Strips of canvas, that’s all I presented to my drawing students. I stretch my own canvas for my paintings and since the roll is 60 inches wide there’s 
always a scrap. It’s beautiful, substantial stuff. When you crinkle it a bit, it can conjure up a fantastic landscape. Or it can stimulate abstract seeing. Or it can bring out new ways to use the drawing tools for the sheer pleasure of drawing. Facing drapery in a drawing class can be daunting, but it can also be quite liberating since you’re not obliged to get the proportions right. You can stretch and compress, edit, omit and relocate folds and crevices to please yourself. The imagination takes over. Yeah!
Above, drawing in pencil by Karen G., about 9” x 12”
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artamaze by Katherine Hilden 