Face labels and useful observations

JackMada

When describing a portrait aloud, is a face outline category actually useful? Our community exhibition needs short spoken descriptions, and I am helping draft them. My draft starts with the pose and expression, then describes the visible facial outline. To review the available terminology, I looked for material about face shapes but a category alone may communicate less than a concrete description of proportions. I want a concise script that makes no connection between facial outline and personal character. The wording should separate visible details in the portrait from the writer’s interpretation. The final recording will be heard without the accompanying written notes, so each term needs to earn its place. I would ask a listener to explain what they pictured after hearing the sentence, then revise any wording that created a more specific impression than the portrait supports. How would you decide whether a category adds enough information to deserve space in the recording?