How to Face Paint -
5 Things You Need to Know,
Before You Get Started!
By Philadelphia
Tivoli
Co-Author of
"The
Comprehensive Guide to Face Painting"
Learning how to face paint can be easy
and a whole lot of fun... if you've got the right kind of help or
training of course! And there are a few very important things you must
know before you get started.
Once you know these things, you can also have fun with the
kids especially at birthday parties and special occasions.
And most importantly by
learning how to face paint you can
save yourself quite a bit of money by not having to hire a face painter, but you’re
probably too busy to go out and take a face painting class right?
You’d
rather learn how to face paint from home and that’s exactly why I wrote
this article and “The
Comprehensive Guide to Face Painting”
Here are 5 things that you need to
know about learning
how to face paint:
1.
Face Paints:
You’ll of course need to have face paints, but what kind of face paint
should you get? You should only use face paint that’s specially made for the
skin -
face and body. The important thing to look out for when buying face
paint is whether or not they comply with various
authorities in your country (e.g. U.S. FDA.) within the guidelines for
use on the skin.
Water based face paint is the most popular and its the easiest
to wash off – It’s used by face painters just starting to learn
how to face paint
and by professional face painters.
2.
Paint Colors:
To begin with, get a palette that has black, white and the
primary colors – red, blue and yellow. With these colors you can mix
what ever color you need. This will also you give you great practice if
you have just started learning how to face paint. Then once you’ve
started painting quite often you’ll start to notice that you’ll need
certain colors more so than other colors.
And you can buy these specific
colors in addition to black, white, red, blue and yellow. e.g. You might
find that green is a really popular color so instead of constantly mixing blue
and yellow together to make green you might want to just get a palette of
green paint.
3. Paint Brushes: Well,
generally the more brushes you have the better! But when I first learned how to face paint I used a thin brush for detail, a
couple medium sized brushes and a large brush for larger areas. This
combination of paint brushes worked pretty well for me and I also recommend it to
you. You can buy more brushes as you go, just make sure you look after
them all.
4. Hygiene:
This is extremely important in the face painting world and something you
just got to be aware of when learning how to face paint. Never paint someone
who has:
any open cuts or sores on their face.
Instead suggest painting on there arms or legs, a bit of body painting
is just as fun!
Never paint someone with a
cold sore or conjunctivitis or any other known infectious skin
condition, allergic reactions to soaps, skin creams,
etc without a prior skin test. Instead try glitter spray gel, stickers
or temporary tattoos.
5.
Get Designs:
Trying to think up your own face painting designs can be difficult and coming up with
popular designs that kids will definitely love is even harder that’s why
I created “The
Comprehensive Guide to Face Painting” (Downloadable
ebook) it
has a whopping 50 popular designs with step-by-step photos and
instructions and all the tricks, techniques and trade secrets about learning
how to face paint. It'll help you learn how to face paint
with the speed of lightening!
About The
Author
Copyright 2006 Philadelphia
Tivoli
Philadelphia has taught hundreds of
people how to face paint with her popular ebook “The Comprehensive Guide
to Face Painting” – it has 50 fantastic face painting designs with step-by-step photo
and instructions. It also has all the info, all the tricks, face
painting techniques and trade secrets that you need to know about learning how to face paint.
Grab your copy today and or check out her free face painting lessons and
designs! Click here to learn
how to face paint now!
