In the 18th and 19th __1__ Europe silhouettes were __2__ very popular way of making portraits. A silhouette is really a copy of someone's shadow. Nowadays we usually __3__ photographs, but silhouettes can make an interesting change, and they __4__ easy to do. Everybody can make them __5__ entertain their friends.
Prepare a sheet of __6__, a pencil, scissors and an unshaded electric light.
Sit your subject on a chair in a darkened room__7__ close to the wall as possible, with a profile parallel to __8__ wall.
Pin the sheet of paper behind the sitter. Place the __9__ in front of the sitter so that the shadow of the face falls sharply __10__ the paper.
Trace the outline of the profile on the __11__.
If you work on the black paper, life-size, the profile can now __12__ cut out and mounted just as it is. If it is on white paper, you can cut it out and trace it on to black paper or colour it.
Prepare a sheet of __6__, a pencil, scissors and an unshaded electric light.
Sit your subject on a chair in a darkened room__7__ close to the wall as possible, with a profile parallel to __8__ wall.
Pin the sheet of paper behind the sitter. Place the __9__ in front of the sitter so that the shadow of the face falls sharply __10__ the paper.
Trace the outline of the profile on the __11__.
If you work on the black paper, life-size, the profile can now __12__ cut out and mounted just as it is. If it is on white paper, you can cut it out and trace it on to black paper or colour it.
