Happy holidays.
Despite the craziness in the world today, I hope you’re still finding some quiet refuge in your creative space.
I have a small gift for you this Christmas. I’m sharing the beginning of a new video series on how to draw folds and drapery like a boss.
With CGMA no longer active, I now have full creative control over this material and wanted to make it available directly to you. This course was consistently regarded as one of the strongest deep dives on the subject, and I’m excited to finally share it freely with everyone.
Folds and drapery are one of those fundamentals that play a big part in gesture, form, action, and more. In this series, I cover all nine fold types (not seven), material types and how to differentiate them convincingly, the architecture and anatomy of folds, and much more. This is just the beginning, so keep an eye out for the rest of the series coming soon.
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Stay creative, find the silence beneath the noise, and let it guide you back to the ideas that matter most. Then step forward and make it.
This is so cool! I love this kind of thing. Thanks for the deep dive on drapery.
Tambra, thank you very much. Be on the lookout for the other videos coming soon. Happy holidays and thank you very much for the kind words.
Thanks for making this accesible to everyone!! I remember with great appreciation your lecture on the now closed conceptart forum (it was a week online event in 2012 or 13) It was really inspirational. Your way of teaching is very down to earth and clear.
Classic Six, thank you, I appreciate the kind words. You hit the nail on the head as for my breakdowns. The “Why” factor is more important to me than the overall technique. As long as I understand why, the rest practically works itself out and technique is much easier to adopt or acquire. If the why is known, the how is accessible regardless of what it might be.
Ron, thank you so much! I was sorry to hear about the way CGMA folded- I have fond memories of taking an environment design course there back during the pandemic. I hope they didn’t leave you hanging in any way.
But wow- what a generous act to share this material with everyone. This video is great and I think you’ve just supplanted Barbara Bradley’s “Drawing People” book as my go-to recommendation to people wanting to learn to draw drapery.
Steve, thank you very much, I appreciate the kind words.
It is a bummer that they had to sell off the school to a not so trust worthy site that just gutted the whole thing and looked at all of us as a waste of money. It was a great school in its prime, now its just a bunch of videos.
There are so many mediocre and not so inspiring books out there on the art of drawing clothed figures. I am truly baffled why the subject has been so difficult to explain. But, I am glad that I hope what I put out there might help everyone with doubt and have questions that can finally be answered. There are several technical layers to uncover, but outside of that it really comes down to observation at first so that invention can follow up. Once the basics are known, there is no wide range of variability, it is all very objective.
Keep an eye out for the rest of the series. I should have another video coming out very soon on the subject, part 2.
Thank you again and have a fantastic holiday season.
Many thanks for sharing this, it’s very helpful!