Today is St Patricks Day and to celebrate I’m going to show you how to paint a lucky four leaf clover! Just watch the video below:
Please tell us what you think of the video, or ask questions if you have any – just leave a comment by clicking here.
Now who’s up for some irish coffee and some baked potatoes?!
Happy Face Painting,
Philadelphia Tivoli
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hi philadelphia- I love that you are doing instructional videos- it’s great- I am curious as to why you used a flat brush for such a curvy picture. (I am still learning what brush to use where)
kim
I am wanting to purchase some paints, but am uncertain on what to buy. I have had no luck with the party store cake paints and the liquids just don’t dry quick enough. Do the cake paints offered by Silly Farm spread easily?
Thanks Philadelphia. I think some of the simplest designs are the best. Love the video. Hope to see more . Thanks Face Painter in Training. Muralist for 15 plus years….
Hello there… Kim, Michelle and Stephanie!
Thanks for leaving comments and questions
Firstly Kim — Man, you always come up with good questions! Why did I use a flat brush instead of a round brush perhaps?
Well, to be honest, (you’ll probably think this is funny) I get a little nervous infront of the camera! I guess I just picked up the
brush that was closest to me. Woops! A round brush would have been more suitable, but once you get really comfortable
with all your different brushes, you can almost use any one of them to paint anything! For more curvy designs, round brushes are great.
Michelle — Silly Farm stock a wide range of different face paint brands. I prefer Snazaroo because of its nice colors and the
fact that its easy to apply. But go check out Silly Farms range, they only stock professional face paint, I’m sure you’d be happy with
any brand that they have
Stephanie — Great to hear you’re enjoying our blog
Happy Face Painting Everyone!
Philadelphia
Hi, I’m so sorry to say but at St. Patricks day all our shamrock only has three leaves. four leave clovers are nothing to do with St. Pats day, they just mean it’s luckey to find them. Anyway really like all your information and posts. happy Easter from Ireland. Den xx
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Hi Philadelphia
Thank you for all the face painting tips. I enjoy learning new ways to paint. Im an Irish girl and it is very rare to find a four leafed clover here at home. It is a sign of good luck if you find one though. Shamrock too is rare to find in Ireland as it is very similar to a three leafed clover. We have plenty of three leafed clover growing in abundance and many people get the shamrock and clover mixed up. It should be a three leafed shamrock for St. Patricks day
Hi Philadelphia,
Thank you for the many hours you put into encouraging and sharing your knowledge and experience about face-painting. And ‘good on you’ for taking the leap into webcam demonstrations. Much appreciated.
I have a question for ‘Eileen’… what is the difference between a shamrock and clover???
Blessings for Easter to all
Diana
Hi Philidelphia, thanks so much for sharing the video demonstrating the Easter Bunny face paint design. I did so many of these today and everyone of them went away hopping happily! Keep the ideas coming!
Jo of Arti-Face Face Painting & Murals, Mandurah WA.
i did face painting at work today, but the paint they had was not easy to use. what is a good brand of paint. i heard you say on the video used cake paint??????????
Hi guys,(Eileen, Diana AKA Colour Me, Jo Tomlinson, and Jessica evans) thanks for the comments and encouragement, I’d so happy that you’re enjoying our blog!
To Jessica, the brand of face paint that I use is called Snazaroo cake paints. (Snazaroo Face Paints: Buy Here for Best Prices from the UK. ) You can also buy Snazaroo face paints from SillyFarm.com
I love them, they’re so easy to use, and the colors are fantastic!
Happy Face Painting everybody!
Very much appreciated, I’m from the caribbean, Barbados to be exact, and we have a lot of parties and funtions to attend through our churches and schools, so these really cool and quick designs are excellent for those events, Thanks alot for all that you have been doing thus far.
Monique
Too easy, thank you.
Loved the clover. So easy.. and looks so good.
Hi-thanks for the cheek designs-this is what I needed, not the full face designs. I do Arts and & Crafts at a campground in Southern Wisconsin, USA, during the summer. I live in Florida during the winter. I use face painting as a way to draw in the children to do Crafts on Saturday mornings at Blackhawk Campground, Milton Wi. If you go to their page, go to activities, there is a picture of a little boy with a green snake across his face. It is quick, simple, and little boys love getting to pick the color of the snake.
thanks Liz
I love the little cheek art butterfly, it was so simple to do but very effective, thank you
The four leaf clover was okay. Good for St. Patrick’s Day but I probably would not use it any other time.
Wow.. how easy the butterfly looked. Can’t wait to try it out. Thanks once again.
Hi that is a great, simple but effective design for a butterfly, Thanks again. Lee
Hello – just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your face painting ideas AND wanted to also let you know that there is an annoying hummmm on the video – any way to fix that? – thanks!!
Fantastic, the butterfly design is great! i tried with different colours they looked terrific! My daughter loved them.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SIMPLY AND LOOKED GOOD I DO HOWEVER HAVE A THOUGHT FOR THE BUTTERFLY AS A PROFESSINAL I AM VERY CAREFUL WHEN PAINTING AROUND EYES I AS A RULE AVOID THAT IT LOOKS GOOD BUT I ERROR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTON AND TRY TO KEEP THE PAINT AWAY FROM EYE AREA THANKS
You make it look so easy. Thanks for the video, so helpful!
This is one of the nicest yet simple cheek butterflies that I have seen
From this I can see what i need to do to improve my own butterflies. thank you.
Well done. Just the type of simple face painting I am going to need for my April 26, 2008 community art fair. I have not done face painting at a fair, only for a few friends children. I am a little nervous. I want to wow them since it is part of my employers goodwill event in the community.
I hope you are done with the video before then so I can download it.
Today is April 6th, 2008. Any idea of completion date?
Thanks, your video blog was wonderful.
Philadelphia, you may want to drink some water before the video blog. You seem parched when you talk. Just a suggestion, otherwise it was nicely done.
What type if paints do you use? I like that you can use a big brush to apply the color quickly (good for small children with short attention spans). Where do you get them?
Thanks. Your design was really pretty.
Thank you for the video. You make the four leaf clover easy.
The butterfly looks easy.I just have to practice it. OOp’s forgot to say Thank You.
Joan
What paint do you use? It looks easy to apply. The clover came out super nice and is easy to make.
Thanks
Chiqui the Clown
Well you sure make it sound and look easy, I guess all I need is practice and start with simple things
that was my first lesson, nice and easy. thank you very much.
thanks for the 4 leaf clover video. I think it will be very helpful.
Nice leaf clover .
I just googled face painter, Mandurah (my home town) as I got a couple of bookings since submitting my details on a couple of websites and wanted to check which were working for me. When I did, my details came up with a link to this website, which is fine…except that my home address was also supplied! Could you please arrange for this not to happen in future?
Thanks,
Jo. (Arti-Face Face Painting & Murals)
A thousand apologies! It was the snazaroo website link, not yours! And it was my own fault for putting my address on in full! So if you’re thinking of doing it and you don’t want your address on there, just put a contact Mob No or e mail address. Although I do wish I hadn’t put my e mail address on there either as I’ve had so much spam since I did.
Cheers,
Jo (Arti-Face Face Painting & Murals)
Great 4-leaf clover!
Perfect timing as usual!!
Thx!
jim
i love the way that you paint i wish i can paint like you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!