Drapery

Did I mention in my last post that drapery makes great studies for drawing? In case you didn't know, drapery makes great studies for drawing. Because setting up a drapery still life isn't really a common thing outside of the purposeful artists, it may not be the first thought to the casual sketcher or the hobby artist. Here's a study I did recently

This drawing was not so quick as the sketches from my last post. The overall time elapsed from start to finish couldn't have been more than a few hours though, not something that would take more than a day if I had planned the time to complete it in one sitting. As a reminder, sketching and drawing is always a fun activity, and a good conceptual exercise. It can allow you to get a
better understanding of the object, or objects, that you see every day. It's easy to let our brain fill in the gaps of things we don't often pay attention to, so it's nice to really get deep into the form and dimensionality of something your Average-Joe might not even realize he doesn't understand.