Draw the guide lines for the cord, throwing one end over the other. The ends hang straight down. Study the reverse curves which fit over these guide lines and form the cord.
Study and draw the part of the full girdle with a frill at the opening, the smocking and the tassel. See how the lines for the tassel curve, showing that it has inside strands as well as the ones drawn.
As an application of this lesson, draw shirred dresses, and also place a scallop on the collar, cuffs, and skirt of a simple dress. Study different shapes of scallops.
Fashion Drawing Sections
- Arm And Hand
- Bows Ribbons Flowers
- Construction Of The Head
- Decorative Work
- Dress Form
- Dress On The Form
- Facial Features
- Feathers And Hats
- Front Figure
- Furs And Fans
- Head And Hair
- Introduction
- Large Coat
- Leg And Shoe
- Newspaper And Catalogue Layout
- Original Dress Designing
- Parasols
- Pen And Ink Lines
- Perspective
- Place Dress On Figure
- Plaids Stripes Figures
- Plaited Waist
- Shirring Scallops Lacing
- Side Plaited Skirt
- Sketch From A Costume
- Textures And Detail
- The Back Figure
- The Side Figure
- The Sitting Figure
- Tucked Skirt
- Tucked Waist