How to Face Paint

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Okay, this month was quite hard to pick between authors… so I added another prize just for this month! So, there are 2 authors I want to give a prize to, one will win $50 Gift Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies and one will win FacePaintingTips.com’s very own GOLD Cheek Art & Full Face Designs Guides Package! Here are the competition winners: 

The $50 Gift Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies
for the Best Author goes to:

Kim Baker for her entry: Face Painting Retreat! Congratulations Kim… great work and beautiful designs! Well Done. You will be receiving your gift certificate very soon.

*The Special August “GOLD Cheek Art & Full Face Designs Guides Package”* for the Best Author goes to:

Harmony Roth Shabtai for her entry “My Fun in Austria”! I loved this entry, you have some AMAZING designs, your tips for going to workshops were great, thanks for sharing what the wolfe bros. workshop was like and I’d love to see more entries like this one, well done!!!  

The $10 Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies
for the Best Commenter goes to:

Red Herring! Congratulations, thank you for leaving such a thought provoking comment about face painting and child psychology. You will be receiving your gift certificate very soon!

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 September Competition and ofcourse keep making comments right away!

**IMPORTANT**…For September, 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.
* Face Painting photos and stories…

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 painting designs by clicking here with step by step photos and instructions!

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

“My Fun in Austria” - SF Competition
Sent in by Harmony Roth Shabtai

Face painting is always on my mind, so this year when I went to compete in Austria, I took 2 face painting workshops, and they were very nice.

 It seems that the most important colors are black (for shading) and white (for highlight)- that’s what can make or brake your design.

At the Wolfe brothers workshop- which was amazing- I learned much more about monster faces, and how it’s important to consider the morphology of the face when doing face painting. I also got the great tip of keeping butterflies small- that way you get the same result of a happy child but it takes less time, and Nick also painted my face as the Troll princess for the party that took place that night.

Then, at the fantasy workshop for advanced face painters, I learned of new ways to do blending and some more monster designs.

My Tips for Workshop are These:
-always bring a paper and a pen and write anything new- so you can look at it later.
-try to bring a camera to take pictures.
-experience and be braver- the workshop is a good place to practice any new technique. Try new color combinations and new products so you can decide what’s right for you.
-look at the process rather than the result. Try to look at blending and line technique, and fish for parts of the design you like. You can merge teardrops from 1 design, color combinations from another one, and details from a third design to come up with a new design of your own.
-look at the workshop as a place that can boost your creativity, and look at the techniques of the other participants as well, if you can. You can always learn from anyone, so keep your eyes open.
-If you have something you’d like to learn- ask the teacher and don’t be shy.
Learning by the web is nice, but when you see it in reality, it boosts confidence and creativity, at least for me.
Of course the festival was such an amazing experience, and I was happy to go to the finals of brush and sponge. As last year the face painting competition was great and the bodypainting competition includes facepainting as well, so there were a lot of interesting creations.

Happy painting.

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Thank you for sending this in Harmony, great to hear from you again! 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. 

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!

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

“Erin’s Face Painting”
Sent in by Erin E. Wainwright

Hi Philadelphia! 

I’m an elementary teacher who has been face painting for around 10 years now. I had always done it as a volunteer in daycares, campgrounds and schools, but this year I decided to try it out as a business.

 I can’t begin to explain how much I’m enjoying myself! I’ve always loved transforming little faces into bunnies, monsters and butterflies, but now that I’m face painting more regularly, I’m learning so much! I am taking online workshops, watching videos and learning many new techniques!

 I have to say that your website as well as Sillyfarm’s has been inspirational for me, I feel as though I’ve finally found my passion and I am eternally grateful to people such as yourself for all the help you offer online!

 Sincerely,

 Erin E. Wainwright

Maquillage Faceforward Facepainting
Montreal, Québec Canada
514-603-0692
erin@erinwainwright.ca
www.erinwainwright.ca

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Thank you for sending this in Erin, great to hear from you! 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. 

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!

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. 

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!

Here are the competition winners: 

The $50 Gift Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies
for the Best Author goes to:

Kari Ivey for her entry: Face Painting Tips - SF Competition! Congratulations Kari …great work, keep it up, can’t wait to see more! I really loved all the great face painting tips and info that you shared with everybody. Well Done. You will be receiving your gift certificate within the next week.

The $10 Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies
for the Best Commenter goes to:

Mrs. Bunny, The Clown! Congratulations, I couldn’t give this to anybody else, you’ve left so many informative comments and helped people who have been asking questions on the blog so thank you very much for continuing to participate! You will be receiving your gift certificate within the next week!

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 August Competition and ofcourse keep making comments right away!

**IMPORTANT**…For August , 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.
* Face Painting photos and stories…

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 painting designs by clicking here with step by step photos and instructions!

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?  

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

“First Face Painting”
Sent in by Jan Volkmann

I’m hooked!  After downloading Philadelphia’s e-book and watching her tutorials, I knew I had to give this craft a try!  I was asked to do face painting at a Independance Day celebration July 13, and admitted needing some instruction.  I’ve painted on lots of surfaces, but never on faces! 

I ordered the Snazaroo cake paints and couldn’t wait to get started.  I found it’s one thing to paint on my own steady hand or a glass plate, and quite another to paint on a mobile 7-year-old.  But my granddaughter Hope allowed me to “practice” on her, and the attached photo shows the result of my first attempt.

Thanks to a great website and fantastic tutorials, with a little more practice I think I can do it! 

Jan Volkmann

Mosinee, WI

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Thank you for sending this in Jan, an amazing first attempt and beautiful designs! 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?  

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

“Face Painting in South Africa”
Sent in by Sarah

Hi! My name is Sarah, I work as a missionary in South Africa. I got in to face painting a few years ago. We started out doing face painting for underprivileged children and now we use it a lot as a fund raiser for our work.

Recently I felt that I needed to upgrade my face painting so therefor I started to search the web for idea’s.  I’m so happy I did as I found this very inspiring Blog  with so many tips  etc. and I can see a big improvement in my face painting. I would like to thank everyone involved in giving tips and especially the video tutorials.

Thanks again!

Keep up the good work it’s a big help for many, I’m sure!

Bye!
Sarah 

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Thank you for sending this in Sarah, great designs! 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 Learn how to face paint, with our step-by-step face painting designs  photos and instructions now! 

Here are the competition winners:

The $50 Gift Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies
for the Best Author goes to:

Marilyn for her entry: Face Painting Designs Practice Photos - SF Competition! Congratulations Marilyn…great work, keep it up, can’t wait to see more! You will be receiving your gift certificate very soon!

The $10 Certificate from Silly Farm Supplies
for the Best Commenter goes to:

Debbie aka Daisy. Congratulations Debbie, thank you for leaving helpful and informative comments on the blog. You will be receiving your gift certificate very soon!

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 July Competition and ofcourse keep making comments right away!

**IMPORTANT**…For July, 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.
* Face Painting photos and stories…

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 painting designs by clicking here with step by step photos and instructions!

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

“Face Painting Designs Practice Photos”
Sent in by Marilyn

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Thank you for sending this in Marilyn, you’ve some simple yet fun design ideas! I’ll be posting the rest of the entries until the end of June 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!