The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Silly Farm Supplies Competition!
“Face Painting Retreat”
Sent in by Kim Baker
I just took a face painting class taught by Jodi Carr in Virginia 2 weekends ago and had the most incredible time! Myself and 6 other women absorbed everything Jodi had to say and demonstrate for 2 full days.
What heaven to have 2 days straight of nothing but face painting! We stayed overnight at Carol Turman’s house who hosted the class and jammed that night. I plan to make it a yearly retreat, if not more! Here are a few pics of what I painted today on my kids based on what Jodi demo’d. I have a bunch more to try this week- if I can get my kids to sit still long enough!
The biggest trick I learned, yet soooooo simple is how to make a perfect teardrop: really load the brush (I had not been taking several swipes), twirl as you load to make a fine tip, start with the tip every so lightly touching down and then add pressure directly down- it makes a great shaped tear drop. I had been dragging my brush along into the tear drop shape, when all it really needed was a press downwards (brush is perpendicular to skin).
I started face painting for fun last November, starting with Philadelphia’s great ebook. I have done a handful of bday parties and am getting ready to dive in a bit more. I work part-time from home and have 2 small kids, so finding the time to paint is the trick! It is my new great love.
Kim Baker
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Thank you for sending this in Kim, beautiful designs and some great tips! I’ll be posting the rest of the entries until the end of August when I announce the winner. To find out more and enter the face painting Silly Farm contest click here.
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Happy Face Painting,
Philadelphia Tivoli
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These are good paintings I was just wondering I seem to be having problems with getting the color to be smooth with a sponge for the back ground and not very thick any suggestions
Hi Cindy- getting the right amount of water on a brush or a sponge really is quite tricky and I still mess it up sometimes. If it goes on too thickly with your sponge then you don’t have enough water. I spritz the color with a water bottle, then drag my dry sponge across until the cake looks nearly dry again (several swipes), then I half pat, half drag the color where i want it. Actually if you look closely, you can see I had a bit too much water with the shark gray- because it is a bit translucent. It takes practice and I’m still learning!
kim
Hi Kim!~
I am looking forward to going to a two day convention myself! It is nice to learn some quick tips from more experienced painters…sometimes effects that seem difficult to achieve are actually simple, like the teardrop. It looks like you have some real talent for painting. I like the portrait that you did, it’s really good! The skeleton and butterfly are great too..your son is adorable!!
thank you Kari! It does work out great to have 2 willing participants at all times!! Thanks for your sweet comments.
kim