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Hi guys, ‘The Cheek Art Guide Vol. 1′ is going to be launched this Thursday May 1st! An as promised here’s a video that I just made about EXACTLY whats going to be in the Cheek Art Guide, the videos just over 6 minutes and I’ll tell you everything you need to know about the guide, how much it is and what bonus gifts you’ll also receive for free! Click on the video and it will play on a new page….

Leave a comment if you have a question, or you want to know more… 

Happy Face Painting

Philadelphia Tivoli

Firstly, I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered our Silly Farm Supplies Competition for this month. It is really a treat for me to get to read these stories and share them with my readers. I gotta be honest with you though, I really don’t like having to pick a winner…. I really think every entry is worthy of winning but I can only pick one! (in each catergory) 

So, without further or do here are the competition winners:

The $50 Gift Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies
And a Copy of Face Painting Tips’ NEW Cheek Art Guide 
for the Best Author goes to:

Darell G. Victoria for her entry:  Happy Easter Bunny !
Congratulations Darell, I really enjoyed your story, (and the story you sent in last month aswell) Thank you so much for contributing to the blog and sharing your stories with other face painters. You will be receiving your gift certificate by the end of the month and the new Cheek Art Guide on May 1st!

The $10 Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies
And a Copy of Face Painting Tips’ NEW Cheek Art Guide
for the Best Commenter goes to:

Bonita Evans! Congratulations Bonita, it’s always a pleasure to see you on the blog (and your hubby too!) Your comments are very much appreciated!  You will be receiving your gift certificate by the end of the month and the new Cheek Art Guide on May 1st!

Thank you all again for participating, your stories have been helpful to more people than you think! You can start sending in your entries for the May Competition and ofcourse keep making comments right away!

**IMPORTANT**…For May, I’d like to see some different kinds of entries than before. I want more entries with:  

* Helpful tips and face painting techniques, 
* Your opinions on different face paints, brushes, powders, glitter, like product reviews etc
* Helpful info for the business side of face painting.

And I want you to send in more photos, or even video if you can, that would be awesome!

To get all the info on the competition click on this link: Silly Farm Competition.

Happy Face Painting

Philadelphia Tivoli
Learn face paint designs by clicking here with step by step photos and instructions!

In my last blog post, I mentioned that I’d have another video for you by the end of the week, and here it is… Proof that anybody can learn to paint cheek art if they have the right help, steps and instruction. Watch my friend Chad (who doesn’t have any painting experience) as he attempts the ice cream cone design, after watching my step-by-step video tutorial!  

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s…. Our Cheek Art Guide will launched on the 1st May 2008, thats next Thursday so stay tuned!
P.P.S…. Thanks for taking on the challenge Chad, I might get you to paint some designs in our next guide, now that you’re so great and all! Hehe :-) 

Hello my face painting friends! Here’s the latest video update on the Cheek Art Guide Launch… I’ve got good news and bad news ….and I’ll reveal what the Bonus Cheek Art Designs are aswell! (Note: The video will open up on a new page) 

To make sure you get emailed with updates on the new Cheek Art Guide, sign up here: http://www.facepaintingtips.com/cheekart

And leave a comment to let me know what you think, ask a questions or just join in on our conversation!

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s If you want to learn cheek art, our Cheek Art Guide is coming out very soon! So stay tuned to our blog and/or sign up at http://www.facepaintingtips.com/cheekart to be notified when its ready!

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Silly Farm Supplies Competition!

“The Power of Imagination”
Sent in by Jane - Rainbow Rascals 

Hello Philadelphia,
I am enjoying your website and all the links and blogs it is great to feel ‘connected’ with other artists from all over the world. I would like to share some thoughts with you …..and I have so many wonderful ideas tips, and stories but thought this one would be helpful as well as amusing. Its all in the imagination…well at least some of it!

I was painting at a large event a few years ago and had settled down to a steady stream of eager Spiderman and Butterflies and all the usual lovely requests that we all get. When a little boy sat down in my chairs and when I asked him the magic words ‘Who would you like to be today?” he replied that he would like to be his Hamster!Not just any Hamster but his Hamster. Now as you will all know some designs reach and and grab you with their wonderful bold colours and designs like the Tiger with its Orange and bold markings etc and the Butterfly with the opportunity for the artist to perhaps colour co-ordinate the wings with the models outfit and the mask like boldness of a Spiderman… but a Hamster~ little beady eyes and lots of fur spring to mind. He was really set on this idea so I proceeded to question him on the colour of his Hamster and set about with  a little trepidation to reproduce his Hamster for him.

He closed his eyes and sat patiently whist I flicked furry marks with my paintbrush and busied myself doing my very best Hamster (hopefully!) when the time came for the ‘reveal’ I was little nervous I must admit but when my little model beamed and said excited ‘Wow that looks just like him!!” I was was thrilled and a tickled too because at that point I realized that so much of what we do is already in the child’s head.

From the moment they join the queue and decide and the wait and wait and finally sit in our chair and ask, by the time they close their eyes before our brushes and sponges touch their face they are beginning to ‘become’ that creation and our artwork is the delightful confirmation of that when they get to look in the mirror. I like to let them have a good long look in the mirror (as long as time will allow) because often we forget they queue for a long time they, sit for 5/10 mins and then perhaps only get a few seconds to glimpse their face so this bit is so important to remember. So the lesson I learnt from this is that we join our models on this wonderful journey of fantasy and never to underestimate the power of their imagination!
 
Kind Regards
Jane
Rainbow Rascals
www.rainbowrascals.co.nz
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Thanks for sending this in Jane, great story! I’ll be posting the rest of the entries until the end of April when I announce the winner. To find out more and enter the face painting Silly Farm contest click here. 

Please leave a comment if you want to ask questions, or just want to offer encouragement!

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s Learn how to face paint, with our step-by-step face painting designs  photos and instructions now! 

Hi there, this post is to continue the Zodiac series that I’ve started on the blog where by, I feature a photo of a zodiac body painting (astrologyweekly.com) at the beginning of each star sign! The sign of Taurus just began, so here it is:

Pretty cool design hey? What do you think? Click here to Leave a Comment. 

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s Stay tuned for our new cheek art guide thats coming out soon right here!: www.facepaintingtips.com/cheekart

Hi there, here it is — a sneak preview of one of the cheek art designs from our New Cheek Art Guide and an update about when the ebook, videos, book and DVD will be released!….

View the Step-By-Step Photos and  Instructions to Our FREE Design by clicking on the link below:
  Sneak Preview of the Ice Cream Cone Design!

  Before I decide on the price of our new guide, tell me what YOU think OTHER people should pay for it, by filling in this quick survey: Click Here to Take Survey

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli

P.s Click here to leave a comment, ask a question, tell us what you think of our new design and join our conversation! (If you leave a comment you’ll go into the draw to win face painting supplies)

Hey guys, just a quick post to tell you, about a new little something that I just had installed on my blog! 

If you really like one of our posts, you can email it to your friends and tell them about it by clicking on the link underneath the title next to the envelope icon that says  “Email This to Your Friends”.

So, be the cool kid in the group and be the first to tell your face painting friends about any of our posts!

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli 
P.s Learn how to face paint, with our step-by-step face painting designs  photos and instructions now! 

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Silly Farm Supplies Competition!

“Happy Easter Bunny”
Sent in by Darell G. Victoria
(Written on 28.03.08)

Hi, I have been following your face painting tips and I am doing great now since I started. Last week it was a busy week for me since it is the Lenten Week and here in the Philippines we celebrate it with commemorating the suffering of Christ.

It started on Palm Sunday, and people go to church bringing palms to be blessed. Then from Monday to Saturday you can see live performance of Jesus carrying the cross and to be crucified. Friday night a long procession of different patron images. Sunday is the much awaited during the week long event. It begun 4:00 a.m. in the morning where the image of Jesus and Mary meet and the vial of Mary been remove because Jesus had return from the dead.

It is followed with church mass and an Easter egg hunt to all the children. Before we went that morning I face painted my son as an easter bunny.  So when he exchanged the eggs he have found, the committee gave him additional prizes, ‘coz he is the only child with face painted!

He was so Happy and so do I.
 
Darell G. Victoria
Lance ‘n Larke Business Center
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Thanks for sending this in Darell, great work! I’ll be posting the rest of the entries until the end of April when I announce the winner. To find out more and enter the face painting Silly Farm contest click here. 

Please leave a comment if you want to ask questions, or just want to offer encouragement!

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s Learn how to face paint, with our step-by-step face paint designs  photos and instructions now! 

Hi guys, I’ve created a really pretty flower design that uses the teardrop technique and a double loading brush technique that will all be explained in the video, so watch it to find out how to paint this design! But before you do…

READ THIS, ITS VERY IMPORTANT!
…If you didn’t already know, we’re going to be releasing a new Cheek Art Guide very soon, and next week I’ll be giving away one of the cheek art designs for FREE…so you’ll get the video tutorial and the step-by-step photos and instructions to one of the designs… all for free!…Now, all you have to do, is go to this page: http://www.facepaintingtips.com/cheekart …sign up, and we’ll send it to you once its ready!

What did you think of the design and video? Click here to leave a comment, and join our conversation!

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s Click here for more Cheek Art Designs!