Flashback - Oh how I love cloth

One of my favorite things to draw is cloth.  I love how light and shadows work to show all the folds and creases. It is also sometimes a rather complex thing to draw, for the very same reason. Here are some of my cloth drawings. The first ones here were done in college.

This last one was done in High School. It was for an art contest, and it was the only piece I have done (so far) that has won an award. It was honorable mention - nothing major - but it was pretty cool to go up against all these high school students who were planning to be art majors (or had already had a lot of instruction through vocational schools, etc) For the contest I was supposed to give it a title. I figured "cloth" was good enough. But, my art teacher (the weird one - Mr. King) decided that it just was not a good enough title, so when he turned it in, he renamed it "Freedom".  It is hard to see at this angle, but people often say they see an eagle in the cloth. That, with the stripes like a flag, kind of do give it a "freedom" theme, but that was not my original intention. It actually was just a wad of light green and dark green striped cloth that my art teacher had in class at the time. This picture (obviously framed now - sorry about the reflection) currently hangs in my living room.