So what I'm going to do now that I have the base established is de-selected so that we lose the marquee
line around it because that can be a bit distracting.
I'm going to go for the higher values now as we sort of have our mid to low range as you can see we
get pretty dark in the clues and spaces.
So I'm going to parse that is by doing a layer above our lines and taking them down a little bit in
terms of opacity.
So now we're painting opaquely above the lines.
Still striving
to ensure that we're taking our time and keeping this clock looking convincing.
Going to make the inner cloth a lighter value than the outer jacket.
Not only will this help us defeat them as materials but it will help us practice an even higher range
of values for different types of folds.
Like I said I'm just using the normal round brush sometimes switching to the softer brush for some of
those softer edges.
No one painting folds.
They come in so many varieties that it can seem overwhelming at first but really if you look for the
patterns all folds really just adhere to certain standards really certain ways of falling and that is
either some of them are very sharp others are very soft.
They usually have the high point or the apex of the cloth where it's the absolute brightest in the fold
and the rest falls off.
So for example this is the apex right here where it is the brightest and then the rest comes just falls
downward and that's how we're creating the illusion of real cloth and the illusion of dimension.
By understanding that regardless of the shape or the softness usually we have it apex in the curve of
the cloth.
Meaning that when we disrupt it the part that catches the most light is going to be at the top or the
peak.
Those planes are going to be the ones that we want to really pop out.
And sometimes it transitions a little faster.
Other times a little slower
but ultimately we just want to be looking for the patterns.
Looking for areas that we can already just figure out and understand as we move forward.
Always maintaining our perception and looking to learn new things about clothing in the folds as we
move on.
And if to bring it down to here
which is pretty easy.
Well do it opaquely then I'll start to kind of paint out some of these lines.
Because unless I'm using them for the folds themselves they become more distracting than helpful.
The lines are meant to guide points and then we just integrate them into the painting.
I recommend that you look for some drapery like bed sheets or something and set up some still lives
where you just light them and fold them over a chair or something like just throw them and let them
make random folds and patterns.
And that way you can actually begin to learn about folds from life which is one of the quickest ways
to learn because it's right in front of your eyes.
So these folds are looking really nice.
We're just going to keep on refining and defining them pushing the values higher in the middle in this
middle sort of dystopian garbage
kind of getting rid of the lines were necessary.
In other words were there distracting and not adding to our final vision or goal.
Go hadn't flattened this one.
That's the nice thing about working in greyscale is you can choose to flatten areas out.
It's almost like sculpting which is another modality that we can begin to understand things from.
And here is a little deep.
So I'm going to kind of flatten the area upwards
and go for some more believable folds.
Right.
Now we're going to start working on that jacket a little bit.
It's kind of getting rid of those lines.
And concerning ourselves chiefly with representing the forms accurately
I want you to pay attention to how I go in and refine these various areas either flattening or implementing
or re-integrating all the various movements are meant to sculpt the form.
And really when you get down to it without all the designs or ornate patterns drapery is really something
that needs to kind of be sculpted
whether the folds are small or large
or.
There we go.
So we can darken the pants just so we have a third element of value contrast.
You see how easy it is to just go in and drop the values.
Now this is looking pretty nice.
Let's get back to working on the jacket a little bit and knocking out a couple more of those erroneous
lines that we started with.