The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition!
“My First Learning Experience”
By Laura
My first learning experience with sponges was not a fun experience….let’s just say I learned the hard way that certain sponges are not made for painting faces. Here I was, just had my first face painting class and all excited, ready to go. (Thank goodness) I decided to use my 4 year old daughter as my canvas. She wanted to be a pink princess so I said ok.
I took out a sponge that I bought from a craft store (HL), cut in in half, wet it, etc.
I looked at the sponge and thought….hmm…it did not look like this at my class….oh well, I thought.
NO sooner that I started applying the paint on her face that it started going everywhere! It was a total mess and I had no control over where the paint was going! And her face is tiny!( I assume it was too saturated)
Fortunately, she can be a patient young lady because I wiped a lot of it off with a baby wipe and made it look at least a little bit better with the designs…..I sort of saved it but learned the hard way that I should only use appropriate sponges, like the ones from Face Painting Tips…..*sigh*
LOL – Thanks!!
Laura 
(very much a beginner)
P.S. My bio: My name is Laura. I live in KY, single mother of 2, full time college student, brand new to face painting and loving it so far!
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Thank you for sharing Laura! Everybody learns by making mistakes and experimenting! I’ll be posting the rest of the entries until the end of March when I announce the winner.
Please leave a comment if you want to ask questions, or just want to offer encouragement!
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Been there… done that! Lol! Wet the paint a bit, not the sponge. It’ll help you to control the process better. Try with a sprayer till you get it just right
Have fun!
It looks like your daughter enjoyed it, even though it didn’t come out perfect!……
That’s so funny! I started out trying to do cheek art. I didn’t know much about face painting and thought cheek art (like we did in the 60′s) was all face painting was. Thank God a very good face painter, BeBe, The Clown, took me under her wing and taught me how to use the sponge. It took a while for me to learn not to overload the sponge, but I got it now. I fall asleep thinking of new designs and can’t wait to try them out the next day. It’s just so much fun!!