Eyebrows from a template

[victoriavictrix]

I hate eyebrows. Getting them placed is a nightmare. Getting them right is worse. They don't make stencils and the templates you can get online are too delicate to cut to make into stencils. And don't get me started on water-slide decals sliding everywhere except where you want them.

But I just figured out the perfect solution!

Print out a set of templates; Batchix has some on her website for resinoids. http://www.g36.net/ocdesigns/eyebrows/eyebrows1.gif

Color them in with watercolor pencils.

Tape to the forehead, colored side down. Now gently sponge the paper until it is damp clear through. Carefully pull up the paper. Enough of the color will have transferred from the paper to the doll head that you can use that as your guide to finish the eyebrows.

[sadmac356]

Oh wow that's really clever! I would never have thought of that!

[embyquinn]

Having just redone MSD Cherry's brows, I second the assertion that doing them is a pain. One thing I have learned in helping to keep them even is to turn the head upside down to change the perspective. Also a mirror can help. There is " handedness" to eyes just as there is to hands, and being left-handed I have to check everything I do artistically to make sure it doesn't look crooked to 90 percent of the world...

[Dark Angel]

I actually did this myself with some tape for my last faceup and it worked really well. I just folded the piece of tape in half and cut out the shape. Placed the tape on the head and filled the brows in!