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I'd like to share a step-by-step of one of my Ariel substitutes with you today in hopes that it will make your painting life easier in the future.
If you struggle with butterflies, I hope this design with elements inspired by several of my favorite artists, such as Annie Reynolds and Denise Cold, will be something you enjoy painting.
This design made it's first appearance within the pages my sketchbook while I was doodling. You never know what's going to come out of your pen or pencil, and you should keep a sketchbook to catch those ideas before they get away.
If you haven't had any training in color theory, you may be choosing your colors intuitively based on what appeals to your eye.
I've always admired the bold fluidity of tribal designs, so this week I thought I'd add some special shimmers to a tribal design to make it appealing to girls or women.
When I asked my model what he'd like, he said he wanted a full face rocket ship, so that's what we did for this tutorial.
In order to keep your stencils safe while you're using them in an outdoor venue, it's helpful to create a stencil palette, which also allows you to work more quickly.
Everyone loves the versatility and ease of split cakes, and the new Kraze FX split cakes absolutely deliver in terms of brilliance of color, ease of use, durability, and comfort.
If you're weary of pink and purple princess designs, try one of the gorgeous Global split cakes for some glowing colors with this princess design featuring Global's Sydney split cake.
This lovely lace and flowers eye design is inspired by two of my favorite floral artists—Rosa Cline and Denise Cold. It's soft, lacy background is the perfect canvas for delicate, pink roses and should be popular with girls as well as moms who don't necessarily want a full mask for summer events.
What if there was a brush which you could use instead of sponges which used less product and put down a beautiful, smooth application of face paint? Would you give it a try? The answer is that most of us would, and it turns out that such a brush does exist.
Watch this video, as professional face paint artist Beth Mackinney, shows us a tutorial on how to face paint cartoon characters! Easy, step-by-step instructions perfect for beginners and all face painters alike!
In this webinar, Beth MacKinney shares her Covid-19 face paint safety measures.
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Pro Review Usage Tips Ingredients & Safety Returns TAG Rainbow Split Cake features Neon Orange, Neon Yellow, Neon Green, Neon Blue, Neon Purple and Neon Pink colors, perfect for creating a wide variety of designs. TAG Neon colors appear...
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Pro Review Usage Tips Ingredients & Safety Returns Wolfe Red face paint, from the Wolfe Essentials line, is without a doubt one of the best face paints on the market. Wolfe face paints are densely pigmented making it easy to achieve...
The Swirly Girlies challenge group I'm a member of recently completed a dark fairy challenge, and I thought I'd share the results of my dark fairy inspired by Annie Reynolds' style with you.
This Valentine’s Day mask is so versatile you can use it year round as a princess or fairy design as well.
Every artist has his or her favorite whites to use on the job, but if you're new to face painting, the options can be overwhelming. How do you choose which one is best for you?
This design looks impressive, but it’s actually easy to do. The shading and the highlights are what makes it a wow-design for either kids or adults who are into sci-fi, monsters, or aliens.
Designs with animation potential are especially fun for both children and adults we face paint. This grumpy fish will get plenty of laughs at an event for the person who wears him, just because he has such a disgruntled expression.
Each face paint has features which make it good for particular uses based on the ingredients from which it is comprised. For this video, I had the opportunity to experiment with PartyXplosion face paint for the first time, and I was impressed by it's strengths.
Unleash these grumpy ghosts at your next blacklight party and watch them glow as they float around the room. This design is great for both boys and girls!
The primary visual examples I use while face painting are the ones I’ve covered in this video: an idea book, a quick board, a super-high volume board, and some small visual reference books.
The great advantage of Mehron Intense powders is that they are durable in hot, humid weather, because they ride lightly on the skin and don't tend to smear like traditional face paints.
The first time a child asked me for an owl design, my mind went blank, and I couldn't even remember what an owl looked like. Having enjoyed some of Barbara Breitung's cute owl designs and tutorials, though, I thought I'd give owls another try, but with Mehron Intense powders.
I chose a binder system because I didn't like using file folders for my airbrush stencils. In a folder, the stencils tended to get caught on one another, and I still had to shuffle through them to find what I needed.
This week the Swirly Girlies, the collaboration group that I'm a member of, decided to do a not-your-average rainbow tiger challenge, so I incorporated it into the Big Nose Buddies jungle series.
One of the most popular themes for parties is the princess theme. This gorgeous tiara will work with any color scheme.
As many artists, I find it challenging to create designs for some themes. As it turns out, cars are one of these, but this happy little guy will be fun and easy to paint for your automobile fans.
Do we ever get enough of princess masks? No, we don't, because they are some of the most requested designs for a face painter. This mask has plenty of teardrops and swirls, and is inspired by Heather Green's beautiful work.
Princess, fairy, and masquerade designs are the bread and butter of princess parties for little girls.
Most of your face painting customers are going to be children, who have the advantage of having quite smooth skin to face paint on. However, as people age, their skin changes.
In planning some fairy designs as potential stage makeup for a Shakespeare festival coming in the spring, I’ve been playing around with floral ideas and color choices.
There are many mask versions inspired by the Wolverine, but if you’d like to take your superhero masks to a new level, adding some unusual texture with stencils is a great way to do it.
When I don’t know what to paint, I paint aliens, because they can be anything that I want them to be (and come in brilliant fashion colors).
Just when you thought you’d used up every possible snowman variation, you discover the hippie snowman. At least, that’s what I call this design.
Sometimes kids want a plain superhero mask that isn’t affiliated with any specific superhero.
Thanksgiving is on its way, so here’s a quick and easy cartoon which can take the place of your shark and dinosaur mouth designs for the fall season.
Super heroes are always popular with both boys and girls. After all, who wouldn’t wan’t to be a super hero, even if only temporarily? If you struggle with super [..]
What jungle would be complete without a colorful parrot? Since jungle themes are common in birthday parties for children, it's a good idea to have a few of these quick designs in your repertoire, and this friendly parrot is just the fellow to bring smiles to both parents and kids.
Technically, a cobra isn't a jungle snake, but it's at least something you'd find on the African continent, so we're putting it in this series, anyway.
For kids like this guy who want an animal design but hate getting face paint near the eyes, Big Nose Buddies are for them.
I called this a birthday bling mask because I created it for an Inspiration to Paint birthday mask challenge, but actually you could use it as a colorful mask for any occasion.
I had the fun of visiting my parents’ farm during Labor Day weekend and enjoying a great family reunion, and this design is inspired by our wonderful sunny weekend.
Infinity War is out, and I won't give you any spoilers. Let's just say that even getting there 30 minutes ahead of the showing we were able to get tickets for, we barely managed to get three seats together. This epic superhero movie is popular, and since it contains many favorite superheroes, it's likely you'll be painting a whole lot of superhero-inspired designs in the months to come.
Technically, a zebra would have to be part of a grassland series instead of a jungle series, but we're just generally talking African wild animals, so we'll throw it in here, anyway.
This fast and easy Mardi Gras face paint mask is great for long lines on the job as well as for beginners!
If you're relatively new as a face painter, you may never have thought to service your previous clients with emails or phone calls, but failing to make contact early in the year can cost you some of your best regular customers.