An exercise in painting clothes using Photoshop

(an introduction)

Another tutorial: sometimes instructional, other times somewhat rambling, I hope it will help you in your artistic endeavors. Some of the techniques used below can be used for painting all kinds of things in Photoshop.  Like I've said in other tutorials, I don't claim to be any genius at this, I'm just trying to pay back a debt I owe to all the people who've helped me with their tutorials.

If you've seen the rest of my site, you probably would have left already if nudity bothers you. But you haven't, so welcome to the tutorial! Of course we will begin with a nude figure because... well, (spoken in Pythonesque voice),  we wouldn't be here if she was wearing any clothes already, would we?  Good luck!  Onward...

In painting the folds in cloth, it helps to have reference if you need it. Keep a folder near your computer of reference material. Or take a look at a few books out there that specialize in helping the artist draw cloth.

Note: All that follows I painted using a pressure-sensitive pen tablet. If you don't have one, look under your couch and find the money. You won't regret it.