Ambah O’Brien

Chinese New Year Dragon Face Paint Tutorial

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Happy Chinese New Year Everybody!! To celebrate, Ambah has made this amazing Dragon Face Paint Design Tutorial below (click on the photos for a close up): Workshop Dates 2012: New Zealand Workshops January 2012. January 27 & 28th in Taupo as part of the New Zealand Body Painting Fesitval 27th 3D TECHNIQUES: JEWELLERY, LACE & [...]

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Promoting your Face Painting Business

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Happy New Year Painting Friends, So you’re ready to take your face painting passion (obsession) to a new level and are ready to let the world know about your business. Here are some promotion ideas. Business Cards: you will need some business cards with your details, online companies like Vistaprint offer great rates and options [...]

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Christmas Step By Step Angel Face Painting Design

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CLICK HERE TO LEAVE A COMMENT/ASK A QUESTION Workshop Dates 2012: MELBOURNE Classes March 2012  ***early bird special pricing until January 2012…. March 3 & 4 Face Painting see here for more details March 5 One Stroke Technique see here for more details March 6 & 7 Body Painting see here for more details Special [...]

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Add Stars To Your Face Paint Design Step By Step

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Check out Ambah’s latest face painting step-by-step tutorial on stars!! They are simple to do but look fantastic and really makes your designs extra special!! CLICK HERE TO LEAVE A COMMENT OR ASK A QUESTION! CLICK HERE TO BUY FACE PAINTING SUPPLIES TO CREATE YOUR OWN STAR FACE PAINTING DESIGNS!! 2012 Workshop dates: MELBOURNE Classes [...]

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Tips For Body Painting

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Hello Painting friends, today I thought I would share some of my tips for body painting, for those of you who are eager to try it out. Click Here to Ask a Question/Leave a Comment! Design Preperation: Generally I find that the more I plan and sketch my designs before painting the better the end [...]

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Melbourne Body Art Competition (MBAC) 2011

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The third year of MBAC proved to be bigger and better than ever! With more categories, including brush &  sponge, Amateur, special FX, extreme hair and makeup & face painting. There were around 40 + competitors all painting thier hearts out! A theme of “wired for sound” was given to all categories, and we set [...]

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Face Painting Glamorous Masks

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Hello Face Painting friends. I had a lovely job a few weeks ago where I painted a family for a Masquerade Party. I had around 10 minutes per design including talking to them about what they were wearing so my design would complement thier clothes, so these were fairly fast designs…Please note that the family [...]

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Rainbow Unicorn Face Paint Design Video Tutorial

Check out this wonderful rainbow unicorn face painting video tutorial by Ambah below. Buy Your Face Painting Supplies Online! Click Here to Leave a Comment or Ask a Question I couldn’t resist adding this image below from a recent job. I body painted some male models to greet the Ladies as they entered for thier [...]

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Caring For Your Brushes

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Once you have gathered a precious collection of brushes for your face (and body) painting it is important to take good care of them. properly looked after, your brushes will serve you well and will last a long time. Here are some tips for brush care below, I look forward to your tips too. Click [...]

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Face Painting For Charity

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Hello Face Painting Friends, Often I am asked to paint for fundraising events and/or volunteer for a good cause. I find this to be an interesting dilemma and thought I would post my thoughts on this topic, and I look forward to hearing your ideas and thoughts too, as I know many of you have [...]

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Simple Flower Fairy Face Paint VIDEO TUTORIAL

Hello Face Painting Friends, I have a fast design tutorial to share with you, its a flower fairy that can be painted quickly for busy events, or added to to make more elaborate. The flowers could also be painted on a cheek, arm or neck line for a more grown up effect. BUY FACE PAINTING SUPPLIES [...]

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Beast Video Tutorial – Using Prosthetics

Hello Painting Friends, The Australian Body Art Awards (ABAA) was a great success last month – it is always wonderful to be surrounded by Face and Body artists. I enjoyed teaching, competing and learning. I was also delighted to win First place in the Special FX Body Painting competition. The prize for that event was [...]

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Hygiene Tips For Face Painting

Hello Everybody, Wow can you believe it’s February already!  This month I am very excited to be an instructor at the Australian Body Art Awards Convention. This event began last year as a Face and Body painting competition, held in Melbourne, Australia, and has grown this year into a bigger competition with more categories to enter [...]

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“Sweet Heart” Tattoo Style Design VIDEO Tutorial

Happy New Year Everyone!!! With Valentine’s day barely a wink away I thought I would make a romantic video design for you. This design is suitable for all boys and girls, just change the colours, add some flowers/stars & you can make it different for everyone! This design is made easy with your mini split [...]

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Rudolph Christmas Design VIDEO Tutorial

Season’s Greetings everybody, I hope you are all enjoying the Holiday season face painting as much as I am. I am particularly enjoying painting Rudolph on lots of boys and girls faces, it is so cute on them! I have made a video tutorial for you with a Rudolph design to try… Face Painting Supplies [...]

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Ice Pixie Face Painting VIDEO Tutorial (For Boys)

Here’s a design for the boys! This Ice Pixie can be a fun addition to your christmas theme designs & you can use it all year round. Happy painting this festive season! Buy Face Painting Supplies Here! Click Here to Leave a Comment! To Achieve This Design Get These Supplies: Metallic Face Paints Glitter Gel [...]

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One Stroke Leaves Using Mini Split Cakes VIDEO TUTORIAL

Hello Everybody, Thanks for all of your great feedback everybody, I have made my first, of many to come, youtube video!! I had so many requests for a split cake leaf tutorial that I have made one for you. You can use the Diamond FX Mini Jungle Split-Cake to create this design. To Start Painting [...]

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Step-By-Step Flowers Using Mini Split Cakes

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Hello Everybody, I am  a big fan of one stroke face painting with split cakes, it makes face painting so fast and beautiful! It’s great to see you can now buy the Diamond FX Split Cakes on here. Today I have  put together two flower step by steps for you to try, using the (one [...]

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Lace Mask Video Tutorial Slideshow

Hello Everyone, I am excited that I have finally branched out into the big world of you tube videos…..I have made this one for you using images from a step by step design of a lacey mask – this is great for teens and adults: Click Here to Buy Your Face Painting Supplies Leave a [...]

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Face Painting & Body Art Workshops

Hello Face Painting Friends, I have had a very busy month this July teaching Face and Body Art workshops in Melbourne, Gold Coast and Darwin, Australia. Teaching is wonderful, I get to meet new people, visit places I haven’t been before and my students always teach me new things too! I find that when I [...]

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Rainbow Name Design Step by Step

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Hello face painting Friends, Today I am going to share a step by step design that is great for older children & teens. Click Here to Leave a Comment or Ask a Question! Designs on arms and legs are always poular with this age group – especially in summer!  They love it when I include [...]

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Special FX Make Up

I had some fun painting special FX with my son recently, we are helping out with a school project for my nephew. It’s certainly something that the boys (and girls too) really love! I get quite  a few requests to paint bruises and cuts on boys and girls when face painting and I thought I’d share [...]

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Painting Pregnant Bellies

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One of my favourite canvasses to paint on is a lovely round belly of an expectant mother. Often the little one inside let’s you know they are there with a few wiggles and kicks! its really beautiful. Whether you have ten minutes or an hour to spend here are a few tips to help you and [...]

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Step by Step Dinosaur Mask Design

  Hello Face Painting Friends, Today I am posting a step by step design for you. It is a dinosaur mask that is very popular with the boys – and occasional dad too. This was first published in issue 11 of Illusion Magazine. Illusion is a magazine especially for Face and Body Artists, I have [...]

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Seating your Model for Face Painting

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Today I am going to talk about how I seat my model for Face Painting. I notice that all of the painters I work with do this a bit differently, so I look forward to your comments about what works for you. I generally like to stand while I paint, while it can be a [...]

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