If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

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

“Face Painting Asleep” - SF Competition
Sent in by Natalee Farrugia

Hi my name is Natalee, I am a mum with two young boys who has been face painting for about a year and a half now. I love your tips and look forward to all your blogs.

I would like to tell you a story about a beautiful little girl aprox 18 months of age who sat down to get her face painted. With each stroke of my brush her little head got heavier and heavier in my hand and before I went to dip my brush in to get some more colour, this gorgeous little girl was fast asleep in my hand.

I have had several comments on how nice it feels to have your face painted but this is a new technique mums could try at home to relax young kids…(my tips are good quality soft brushes and WARM water) and in winter I like to warm my paints up a little by soaking my paint pallet in really hot water before I begin.

I also LOVE using starblend white powder with a (wet) foundation brush for my tiger designs it looks fantastic (see pic attached)… I am loving every minute of face painting and am looking forward to learning more and more.

Natalee Farrugia
Fancy Faces
68 Ridgecrop Drive
CASTLE HILL NSW 2154
ph: 02 9634 8119
mob: 0414 505 982
www.LittleGrippers.com.au 

_______________________________

Thank you for sending this in Natalee, thats a beautiful story, boy i can understand how easy it would be to fall asleep while being painted, its sooo relaxing! I’ll be posting the rest of the entries until the end of September 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 you go, my photos from Wonder Down Under! My favs are the body paintings…the one with the Aussie flag with a koala is Mark Reids, the ragedy anne doll/clown is Yolanda Bartrams and the Purple Wonder Down Under Girl was painted by Lynne Jamieson! Enjoy!

If you like, send in your photos of the convention, and I’ll put them up on the blog! 

And, I’d love to hear what you think, so please…leave comments on this post!

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
Learn face painting the fun and easy way with FacePaintingTips.com!

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
_______________________________

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!

Hey guys, I found this short video that has some great tips about keeping your face painting area clean. Parents don’t want their kids to be painted by a messy artist, they want to be sure that your face painting is clean and safe right?
Well then, Watch the video and apply the techniques!

(Video by Stacey Parzik)

Leave a comment to tell us what you think or to share some of your own cleaning tips

Have a great weekend! 

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s Click here to learn face painting designs for a birthday party or festival!

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

_______________________________

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 

_______________________________

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’s another 4th July Video tutorial for the Americans watching my blog, Heather from SillyFarm.com also made this video - it’ll show you how to paint an arm design…Enjoy

Please leave comments to tell me what you think!
(Leaving comments gets you into the draw for a $10 Gift Certificate from SillyFarm Supplies)

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s Click here for more simple face painting designs with video tutorials!

I’m from Australia, but I know that there are alot of Americans watching my blog, so I thought I’d post this video that Heather from SillyFarm.com did recently for the 4th of July Celebrations in the USA…Enjoy

Please leave comments to share what you thought about the video!
(Leaving comments gets you into the draw for a $10 Gift Certificate from SillyFarm Supplies)

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s Want more simple face painting designs with video tutorials? Click here Now.

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

“Face Painting Designs Practice Photos”
Sent in by Marilyn

_______________________________

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! 

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 by Rudi Everts at the beginning of each star sign! The sign of Leo just began, so here it is:

Just amazing, don’t you think? Leave a comment to tell me what you think :-) 

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
P.S If you would like to learn fun face painting designs click here!