Comments on: Cheek Art or Full Face Painting Designs? – Open Mic

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:01:33 +0000

I normally take both a full face display board and a cheek art display board. I might have 2-3 that want just cheek art, the rest want full or half faces. The other day I had a migraine and my other painter was out of town, so I painted the party. I forgot my full face board, but I had my book full of even more full faces. I set it out, put up my cheek art and off painting I went. None of the kids wanted full faces. They only wanted what was on the board. A mom begged her two daughters to get a full face butterfly, because they were going to Mardi Gras Parade in Galveston. So, they said okay. I was amazed, because they wanted only what they could sit there and look at on the board. So, I guess when I am not in the mood to do full faces all day long, I will just take my photo book, or visa versa with the cheek art.

Also, I think some full faces take less time then some cheek art.

By: Cheryl M. Henderson

Cheryl M. Henderson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:33:43 +0000

Since I face paint mostly younger kids (3-10) I don’t do full face and I never do anything on the eyes, eyelids or mouth. I like to keep things nice and sweet and simple. Even though the kids know that I don’t do full face they still line up. Some of them stand around just to see how things turn out, but when I get into the groove, they really start lining up and I can barely keep up with them!

By: Elizabeth Strickland

Elizabeth Strickland — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:44:25 +0000

I do mainly festivals and the pre-teens love the Chinese words and the tribal art.

I add a twist to the tribal art and do it in color and not just all black. This makes for popping or “pimpin” designs as my teenagers love to call it. but I don’t like that word so mine POP. I use a lot of silver and black though.

“The Strategic Stroker”

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:24:27 +0000

Personally, I prefer doing full face designs, as it’s a greater challenge and the end result is so much more visually appealing.

Being proficient in both cheek and full face designs is very beneficial depending on your audience. When I’m doing a community or church event where I may have dozens of people to paint, having a wide variety of cheek art designs helps immensely, as they take less time to do, and keeps the line moving. I never leave an event until all the children have been painted, so for large events, having the option of doing quicker designs helps a lot.

For smaller events like birthday parties or cookouts, I’ll still have the cheek art designs available, but because it’s a smaller group, I can have fun doing full faces.

By: Ford

Ford — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:36:51 +0000

Giving a party for little kids, it would be great to see ideas of face painting, not how to do it, but the completed product. If I needed a more advaced idea, it would be nice to look it up to paint it.

By: Larissa

Larissa — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:28:19 +0000

I like cheek art on young children because it’s faster and they can’t it still very long…

But on older kids I love full face art…because it is fun to completly transform them into something new…

On teenagers I like doing stuff around the eyes on on the arms =)

By: Cheryl Gleason

Cheryl Gleason — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:59:56 +0000

I prefer to paint designs or faces that go beyond just a cheek or hand. I like to paint a snake starting on the forehead and end going around the cheek and ending on the chin. I also like to paint a flower vine starting at the right or left forehead and winding around to the cheek with maybe 3 or 4 flowers on the vine. I’ll use the butterfly, quick and could be easily added to the flower vine. Thenks for the suggestions. Cheryl

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:33:18 +0000

I do both cheek and full, but because most of the children are young I try to limit it to just cheek because of runny noses etc.

By: BLANCA WISE

BLANCA WISE — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:16:45 +0000

I prefer cheek art, I am still learning

By: Peggie Pedenelli

Peggie Pedenelli — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:09:30 +0000

When I was first looking for face painting tips, what I was really looking for was Cheek Art. I run a KEY CLUB in our local high school, and I have a large group of teenagers who are called upon for community service hours. Cheek art is popular at family-function open houses. The designs the students had were “dated” and unorganized. I would be happy to buy cheek art designs and tips.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:26:30 +0000

spiders, dolphins,flowers,dragons

By: S

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:27:43 +0000

I prefer cheek art – small but perfect is the aim!

By: Janet Case

Janet Case — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:25:08 +0000

I prefer to paint full faces, and eye designs, cheek art is ok I think it takes as much time to do a good ceek art as it does a full face.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:23:06 +0000

I first started out doing cheek designs because I thought they would be easier and quicker, but I found then more intricate and harder. I moved onto full faces I can do a few designs quickly, and leave the small designs to when I have time. Princess masks and Batman masks are a great half face design.

By: Jennifer Cuttler

Jennifer Cuttler — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:55:04 +0000

I am just beginning but I like to do the full face. My children (I practice on them) are about 50-50. Sometimes they like the entire face…other times just one simple design.

By: sleepyhahas

sleepyhahas — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:27:27 +0000

I prefer full faces, I feel as though I were using the full canvas to employ my art. People are afraid of full faces most of the time! They think cheek art is safer, because it’s easier to wash off if they don’t like it, this goes for children as well as adults. Once the crowd sees some full faces, they get back in line for theirs!

By: silverwaters

silverwaters — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:12:32 +0000

I enjoy both and get requests for both. There are times when the weather is cooler when parents would rather not have their kids faces wet for a longer period of time. I understand that as I would hate the feeling too. What I like about smaller art is that it’s more like a ‘tattoo’ so it’s not just ‘cheek art’ but ‘arm art’ or ‘leg art’. It’s important to learn both. Also, if a child has allergies or sores on face/mouth area, etc, it’s a consolation prize for them if they can get their arm or just the area around the eyes, cheek, etc. painted instead. Also, if I have a huge crowd and limited time, I’ll stick to only doing cheek/eye/arm/leg art as it’s faster and the kids don’t go quite as stir crazy waiting their turn. I have, however, done parties where there were 40+ kids and done mostly full faces because there were other activities as well. Full faces gives a party a real ‘dressed up’ feel which is often what the kids want anyway. I think the trick is to judge each situation on an individual basis and see what works each time.