Blending Paint Colors – Help!

First rule for all face painters that are starting out and are slighty frustrated with their results in terms of blending paint colors, PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT.

Truely this is the only way, you must experiment with your choice of face paints. Learn their limitations, explore the paints variations of color and texture. Try different ways of application with sponges, fingers, and different size brushes.

Practise blending paints on your hand, start with a simple to color then work your way up to more. Once you understand the mechanics of blending, you can apply it to other areas of creating depth and shading to your face painting design.

I recommend that you never wet your sponge, too much water will give you streaks and will not dry smooth but textured (unless this is the desired effect you wanted). Instead of having a wet brush or sponge, use a spray bottle and wet the paint (if you have cakes).

With blending paints you must work quickly, have your colors ready before you start. Sponge on the first color then apply the next color next to it, the first should still be damp so when you bring the second color towards the first they should start to mix as you dab.

Sometime you will then need to go over with the first color bring that back onto the second. The main thing is to practise with the face paint you have, try the ratio of water, as well as the pressure you apply to your sponging.

Have fun, don’t stress and you should be able to achieve the effects you are trying to get.