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How to Draw a Face (Proportions Made Easy)
Introduction: How to Draw a Face (Proportions Made Easy)
Hi everyone! I’ve noticed that a lot of people struggle with drawing portraits, particularly with facial proportions. but they really shouldn’t. With a little sketching technique help you’ll find that it’s not as hard as you think to get facial proportions right. I’m revealing the secrets to drawing faces with accurately proportioned noses, eyes, and mouths here. So read on if you want to learn how to do it!
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(This step can be skipped since we’ll cover all the facial symmetry rules as you draw. But if you want to know a little bit about facial symmetry, go ahead and read it.)
Before we start, you should know that almost all human faces follow a few basic rules of symmetry. As you can see, the guy in the photo (me) has some guidelines drawn in red. These guidelines show the following rules of facial symmetry:
1) Eyes are positioned at the vertical center line of the head.
2) Bottom of the nose goes to the vertical center line of the bottom half of the head.
3) Ears go from the eyes to end of the nose.
4) The width of the eyes is roughly 1/5th the distance between the outer edge of each ear.
5) Eyes are one eye-width apart.
6) The width of the nose is the same as the width of the space between the eyes.
7) Lips are located one third of the way down the bottom quarter of the face.
8) Width of the lips is roughly the distance from pupil to pupil.
These are the general guidelines for a perfectly symmetrical face. If you follow these rules, you will be able to properly position facial features when drawing a face. Now my face does not match up perfectly and most people’s faces will not, but that’s what makes us each unique!
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Easy Rudolph Reindeer Cupcakes
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Inside: Try this cute and easy technique to turn ordinary cupcakes into a festive reindeer cupcakes!
I originally published these adorable Rudolf Cupcakes on my own site, but I love them so much that I had to share here too!
I’ve included a recipe to make your own cupcakes, but you can also save time by decorating unfrosted store-bought cupcakes.
Reindeer Cupcakes Ingredients/Supplies
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix + ingredients on back of box
- 1 package of Ghiradelli milk chocolate melting wafers
- 1 package of black candy melts
- 1 box of M&M’s only using the red ones
- 1 package of large edible candy eyes
- cookie sheet
- parchment paper
- 1 disposable piping bag
- cupcake pan
- Christmas cupcake liners
How to Make Rudolph Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare cupcake pan.
Prepare cake mix according to directions on the back of the box.
Pour batter into the cupcake liners, about 3/4 of the way full. (We use an ice cream scoop for for this step because it’s just about exactly the right amount).
Bake for about 21 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean.
Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
To decorate:
Prepare a cookie sheet by covering it with parchment paper. On the parchment paper, use an edible marker to draw the outline of 24 antlers.
Melt the black candy melts using a double boiler. (You can also melt in the microwave, but be sure to use a microwave safe bowl and only heat in 15 second increments, stirring until smooth).
Pour melted black candy into a piping bag and use to fill in the antler outlines you drew.
Note: If you don’t have an edible marker at home, you can totally freehand your antlers too. Tracing an outline simply helps keep them the right size.
Once you’ve created all the antlers, place cookie sheet into fridge for candy to harden.
Repeat the melting process with milk chocolate wafers. Dip the top of each cupcake into the melted chocolate. Carefully shake off excess chocolate and set cupcakes upright.
Allow cupcakes to set for about 2 minutes before putting on the reindeer faces.
Here’s how we made our rudolf reindeer cupcakes:
- Gently press a red M&M into the center on the cupcake for the reindeers nose
- Place two large edible eyes above the nose
- Using a knife, make two indentions into the cupcakes where the antlers go (about 1/2″ deep)
- Carefully peel off the antlers from the wax paper and slide into the indentions
