tchangchang's sketchbook

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Hi tchangchang - nice going in here :)

I like your drapery studies - it looks like you studied the forms really well.

On that last drapery study, I like how you've included reflected light - although I feel like you could have increased the intensity of the reflected light a little. Also maybe if you had toned in the background, it would have given the fully-lit sections of the cloth a bit more punch.

Anyway I've been collating drapery resources for myself over recent weeks and will paste them here in case they are of use to you:

http://www.beginnersschool.com/2015/05/0...d-drapery/

The Drawing Database
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmDRnLvCR1E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcnhhHXPXYU

Modern Day James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1eR1rcPlHc&t=41s

Also regarding Watts Atelier - they are highly recommended - you may have heard of Proko? Well Watts is where Proko learned most of his art and I believe he still teaches there (as well as from his own website).

I can recommend watching Watts' free YouTube videos if you ever want to paint using traditional media - just watching how a master artist uses a brush can be so enlightening - check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zGnG1nnTPM

Hope at least some of this is useful but please ignore if it doesn't help :).

Keep it going dude!