Sunday 24th November
Figure Drawing: Drapery
This sketch was produced on grey A3 paper with Pitt Artist Pens in 1 hour 50 minutes.
Beginning with the values there doesn't appear to be a large amount of contrast due to the grey paper but it's possible to see gradients throughout and this allows us to see the light highlight the higher areas of the dress however by using cross hatching as the way to produce the mark making it's possible to see the direction in which the drapery hangs off the figure, this can be seen specifically where the dress hangs between her legs.
There appears to be a large amount of self shadowing with in the dress as it creates bumps in it's form and this allows us to understand it's surface as the gradients previously explained make the material appear softer than that of the skin which has less shading and we're also able to see casting shadows from the shoes on the floor.
Constructively the part of the dress hanging from her left leg doesn't appear to go around the top of her leg properly and this makes it look as though her leg isn't connected to her body underneath the drapery.
The lighting on the dress to her right side could have more contrast to create more harmony in the piece as a whole, it feels as though much of the shadows are to her left side of the composition.
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