Any novice artist sooner or later faces the need to draw folds on fabric, regardless of whether he draws still lifes with draperies or portraits of people in clothes that need to be made beautiful and realistic. The elaboration of the folds of the fabric allows you to give the picture authenticity, volume, and also to repeat with the help of folds the contours and reliefs of the object, emphasizing the light and shadow.
Instructions
Step 1
Observe different fabrics - stretch them, allow them to sag, gather them in folds and put them in draperies that fall. Consider how the folds are formed, how the light hits them and where the shaded areas are.
Step 2
The location of the fabric largely determines how the folds will look on it - for example, folds can fall down, or they can flutter in the wind. Also, the fabric gathered in a fluffy ruffle is gathered in folds.
Step 3
If you are drawing several types of fabric in one picture, for example, two types of clothes in a portrait - remember that the material above should be visually thinner than the one below.
Step 4
Consider the force of gravity, which also affects the direction and shape of the folds following the direction of the fabric.
Step 5
Examining as many different styles of clothing as possible will help you get used to different types of folds and different ways of assembling fabrics. Somewhere the fabric can hang freely, but somewhere it can fit the figure, and here the folds will only emphasize the reliefs.
Step 6
Pay special attention to drawing fabrics with patterns and ornaments - draw the ornament so that its curves match the folds.
Step 7
Consider the peculiarities of women's and men's clothing - folds and gathers in them are located in different places. Men's trousers are much looser than women's, and in women's clothing it is necessary to draw folds that appear due to the fitting of embossed female forms.
