Here’s a video (from Heather at www.sillyfarm.com) that shows you a few different face painting techniques that you can use to make your animal face painting designs look amazing. Learn how to create a fur like effect, paint realistic looking cheetah spots and tiger stripes!
I think these techniques are absolutely awesome, they’re simple yet…very effective. Give them a try, and tell us what you think by leaving a comment.
Happy Face Painting 
Philadelphia Tivoli
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she makes it look sooo easy! what brand of paint is she using?
will have to get practising those stripes!
Don’t know what brand she uses for bases but she told me she uses Wolfe black and white for lines. Wolfe rocks for lines, it goes much further than most of the others. x
HI, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF METALIC ORANGE PAINT YOU WERE USING ON THE TIGER MASK….I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING REALLY METALIC COLORS.
Do you Know Heather or work with her?
Susan, Heather was using the Snazaroo Sparkle Orange and a gold for the base of the mask. Probably a Wolfe white for the linework.
Karen
your brush strokes go on like pencil. what the heck am i doing wrong (lol). i loved your videos. my question is the tiger stripes, i laid brush flat, i wiggiled but didn’t see it and then when i lifted bursh up i did not have thin lines. tell me is it in the wrist movement.
thanks
love your videos
hi janice,
what kind of brush are you using? is it shaped like the one in the video?
….And to Margie,
Yes, I’m friends with Heather especially thanks to myspace
Oh My God!!! How do you make it look so easy lol.
I would love to know what it is that you are working on as even though i have 5 kids to practise on i can only do it when they will sit still long enough.
Thank you. Julia
Hi Julia,
Thats a Pro Practice Pad shes painting on, you can get them here: http://www.sillyfarm.com
Happy Face Painting,
Philadelphia Tivoli
That was the best demonstration of tiger stripe painting that I’ve seen so far. Thorough explanation of how to do the entire face, cheeks, as well as the forehead stripes. Perfect explanation. I read above that people are having trouble finding good metallic colors…use the shimmer powders from Silly Farm. They are beautiful and when applied wet, appear like gilding. They’re gorgeous and opaque. I was practicing a Master Tigress mask (Kung Fu Panda) and used the shimmer powders…gorgeous!
finally after 25 years of facepainting, largely self taught, I know what I am doing (wrong & wright). keeping it simple is the solution to integrity of subject. You are a true artiste, but there’s more. The positive reinforcement we can impress apon youngsters while we commit the face to a caricacharacter is perfectly expressed in dealing with the subject. a voice from downunder, yours RED
Awesome, thank you so much
Child psychologists would learn a lot by facepainting. Observation of children: the shakers, distracted, conversations, reveal a lot about a child’s world. The beautiful thing is we have a one on one experience and learn a lot about the individual in a very short while. Without extensive qualifications in medical matters we can diagnose skin conditions, nervous disorders and even problems at home. facepainting provides a window to the soul. Then there are the people who have great futures and wonderful minds.
I love these tutorials they really help. I’ve made an incredible improvement since I started to watch them. This one on animal marking is incredible. Living in South Africa with lots of wild life reserves I can say that they are very realistic. Thanks!
that is soooo helpful, i’m 12 and am starting a face painting biz. i have been practicing on my little brother and i can’t seem to get the tiger stripes working, i’m going to start practicing right now!