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GESTURE OF CLOTH
Remember that everything you do in a drawing must
reinforce the gesture and contribute to the illusion of threedimensionality.
The folds in clothing are a wonderful excuse
to incorporate gesture lines into the final drawing, or they
can show cross-contour lines that help define foreshortened
volumes.
INCORPORATE CLOTHES IN THE GESTURE
The gesture of the figure and the gesture of her
dress are melded together as one.
CLOTHING IS PART OF THE WHOLE
These tight-fitting clothes (above) help
to convey the rhythmic gesture lines in
simplified contours.
FIND WAYS TO INCORPORATE GESTURE
LINES IN THE FOLDS
The stretch of the shirt directs the eye down the
figure in the same way a gesture drawing would.
USE CLOTHING TO ACCENT THE GESTURE
The long scarf emphasizes this man’s height
and his vertical pose (left).
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