Porcelain Painting

Lesson 1: Porcelain Painting Pleasure

In this lesson set, you will learn how to paint porcelain portraits for pleasure.

Face To Face

The shape of the head establishes individuality and nationality. This shape is basicly egg-shaped, divided symetrically to suit each unique and individual face. Even though both sides of the face are not identical they are symetrical. A true to life head measurement can be established by using the 'span of the hand' ie. Index finger, tip of forehead, with thumb placed on the chin. It is within the confines of this area we place the features.

1. The tip of the nose is halfway between the nose and chin.
2. The mouth is halfway between the nose and chin
3. The eyes are on the centre line.
4. Ears are approximately the same length as the nose, and placed between the eyes and base of the nose.
5. Corners of the mouth are in line with the pupils of the eyes.

NOTE:

Measurements of the face can be determined by the eye width. As you train your own eye, this method of measuring will become second nature to you.The face is aproximately five eye measurments across in the line of the eye. One eye measuremnt from the base of the nostril to the corners of the lips. One eye measurement from the corners of the lips to the jaw-line.

NOTE: the distance between the eyes, measures the width of the eye.

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