NovDec_2012

Holiday
By
Barbara
“BeBe”
Carter
Face Painting
It’s almost here! The holidays bring out the best in
each of us. The office parties, the community events
and the family food days ... they all keep us wellrounded.
Each year when planning what to paint for the
holidays I choose a feature design to offer at most
of my events. The more you paint it the better and
faster you get. Over the years here are some of the
designs I have chosen: Christmas lights, snowflakes,
snow princes and princesses, the gingerbread twins
and the ever popular reindeer. I offer all of these as
full face designs.
Full face painting is the rage these days, and
the customers love it, the children experience the
transformation and it sells. It sells, means that
you will probably get more work. So, if you haven’t
started painting full faces I challenge you to convert
a couple of your cheek art designs into full face and
see what happens! Oh, and be sure to let me know
how it works out for you.
This year my features for Christmas will be the
Santa hat and the Elf hat. They both are painted on
the forehead, so that the little squinters won’t have
to close their eyes. The fun of these designs is that
they are gender neutral and they only call for three
to four colors. So, let’s get started painting.
Santa Hat
Step 1- Blush the cheeks, I use Kryolan Dry Rouge-Youth
Red. This color works on every color skin. Keep your blush
brush in your case or you can use a sponge to apply it.
Blushing on face painting has the same effect as blushing
for your clown makeup.
Step 2- Paint the white on for the bottom band on the
Santa Hat. Then paint the white ball for the tip of the hat.
Paint the ball toward the front of the cheek so it can be
seen from the front.
Step 3- Now paint the body of the hat with red, and paint
the hat down the side of the face til it meets the white ball.
Step 4- With a fine (skinny) brush paint the black outline
around the white fur, the ball and the hat. Leave a spot
unpainted where the white touches the red so that you
can paint in the holly.
Step 5 –The holly is green with two or three red berries. If
the child’s face is too small just don’t paint the holly.
Remember you can add holly or words like Ho! Ho! Ho! or
Merry Christmas or Naughty or Nice or the child’s name in
the white fur. Why not try painting the hat a different color
to match the child’s clothes. That could be fun. Your adults
will love the hats in different colors. Be creative, have fun
with it.
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