Drawing & Painting Costumed Figures

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Introducing a drawing & painting course from animator and artist Aaron Blaise. Watch as he teaches you how to draw folds & costumed figures. He teaches this course in digital and traditional mediums. You will learn how to draw the seven types of folds, how to draw various fabric textures and much more. In many art schools, the emphasis is often on the nude form when in reality as a professional artist you are seldom called on to do that. Most of the time when you draw people they will be in clothing. This is an in-depth comprehensive course where Aaron teaches you his approach to how to draw clothing and folds. You will learn:
  • How to Draw Folds
  • How to Draw Clothes
  • Drawing the Seven Types of Folds:
    • Drop Folds, Diaper Folds, Zig-Zag Folds, Inert Folds, Half-Lock Folds, Pipe Folds and Spiral Folds
  • How to light fabric so that it appears realistic.
  • 2 minute, 5 minute & 10 minutes Gesture drawings
  • Drawing Folds Digitally
  • How to Paint Fabric
  • 100's of High-res Model Shots Included
  • Tips & Tricks
  • + MUCH MORE!

Original price was: $70.00.Current price is: $40.00.

Drawing & Painting Costumed Figures

Introducing a drawing & painting course from animator and artist Aaron Blaise. Watch as he teaches you how to draw folds & costumed figures. He teaches this course in digital and traditional mediums. You will learn how to draw the seven types of folds, how to draw various fabric textures and much more. In many art schools, the emphasis is often on the nude form when in reality as a professional artist you are seldom called on to do that. Most of the time when you draw people they will be in clothing. This is an in-depth comprehensive course where Aaron teaches you his approach to how to draw clothing and folds. You will learn:
  • How to Draw Folds
  • How to Draw Clothes
  • Drawing the Seven Types of Folds:
    • Drop Folds, Diaper Folds, Zig-Zag Folds, Inert Folds, Half-Lock Folds, Pipe Folds and Spiral Folds
  • How to light fabric so that it appears realistic.
  • 2 minute, 5 minute & 10 minutes Gesture drawings
  • Drawing Folds Digitally
  • How to Paint Fabric
  • 100's of High-res Model Shots Included
  • Tips & Tricks
  • + MUCH MORE!
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Original price was: $70.00.Current price is: $35.00.
Drawing & Painting Costumed Figures: How to Draw Folds
Creature Art Teacher Course

Learn to draw and paint convincing clothing, folds, and drapery.

Explore the fundamentals of drawing and painting costumed figures with a focus on fabric, folds, and clothing design.
You’ll learn how fabric behaves on the body, how tension and gravity affect folds, and techniques for creating believable clothed characters.

Figure Drawing
Fabric & Folds
Costume Design
Painting Techniques

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What You’ll Learn

Understand how fabric stretches, compresses, hangs, and folds across the body to create more believable clothed figures.

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Drawing Fabric

Practice construction, fold patterns, drapery, tension points, silhouettes, and techniques for drawing dynamic clothing.

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Course Journey

Move from foundational fold theory into drawing and painting demonstrations focused on costumed characters and fabric realism.

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Meet Aaron Blaise

Learn from the Oscar-nominated director of Brother Bear and veteran Disney animator with decades of experience in drawing, painting, character design, and visual storytelling.

Lessons

01 Pipe Folds

Aaron gives a summary of what you will learn in this course, then follow the exercises to represent static and moving pipe folds.

02 Zig Zag Folds

Identify the characteristic diamond shapes in tubular pieces of fabric, like a sleeve, to draw a zig-zag line that feels organic.

03 Spiral Folds

Apply the zigzag forms you did before on a different way of bunching the fabric. Identify and create a pattern.

04 Diaper Folds

Analize folds that happen when you have two points that are held together.

05 Drop Folds

Follow the studies on two different folds originated by one tension point.

06 Half Lock Folds

Express abrupt change of direction in a tubular form of fabric, like in sleeves and pants.

07 Inert Folds

Study the folds in fabric without any tension. Recap what you have learned so far.

08 Two Minute Gesture Sketches

Get your timer ready and perform quick sketches to warm up. Be loose and avoid focusing your attention on small areas but see the picture as a whole.

11 Long Pose

Start applying everything you have learned in a more detailed study of fabric folds.

12 Watercolor Demo

Explore Aaron’s watercolor approach on a big format. Start working with lights, add shades and pull highlights at the end.

13 Oil Painting

Go from sketching to get an oil painting while discover tips to keep the proportions in a larger format.

14 Folds in Acrylic

Scout a traditional technique and build most of your composition from darker to lighter tones.

15 Charcoal Demo

Experiment with a traditional technique to pull light out from the shadows.

16 The End

Aaron thanks you for selecting this course. Share your artwork with #CreatureArtTeacher