Rule of halves
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The document provides guidelines for positioning facial features when drawing a portrait, stating that the eyes are halfway between the top of the head and bottom of the chin, equally spaced between each other and the sides of the head, with five eye widths across the face. The bottom of the nose is halfway between the eyes and chin, with the same width as the space between eyes, and the bottom of the mouth halfway between the bottom of the nose and chin, being the same width as the distance between the centers of the eyes, with the ears on the same line as the eyes.
Rule of halves
- 3. 1. The eyes are halfway between the top of the head and the bottom of the chin
- 4. 2. The eyes are equally spaced betwee n each other and the side of the head 3. there are five eye widths across the face
- 5. 4. The bottom of the nose is halfway between the eyes and the bottom of the chin
- 6. 5. The width of the nose is the same as the width between the eyes
- 7. 6. The bottom of the lower lip is halfway between the bottom of the nose and the bottom of the chin
- 8. 7. The width of the mouth is the same as the distance between the center of the eyes
- 9. 8. The ears connect to the head on the same line as the eyes 9.