Ear Placement In class, when we get to this point in the drawing lesson, I ask people to use their own heads as a tool to measure where ears fall in relation to the facial features. I'd like you to do the same. Take your hand to your ear and make a C-shape with your fingers, so your thumb is just touching the bottom of the earlobe and the fingers are gently touching at the top of the ear. Now, holding this width, imagine you could draw a line with the thumb and fingers and slowly 'draw' it horizontally toward your face until you meet your eyes. You have probably found that the fingers come to roughly the center of the eye and the thumb is around the center of the lips. If you can’t remember some of the proportions, you always have your own head to use as reference! Collage Tips- Fabric Best prints to use You want the features you’ve created be the star of the show, so it’s important to choose fabrics that don’t compete with them. Tonal designs, also referred to as tone-on-tone or two-tone, are those that are two shades of the same color—such as medium blue with a slightly darker blue print or black with a very dark gray print. They are generally subtle and have low contrast. These and small-scale prints with low contrast are ideal for facial features because they lend texture and variation in color. If you squint your eyes, these prints almost read as a solid and add variation without being overwhelming. Gather a variety of these to use with your solids and you’ll have all the fabric you need to make some awesome faces. Making a Face With Fabric- Tips For Chins Chin Ideas While the chin isn’t quite as compelling as the lips or eyes, there are a few more things you could do to add more interest to this area. For all these tips, use a fabric that is slightly darker than the base fabric. Indicate the 'ball' of the chin—that semicircle shaped crease a little below the mouth—by adding a crescent moon shape.Create a dimple with a small snip of fabric placed near the bottom of the chin. Avoid making dimples too dark or you risk them looking like moles rather than shadows. Add a shadow under the chin line with another crescent shape.
✔ Author(s): Melissa Averinos
✔ Title: Making Faces in Fabric: Workshop with Melissa Averinos - Draw, Collage, Stitch & Show
✔ Rating : 4.8 out of 5 base on (130 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 161745544X
✔ ISBN-13: 9781617455445
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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