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222 D R A
greateft beauty of painting j all not being equally amicable and
friendly, with refpect to each other ; and fome never to be placed
near certain others. See COLOURING.
Mr. de Piles gives abundance of good obfervations as to Dra-
pery.
He obferves, that their firft effecl:, and that which the painter
ought to have principally in view, is, that they exprefs the thing
they are fuppofed to cover.
2. That they muft never be made to adhere and ftick to the
parts of the body.
3. That a great lightnefs and motion of the Drapery are only
proper in figures in great agitation, or expofed to the wind.
4. Thai the nudities of the figures mould always be defigned
before the painter proceeds to the Draperies.
1. Draw the outlines of garments lightly, and be very care-
ful in it, for the whole grace of the picture lies in it; then draw
the great folds firft, and ftroke thofe into leffer, and be fure that
they crofs not one another.
1. Suit the garments to the body, and make them bend with
the body, according as it ftands in or out, ftraight or crooked,
or turns one way or another; the clofer the garment fits to the
bodv, the narrower and fmaller muft the folds be.
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3. All the folds muft confift of two lines and no more, which
you may turn with the garment at pleafure, fhadowing the in-
ner deeper, the outermoft more light; and, if the folds be never
fo curioufly contrived, fpare not to fhadow them (if they fall in-
ward from the light) with a double or triple fhadow, as the oc-
cafion requires.
4. The outlines muft be continued through the whole gar-
ment, the leffer you may break off and fhorten, as you pleafe.
5. The fhades in filk and fine linen are very thick and fmall,
which require little folds, and a light and rare fhadow, com-
monly but double the moft; and fo alfo fine Drapery requires
more and fharper folds than coarfe.
6. That part of a garment that fits clofe to a body muft not
be folded at all, but only fweetly (haded to reprefent the part of
the body that lies under it.
7. Obferve the motion of the wind and air for drawing loofe
apparel all one way, drawing that part of the garment nrft,
which lies higheft and clofeft upon the body, before you draw
the loofer part that flies off from the body, left, by drawing the
loofe part of the garment firft, you mould be out, and fo place
the body crooked or awry,
8. You ought alfo to examine the nature and difpofition of
light, efpectalfy as it has relation to the fun or any bright bodv ;
for
greateft beauty of painting j all not being equally amicable and
friendly, with refpect to each other ; and fome never to be placed
near certain others. See COLOURING.
Mr. de Piles gives abundance of good obfervations as to Dra-
pery.
He obferves, that their firft effecl:, and that which the painter
ought to have principally in view, is, that they exprefs the thing
they are fuppofed to cover.
2. That they muft never be made to adhere and ftick to the
parts of the body.
3. That a great lightnefs and motion of the Drapery are only
proper in figures in great agitation, or expofed to the wind.
4. Thai the nudities of the figures mould always be defigned
before the painter proceeds to the Draperies.
1. Draw the outlines of garments lightly, and be very care-
ful in it, for the whole grace of the picture lies in it; then draw
the great folds firft, and ftroke thofe into leffer, and be fure that
they crofs not one another.
1. Suit the garments to the body, and make them bend with
the body, according as it ftands in or out, ftraight or crooked,
or turns one way or another; the clofer the garment fits to the
bodv, the narrower and fmaller muft the folds be.
J *
3. All the folds muft confift of two lines and no more, which
you may turn with the garment at pleafure, fhadowing the in-
ner deeper, the outermoft more light; and, if the folds be never
fo curioufly contrived, fpare not to fhadow them (if they fall in-
ward from the light) with a double or triple fhadow, as the oc-
cafion requires.
4. The outlines muft be continued through the whole gar-
ment, the leffer you may break off and fhorten, as you pleafe.
5. The fhades in filk and fine linen are very thick and fmall,
which require little folds, and a light and rare fhadow, com-
monly but double the moft; and fo alfo fine Drapery requires
more and fharper folds than coarfe.
6. That part of a garment that fits clofe to a body muft not
be folded at all, but only fweetly (haded to reprefent the part of
the body that lies under it.
7. Obferve the motion of the wind and air for drawing loofe
apparel all one way, drawing that part of the garment nrft,
which lies higheft and clofeft upon the body, before you draw
the loofer part that flies off from the body, left, by drawing the
loofe part of the garment firft, you mould be out, and fo place
the body crooked or awry,
8. You ought alfo to examine the nature and difpofition of
light, efpectalfy as it has relation to the fun or any bright bodv ;
for