Saturday, 4 December 2010

Starting from scratch...

So you have a flat to draw and are stuck for where to start.
Try this:

In reality the garment is made up of separate shapes of fabric. The sleeve is going to be a separate shape, as is the cuff, as is the front panel and the collar stand etc. So think of the illustration as being made of separate drawn shapes. Some shapes can be placed on top of others and some below. The ones on on top can hide the ones below.

A frequent misconception is that when drawing like this some feel you have to make the drawing in one continuous line from start to end. But when you draw with pencil on paper, you take the pencil off of the paper, place it somewhere else, continue and so on. Breaking the drawing down to parts can make it easier to understand.

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