Byzantine Iconography Series 3: Garment Basics (Drawing)

Laying the Foundations for Byzantine Iconography

What you'll learn
Students will learn how to draw the basic folds that are used to create garments in Byzantine iconography and how line is used to create volume.
Requirements
Pencil and Paper.
It is recommended that students have already completed the Series 1 on Drawing the Face and Series 2 on Drawing the Half-Figure
Description
In this course we will be laying the foundation for drawing garments.In the first section we will be learning to draw basic folds and progress from simple to more complex forms.In the second section we will be looking at hanging folds and various ways that they are used in icons and will study some examples by master iconographers.In the theirs section we will learn how to create volume with line and will study an icon from the Comnene Period to see how it is done. In an upcoming series we will be studying the garments of various saints to put this into practice. 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Basic Folds 1.1 (Introduction)

Lecture 2 Basic Folds 1.2

Lecture 3 Basic Folds 1.3

Lecture 4 Basic Folds 1.4

Section 2: Hanging Folds

Lecture 5 Hanging Folds 2.1

Lecture 6 Hanging Folds 2.2

Lecture 7 Hanging Folds 2.3

Lecture 8 Hanging Folds 2.4

Lecture 9 Hanging Folds 2.5

Section 3: Creating Volume with Line

Lecture 10 Creating Volume with Line 3.1

Lecture 11 Creating Volume with Line 3.2

Lecture 12 Creating Volume with Line 3.3

This course is aimed at beginners with no experience in Byzantine Iconography or those who who have learned by tracing icons and would like to learn to draw them.