This session of Drawing With… is dedicated to exploring the draped and clothed figure. Clothes and drapery on the figure can create beautiful patterns, hide or reveal the body, add, elegance or dynamism to the human figure. Drawing the clothed figure is also another way to explore the creative and aesthetic possibilities of the body.

During this session, we will be copying a couple of works by masters of the past, using charcoal, red and white chalk on toned paper.

Materials:

• Drawing paper: a couple of sheets of lightly toned drawing paper, tan or gray. You can also stain a sheet of hot press watercolor paper with coffee or brown ink or watercolor.
• Charcoal sticks in medium and soft gradation.
• Red earth, black and white chalk (General’s) or Conte-Cretacolor crayons. You can also use colored pencils in the same colors
• Erasers and pencil sharpeners