A few years back I wrote about learning to draw folds in drapery from one of my masters. Drapery and clothing are difficult. Breaking folds down into a few easily recognized and drawn types is the key to learning how to draw fabric. The ubiquity of folds in clothing, furniture drapery, curtains, and a multitude of other items means if you're going to draw or paint realistically, it's critical to understand folds.
There are six or seven basic folds that fabric repeats: diaper, pipe, half-lock, spiral, drop, and zig-zag fold types are common. Diaper folds have a kind of droopy, swaggy appearance because they occur when a piece of cloth is supported in two or more spots. Drop folds occur where fabric hangs from a single support and drops straight toward the floor. Pipe folds are so-named owing to their resemblance to pipes--a stage curtain is a group of lined-up pipe folds. Half-lock folds are found when a tubular piece of cloth is bent, for example elbows in a shirt. Spiral folds occur in tubes of cloth as well, making spirals around the circumference. And zig-zag folds, again occur often in tubular fabric structures like pants and shirts.
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Diaper Folds
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These configurations occur again and again in sculptures dating from antiquity and in paintings dating to at least the 15h century if not before. anyone who aspires to draw and paint figures must eventually grapple with how cloth drapes and folds and clings to the human form. It's worth reviewing once in awhile.
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Drop Folds
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Pipe Folds
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Half Lock Folds
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Spiral Folds
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Zig-zag Folds
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