How Do You Make Scary Pumpkin Faces?
Pumpkins are often carved to look sad, funny or scared, but the traditional scary pumpkin face can add to the ghoulish atmosphere of Halloween home decorations. Though there are stencils available, faces can be created easily at home even by those who feel they have few drawing skills. Use scratch paper and a pencil to practice drawing pumpkin faces. Draw a circle around the stem and remove this piece. Set aside. Remove the insides of the pumpkin. For scary eyes, try large almond shapes tilted inward at close to a 45-degree angle. Add sharp, slanted eyebrows by drawing two sideways crescent shapes that reach to the inner corners of the eyes. Add large pupils in the middle or off to one corner of each eye to make it appear that the eyes are looking to the right or left. The entire eye will be carved out, so pupils can’t be drawn in the center. Rather, they will be areas along one edge of the eye that are left uncarved. Wrinkles and anger lines can increase the scary effect. These can be
