages of this fight. I'd be really curious, how to solve this better and make it believable.
this was tough, feel like my biggest issue are seeing the body underneath and simplifying/designing the folds, also suits with a lot of z patterns and half locks are tough, is there gonna be a video going over suits partially?
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Nice work on these! You're doing a great job identifying all these folds.
We aren't going to do a whole lecture on suits but we are going to cover some additional references that may help. That being said, if there's something you'd like to know feel free to upload a reference for this (or the next) critique and I'd be happy to address it.
