Pencil Small sharp paper cutting scissors Series 7 or Cirrus 110 brushes. From the beginning of the 18th c. until the rise of photography, the silhouette was the most common type of portrait done in Europe.
Silhouettes are the traced and painted shadows of human profiles.
These were then reduced, cut out, painted and decorated, and then pasted on a plain or painted background. Cold Pressed 140lb water colour paper is excellent for the final painted figure and background. Tape the tracing paper in the frame, so that a shadow can be cast through the glass onto it while you sketch. Prestretch the water colour paper. Suggestions can be found in the water colour tips and techniques section.