Corrective Shaping Flashcards
- Replace natural highlights and shadows that have been erased.
- Shaping the face
- Feature emphasis or de-emphasis
Purpose of Corrective Shaping
Erased by:
- Funeral lighting
- Opaque cosmetics
- Wax
Natural Highlights and Shadows
An area whose surface is at, or near right angles to the source of light; a bright or whiter part.
Highlight
An area whose surface does not recieve the full rays or light, or is obscured by another surface, reflecting the minimum amount of light; the shaded or darker part.
Shadow
Add a slightly lighter than the general complexion coloring.
Highlighting
Apply a color slightly darker than the general complexion coloring.
- May use brown for the deep areas.
Shadowing
Done immediately after application of the complexion cosmetic (if alteration of the colorant is not necessary).
Highlighting or Shadowing
To be avoided between the complexion coloring and the highlight or shadow.
Sharp Contrasts
- Tapping with the fingers
- Stippling with a brush
To erase the line of demarcation gradually merge the contrasts by:
- Direct Method
- Indirect Method
- Modified Method
Techniques of Highlight and Shadowing
Usually employed.
- A prominence is highlighted
- A depression is shadowed
Direct Method
Sometimes employed.
- A prominence is made to appear brought forward by shadowing the adjacent surface.
- A depression is made to appear deeper by highlighting the adjacent projecting surface.
Indirect Method
Occasionally employed.
- It is not justifiable to highlight a depression or shadow a projection.
Modified Method
- Shadowing
- Hightlighting
- Thinning
- Narrowing
- Thinning the upper lip and thickening the lower lip
- Narrowing the upper lip and wideing the lower lip.
Illusory Treatments of the Basic Types of Head Forms
With a colorant darker than the com-coloring on parts which are too wide or too long.
Shadowing (Illusory Treatments)