silhouettist
Cuts profile portraits
A silhouettist is a person who creates silhouettes—profile portraits cut from black paper or drawn as solid outlines.
The craft was popular before photography made portrait-making easier and cheaper.
The silhouettist at the fair snipped my daughter's profile in under a minute.
Painter of people
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- miniaturistOne who crafts diminutive works
- sketcherOne who drafts quickly
- illustratorVisual artist for media
limner · street artist · engraver · draughtsman · painter · printmaker · etcher · cartoonist
Visual similarity or representation
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- outlineSummary of key elements
- bustFailure or sculpture
- figureOutline or numeral
face · features · shadow · shade · representation · depiction · capture · rendering
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- freehandDrawn without mechanical aids
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
mounting · framing · pantograph · reduction · bronzing · gilding · embellishment · precision
Of a prim era
- RegencyProxy rule period
- eighteenth-centuryRelating to the 1700s
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
sentimental · folk art · ephemera · collectible · antique · miniature · album
portraitist
Painter of people
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- miniaturistOne who crafts diminutive works
- sketcherOne who drafts quickly
illustrator · limner · street artist · engraver · draughtsman · painter · printmaker · etcher · cartoonist · photographer
likeness
Visual similarity or representation
figure · face · features · shadow · shade · representation · depiction · capture · rendering · sitting
scissors
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
shade · mounting · framing · pantograph · reduction · bronzing · gilding · embellishment · precision · dexterity
Victorian
Of a prim era
- RegencyProxy rule period
- eighteenth-centuryRelating to the 1700s
- parlorFormal room for visitors
salon · sentimental · folk art · ephemera · collectible · antique · miniature · album
silhouettistcolorist
One who applies pigment
photorealist · hyperrealist · sculptor · painter · oil painter