{
  "format": "ColorCraft Practice Pack",
  "version": "1.0",
  "language": "en",
  "title": "Small-scale faces and eyes",
  "palette": [
    "#633E35",
    "#BA7F66",
    "#DFAD8D",
    "#EDE0C7",
    "#363238"
  ],
  "brief": {
    "subject": "figure",
    "technique": "layering",
    "rendering": "realistic",
    "difficulty": "intermediate"
  },
  "steps": [
    {
      "title": "Read the face",
      "text": "Start with skin midtones, eye-socket shadows and a nose highlight. Eyes that are barely visible at normal distance do not need every anatomical detail."
    },
    {
      "title": "Practice the eyes",
      "text": "Use a small warm pale-gray area rather than a broad white patch. Place pupils according to the sculpt and intended gaze. Check the shared gaze after each eye instead of relying on one fixed geometric formula."
    },
    {
      "title": "Clean up with skin tone",
      "text": "Use skin tone to narrow the eye white and socket boundaries, then review the expression at normal distance. Leave room for correction; one perfect dot is not the measure of a successful face."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Vince Venturella · The Secret to Eyes — HC 540",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N88NtHNmz1Q"
    }
  ]
}