For this exercise we were asked to draw a model wearing loose fabrics or a dressing gown to show the fabric laying in different ways around the body. For this I decided to opt for the dressing gown and sat the model down. We were asked to be light with the pencil and outline the model then focus on how the body sits in the fabric. During this exercise I found it challenging not doubting myself with my drawing, sometimes I feel like the subject looked odd looking as the fabric was gaping around their body it somewhat looked odd for the head looking smaller but eventually I kept at it and I do think my result is fairly accurate.
I found this exercise challenging at times but I enjoyed drawing from the subject, there was difficulty within getting the right angle I felt comfortable with but I do believe I am happy with the result. In future exercises I think I will take more care with my lines, sometimes I feel I go too heavy on my outer lines so in future exercises I’m going to just go with lighting and not worry about it looking for a bold out line as it doesn’t create a realistic approach and I feel it does lessen my work.
All in all, I found this exercise fun and I enjoyed going light with the pencil then building things up, it was interesting looking at how the fabric layered around the figure and I enjoyed actually looking in depth at how the fabric sat on the body and the different shapes it made around. I think I will spend more time on independent studies looking into detail of fabric sitting on the body as well as different ways I can build up more realism tones. I do think this piece turned out well and it’s got me more excited to dive into this part of the course.
Sophie's OCA Art Work 