Face Painting Tips - SF Competition
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The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Silly Farm Supplies Competition!
“Face Painting Tips”
Sent in by Kari Ivey
I am Kari Ivey from Huntington Beach, California, USA.
*I recommend that you get a business license as many organizations like you to have this before you can be hired.
*I use Snazaroo paint cakes. I like the variety of colors although I find that some colors react to heat and change consistency such as pale green, and black. I pop them into the refrigerator and this helps to reset them.
*Glitter gels may smudge your design, so I find that using Snazaroo sparkle colors over the matte colors leaves a similar effect, as well as shimmer powders, or loose glitter.
*I find that the best place to practice is on my thigh! 
I find that painting on the arms and hands of small children is best because they like to see the design. When you paint their faces, they tend to “follow” your brush with their eyes and this results in a difficult job!!
*To preserve the shape of my brushes, I roll them in the paints as I load, rotating the brush between my thumb and forefinger.
*I present a photo album of my work, as well as my entire palette when I paint because it attract people to my table. “The Princess Glove” is an easy and popular piece that I do for girls (even women like it!). Questions?? please email me at kciechoski@socal.rr.com
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Thank you for sending this in Kari, those are some mighty fine face painting tips, and beautiful designs too! I’ll be posting the rest of the entries until the end of July 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 Click here for face painting designs with step-by-step with photos and instructions?
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July 18th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Wow Kari, those Princess Gloves are seriously cool! Lots of great tips as well - thanks so much for sharing
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
beautiful princess gloves , what a great idea keep up the different ideas ,cant have to many different ones, great job and helpful hints to. Phyllis I love painting on hands and arms
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Oh, man!! Those gloves are the coolest!! I never would have thought of gloves. I do hand art, like bracelet rings that only go to the wrist, but this is something way cooler! Thanks for the idea!!
July 24th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
WOW!! Thank all of you for your responses. Actually the Princess Glove came about almost by chance. I was browsing around online, as I usually do, and found artybrushstrokes.com, and was looking at a full body design that won placement at a competition (the under the sea, blue based design). I thought that it was beautiful and went about my way. Then one day I was sitting on a pier at an art faire waiting to paint someone, and started painting a fancy glove on my hand using Snazaroo Sparkle Gold…I kept adding to it as I had breaks and the “Ivey Princess Glove” was created! I use a large square brush to paint on the base and then go from there.
Many on you have emailed me for step by step instructions….I’m, working on that. I’ll video myself applying this design, I think that it will be more effective than a long read of step by step instructions.
I am a fairly new painter, so thank you so much for the positive feedback, I’ll post other original designs as they come to mind!!
Kari Ivey Face and Body Painting
Huntington Beach, CA. USA
July 25th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
My temporary web address is:
www.myspace.com/kariiveyfacenbodypainting
I have some of my work posted in the pictures section if you’d like to take a look.
Kari Ivey Face and Body Painting
Huntington Beach, CA. USA
July 27th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
The arm art is great! I painted faces at a family reunion and while I waited in between paintings I sat there and painted on my arms just for practice. Soon the kids wanted art painted on their arms, forearms, etc. They felt like they had tatoos. Soon I was painting those art nouveau type rings around older peoples’ upper arms. I did more of that than I did faces!
You’ve got some wonderful, well-thought out designs for sleeve art! I’ve never seen any photos of this type of work yet! Great ideas!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Thank you Lisa. I have similar experiences as well! It is almost relieving when a small child sits down and prefers to have their arm, or hand painted, because I know that it will turn out excellent and the child will leave with a smile! I find that sometimes when I start face paintings, I have to leave out some detail because the kids get antsy!
Check out my slideshows on my site!
www.myspace.com/kariiveyfacenbodypainting
By the way THANK YOU PHILLY AND SILLY FARM FOR AWARDING ME MY PRIZE!! When I started face painting I was all over the internet looking for helpful ideas. facepaintingtips.com was perfect for giving me the basics, as well as links to other videos…exactly what I needed, not to mention the books that I downloaded that walked me step by step through face painting designs. The old favorites, as well as some new, inspiring designs thwarted me into my new business. I will return the favor by sharing my ideas with you here and at my site. Thanks again!!
Kari Ivey
August 8th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Congrats Kari!
August 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Here is another tip for keeping brush shape: I carry a small bottle of baby hair conditioner with me an roll the tips of the brushes into it after I am done painting for the day. It keeps your brushes smelling nice and feeling soft -Also, I cut little pieces off of a drinking straw and slip them over the brush end to protect them - your brushes will feel like new forever!
(I have been using the same brushes for about 5 years!)