Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe. Cliff Young

      Photo by robert-scott studio

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh; Art Institute of Chicago; National Academy of Design, Art Students League, end Grand Central School of Art, New York.

      Paintings and watercolors exhibited in galleries and exhibitions throughout the country.

      Former lecturer and instructor,—Art Institute of Pittsburgh; Central Park School of Art, and Grand Central School of Art, New York.

      Author of FIGURE DRAWING WITHOUT A MODEL.

      Member of the Society of Illustrators, New York.

      DRAPERY, a most important subject to the artist, has been the most neglected in the art school program. The study of the figure is, of course, basic and necessary, but in commercial art, illustration and portraiture you will rarely find the figure unclothed.

      Drapery for the figure may be catalogued in the following manner:—

      The covering for the head — HAT.

      Drapery above the waistline — SHIRT, BLOUSE, COAT, or JACKET.

      Drapery below the waistline — SKIRT or TROUSERS.

      Covering for the feet — BOOTS or SHOES.

      Covering for the hands — GLOVES.

      When the body is clothed with all these items, the only part of the figure left uncovered is the face. You will readily see the importance of the study of these articles of clothing and how they drape on the figure. An action, however slight, will cause the garments worn to fall into folds. These folds shown in a drawing explain the action of the figure enclosed by clothing.

      Become familiar with the sources and the radiation of folds found in the various articles of clothing and use this knowledge to give more authority to your drawings of people as they are seen in everyday life.

      BE AN ARTIST—DESIGN YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

       Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published in 2007, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by House of Little Books, New York, in 1947.

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Young, Cliff, 1905—

      Drawing drapery from head to toe / Cliff Young.

      p. cm.

      Originally published: New York : House of Little Books, c1947.

      ISBN 0-486-45591-2

      1. Drapery in art. 2. Human figure in art. 3. Drawing—Technique. I. Title.

      NC775.Y6 2007

      743.4—dc22

      2006053477

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y 11501