Cloth Fabric Studies

Medium: Pencil (Advanced option in charcoal or watercolor)

Your assignment: Create a pencil drawing of cloth draped over something. Capture the different values.

* Include a bit of the surrounding environment so the chairs do not look like they are flying in space.

* You should make sure to shade the negative shape to create contrasts with the cloth.
* Set the cloth up somewhere where it will be untouched for at least 1 1/2 hours while you work.
* Use a solid cloth

To really understand this assignment, check out the drawings and studies of cloth by Albrecht Durer and Leonardo DaVinci.

Notice how the Leonardo DaVinci drawing really conveys the sense of the forms underneath the cloth.

Study by Leonardo DaVinci

Student Examples in pencil
The examples below are done in black and white chacoal. Some of them are complete on toned paper (paper with a slight color to it).

Example in monochrome watercolor
Advanced Options: To make this assignment more challenging: Use black and white charcoal on toned paper (paper with a slight color to it). You can get this paper from Ms. Perry. * Do not mix your white and black * Let the tone of the paper operate as the middle tone. Or try watercolor.