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Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery: Solutions for Drawing the Clothed Figure (Practical Art Books) by Burne Hogarth is a art available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery: Solutions for Drawing the Clothed Figure (Practical Art Books) about?

When students say they've bought this book, I urge them to return it ASAP. The timeless and persuasive beauty of Hogarth's pencil technique blinds people to a critical flaw: He's making this stuff up. The fact that he uses his own non-standard terminology is not in itself a flaw. But it does highlight the fact that he is proceeding from his own rather idiosyncratic take on things, his hunches and habits, rather than any overview of other books on the subject--much less any reference to reality. He makes up his own language for folds, much as he makes up the anatomy in his more famous book. These books are mostly useless because they only teach you to draw (and talk) like Burne Hogarth. Don't believe me? Consider the first thing that student artists grasp when they are made to draw folds AS PHYSICAL OBJECTS: folds are continuous raised forms alternating with valleys or plains. But on the cover of this book you can see Hogarth fudging that vital figure-ground relationship like a lazy first-year art student. Look at the dotted arrow closest to the flattened man's right foot (near left edge of cover). The dotted arrow-line is rooted on a line that starts out describing the LEFT side

Who reads Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery: Solutions for Drawing the Clothed Figure (Practical Art Books)?

Author

Burne Hogarth

Publisher

Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780823015870

Category

art

Subjects

Crafts & Hobbies, Fiction, Reference

Rating

4.06 / 5 (453 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14