Framed silhouettes

Silhouette portraits are classically beautiful and surprisingly easy to make! Learn how to make your own silhouette portraits using these easy hacks!

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Once called shades and shadow pictures, a silhouette is a picture of something showing it as a dark shape uniformly filled in with black,especially a black-paper,on a light background. These were usually a miniature cutout of the outlines of a family member or famous person's face. The name "silhouette" derives from the surname of an eighteenth century miserly finance minister to Louis XV. Etienne de Silhouette's stringent monetary tactics proved overwhelmingly unpopular and as a result…

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Want to create some of those elegant silhouettes you've seen on Pinterest? It's easy as can be--no scissors or glue required! Find out how to use a camera, a bit of editing, and a printer to get super simple silhouettes.

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This Silhouette Portrait Art Tutorial shows you how to make a silhouette on a budget. Silhouette Portrait Art makes a great family keepsake.

One of these things is NOT like the others! Can YOU tell which one of these Peale Museum Silhouettes above is a fake? (Just click on the photos to enlarge) When the art of Silhouette cutting began in France back in the 1700's, "shade" portraits were initially cut freehand by artists. The artist would quickly and skillfully snip a likeness from paper just by looking, then the portrait was mounted on to backing paper, then framed or even placed within the pages of the family Bible. Silhouettes…