Skulls are usually a popular boy design.This is the one I use on the job for boys and girls,kids or adults,but the difference is only in the stencils that are used.Often I'm asking client what would they want and show them few stencils.So here we have great skull base that will work for everyone. 

 Step 1 : Painting Around Eyes

When I'm painting adults or bigger kids I use split cakes and a 3/4 flat brush,but with smaller kids, I would use round brush No8 and then Mehron starblendwhite or black to fill the area around the eyes.This time I used Kraze FX Split Cake Palette-Shark.

 Step 2 : Blending and Filling The Eye Area

Having paint on the eyelids often means you will get smudged or uneven layers of color (left side of picture).To prevent that, I use  Mehron starblend powder paint to fill that area and blend it all nicely (right side of picture).Kids feel more comfortable with "dry paint" and it won't smudge as fast as water activated paint.

 Step 3 : Creating a Skull Shape

With same  Kraze FX Split Cake Palette-Shark, I'm creating a basic skull shape and then with Lollipop Swab and powder paint, fill in the gaps and blend our skull.

Step 4 : Painting The Teeth

For teeth I'm using my all time favorite Prima Barton flora brush .Double loading as we would do for flowers is done with Kraze FX white and black.

Step 5 : Adding Details

This is time when we can be creative.Stencils are a great way to make our simple skull design more special and we have so many choices depending on time of  and the clients' wishes. I added a roses stencil,so it's a girls' design,when it's for boys, I would add dots or flames or just a swipe of blue split cake above the eyelids.

Supplies:

• Kraze FX Split Cake Palette-Shark
• Mehron Starblend Cakes
• Kraze FX White and Black

Tools:

• Round Brush No8
• 3/4 Flat Brush
• Prima Barton Flora Brush
• Lollipop Swab
• Roses Stencil