You know I’m going to say, no, it’s not hard.
Let’s consider things that are hard to do:
shoveling snow — if you’re out of shape
making Risotto — if you don’t have the right pan
playing the flute–if you have a toothache
traveling in France–if you can’t say “ou est la gare”
Drawing drapery is hard if you don’t have:
a Cretacolor Art Stick
a stomp, you can improvised out of rolled stationary
sturdy drawing paper of a fairly large size
two hours to immerse yourself in total concentration
a love of concentration
The drawing materials are easily bought and they are inexpensive.
So what about concentration? How do you acquire a love of concentration?
It seems to comes out of curiosity.
How do you produce a drawing that conjures up an illusion of three dimensional volume out of nothing but a play of light and shadow? Your curiosity will naturally motivate your practice and your practice will lead to progress. And progress… will amaze you!
This drawing is 19×15 inches. I worked from a photo on my laptop and pushed and pulled the composition a bit to make the proportions more compact and relying on the “rule of thirds.”
It took at most two hours: an hour-and-a-half of engrossed concentration followed by some looking from a distance and tweaking the values a bit with the kneaded eraser.
Drawing drapery is rewarding, both in the process and in the result. It’s a versatile tool to have in your artist’s tool box. Let’s just call it essential.
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