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Here are the details for face painting courses, classes and events that are happening around the world in December 2008. If you’re holding face painting courses and classes yourself or you know of face painting courses/classes that are coming up (that aren’t listed here), then email me and I’ll have them posted asap: i n f o (at) f a c e p a i n t i n g t i p s (dot) c o m

And if you want to learn face painting from home,
then download one of our face painting courses at
www.FacePaintingTips.com today!

Saturday-Sunday, December 6-7, 2008
Mark Reid Workshop
Denver, Colorado, USA

This is a great opportunity to meet Mark and to learn from him here in Denver. Mark will not be teaching anything that was taught at any other class or convention. He will be teaching drag blending, double loading sponge, creating designs, and creating a new design from an old design, abstract design, flowers, advance 3 dimensional flames, feathers and much more.

Name Bobbie Gleason
Phone 303 582 3233
eMail krystalwolf@q.com

Event Location Info
Casa Bonita
6715 W Colfax
Lakewood, Colorado

Friday-Saturday, December 12-13, 2008
Christina Davison Workshop #1
Madison, Connecticut, USA

Mark your calendars, folks…… The DIVINE Miss Christina Davison will be coming to teach her fabulous art at my home in Madison, Ct. It will a be a FULL 8 hour class each day…….9:00 AM- 6:00 PM each day!!

The cost is $275.00 and that includes 2 lunches and 1 dinner!!

A deposit of $75.00 is due now. This class is for seasoned artists and newbies alike! There will be something for everyone!

Name Christina Davison
Phone 806-463-7669
eMail christina@amadazzle.com

Friday, December 12, 2008
Face Painting Jam
San Jose, California USA

Jams are for people interested in balloon twisting, face painting & glitter tattoos, magic, and any other children/family/corporate entertainment; for beginners, seasoned professionals and everyone else in between. Bring your ideas and laughter. If you have supplies, bring them. If you are new, we have extra.

Name Cheryl
Phone 510-468-0931
eMail pockets@bayareastars.com

Round Table Pizza
4400 Stevens Creek Boulevard
San Jose, California 95129

Sunday-Monday, December 14-15, 2008
Christina Davison Workshop #2
Madison, Connecticut, USA

Mark your calendars, folks…… The DIVINE Miss Christina Davison will be coming to teach her fabulous art at my home in Madison, Ct. It will a be a FULL 8 hour class each day…….9:00 AM- 6:00 PM each day!!

The cost is $275.00 and that includes 2 lunches and 1 dinner!!

A deposit of $75.00 is due now. This class is for seasoned artists and newbies alike!!! There will be something for everyone!

Contact Info
Name Christina Davison
Phone 806-463-7669
eMail christina@amadazzle.com 

Monday, December 15, 2008
Face Painting Jam
Vienna, VA

We are having our 3rd Monday of the month face painting jam. Absolutely all skill levels are welcome. Please feel free to bring your children (they will probably be painted, too!). Don’t worry if you can’t be there exactly at 6:30.

Bring your kit or not. We will have those demonstrating the various designs set up their kits and go from one person to the next.

I hope to see many of you there.

Looking forward to seeing as many at the jam!

Name Carol “Dee Vinchey” Turman
Phone 703-821-8581
eMail CAROLTURMANVA@aol.com

Event Location Info
Fuddruckers
1587 Spring Hill Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182 USA
Monday, December 29, 2008
South Central Pennsylvania Face Painting Guild
York, Pennsylvania, USA

The South Central Pennsylvania Face Painting Guild is meeting.

The back room has been reserved for our face painting jam and of course you can order from the menu for dinner.

ALLERGY ALERT: We will keep the back room for face painting only. Please remember no balloons in the back room as some are allergic to latex. However, if you want an informal balloon twisting session then please feel free to keep that at the front of the restaurant

Contact Info
Name Karen “Skeeta” Sawyer

Event Location Info
Fudrucker’s Restaurant
2300 East Market Street
York, Pennsylvania 17402 USA
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Happy Face Painting

Philadelphia Tivoli
Face Painting Tips

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

“Face Painting Pumpkins” - SF Competition
Sent in by Mollie Stofan a.k.a. “Mollie the Painter”

Face Painting…Pumpkins?

This fall, I was hired to face paint at a local farm, Janoski’s.  Their “Pumpkinland” activities go on every weekend in October.  After my first weekend painting, my boss told me that she was very impressed by my designs and detail.  She then asked me if I would paint 32 apple-sized pumpkins for her.  She wanted to give the pumpkins out as party favors.  I eagerly agreed and took the pumpkins home.

My first thought was, “What paint should I use?”  I decided on using acrylic paint that I had lying around the house.  I sat down and began to paint.  My happiness turned to panic as I painted because the acrylic was not sticking well to the pumpkins skin.

Skin!  Now I knew what I needed! I went downstairs and took out my face paints..  I started to paint again, only this time with my Paradise and Snazaroo paints.  Painting on the pumpkins was as easy as painting on your arm or leg.  The paint also went on very smoothly.

The only problem that I ran into was that the paint would smudge if you touched it.  I fixed this problem by spraying each finished pumpkin with clear polyurethane.  That way, the design became permanent and the pumpkin also now had a beautiful shine!

Each pumpkin took me about 16 minutes each to complete.  I did each pumpkin differently, mostly because I had a lot of fun coming up with different designs. So if you are looking for another way to use your face painting talents, why not try face painting pumpkins!

Happy Halloween!

–Mollie Stofan a.k.a. “Mollie the Painter”
e-mail: molliethepainter@yahoo.com

BIO:  I learned the art of face painting from one of the best known face painters, Sandy Johnson, a.k.a “Sunshine the Clown”. (www.sunshinetheclown.org) I have painted at fairs and at a couple of parties since my start in August. I am 18 and in my first year of college.

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

“The Best Bearcat” - SF Competition
Sent in by Courtney Gann

My first face painting experience since I have been subscribed to facepaintingtips.com was a completely gratifying experience.. Our school had decided to give an impromptu spirit day in honor of our first football game ever. Since our mascot is a bearcat, I decided that I would put my lessons to the test and attempt to paint a tiger on my face. It took me over an hour and a half to complete, as I was not yet used to my brushes and paint, but my hard work and time was rewarded. I was unrecognizable even to myself.

So, after my brother woke up, and demanded I paint his face too, we were off to school. I was still nervous about my face paint. What was I going to do if people laughed? I had firmly decided that if that happened, I was going to wash my paint off and just do the traditional half black, half red face that most people adorned on this particular day. However, on the way to school, I was so nervous that I didn’t see my speedometer jump up to 80, and as you can imagine, that didn’t go over well with the local police. I got pulled over. The officer walked up to my vehicle and knocked on my window. But, as I rolled it down, and he saw my face paint, he was impressed.

Instead of giving me a ticket, asked for my number and told me if he ever needed a face painter for his children’s birthday parties, he would give me a call. My confidence was boosted slightly and so I pursued on, deciding to stick with whatever reactions I received. I had made it. There were several kids already bustling about the school, and the principals were standing outside. After several deep breaths, I exited my vehicle and made my way up to the building.

Within minutes, kids were flooding me, begging for me to do their face paint. With neither the time or all the materials to do what they wanted, I declined the more intricate designs, but told several if they would be at the school early on homecoming week that I would do my best to accommodate them. Later that day my school had a contest to see who had the most school spirit. In an overwhelmingly unanimous vote, I was voted most school spirited. My picture was taken for the yearbook, and I was given a hundred dollars in cash for being the “BEST BEARCAT.”

*==GOD’S CHILD==*
Courtney Gann

Here are the details for face painting courses, classes and events that are happening around the world in October 2008. If you’re holding face painting courses and classes yourself or you know of face painting courses/classes that are coming up (that aren’t listed here), then email me and I’ll have them posted asap: i n f o (at) f a c e p a i n t i n g t i p s (dot) c o m

And if you want to learn face painting from home,
then download one of our face painting courses at
www.FacePaintingTips.com today!

October 10-12 2008
Airbrush Art With Star Shields
Washington, D.C.

Artist Star Shields from California will be in D.C. teaching two 8-hour classes.  The first class is airbrush basics, including mechanics, trouble-shooting, control, blend exercises, temporary tattoos, etc.  The second class is more advanced face makeup with color blending, product practice on foam heads and live models.  Stencil techniques, template techniques, brush strokes and tricks, stencil making and more will also be covered.

Star is extremely thorough and detailed and offers significant discounts on supplies and products.  This is a total of 20 hours of intensive training.

Event is from October 10-12, with the two classes being on the 10th and 11th and a four hour Jame on the 12th.

Contact Info: Nicole nhaynes@yahoo.com or glamrockart.nicole@gmail.com

Friday, October 3 2008
Face Painting JAM
Westminster, Maryland USA

The clientele are generally up for being experimented on.  They have GREAT coffee and some lite sandwich fare (also really good), so come out if you can.  Event is shooting to become a regular deal, trying to do this the first Friday of each month.

Event location info:

The Pour House
233 E Main St
Westminster

Monday, October 6 2008

Face Painting Class
Staten Island, New York USA

This is a beginner course that will cover basic sponge and line work. We will cover step by step instructions on how to paint the most popular fast full face designs that can be done in three to five minutes each. RSVP by e-mail or phone.

Contact Info:
Phone 215-537-8335
eMail bustert13@aol.com

Event Location Info:
2102 Clove Rd.
Staten Island, New York 10305 USA

Face Painting Jam
San Jose, California USA

Jams are for people interested in balloon twisting, face painting & glitter tattoos, magic, and any other children/family/corporate entertainment; for beginners, seasoned professionals and everyone else in between. Bring your ideas and laughter. If you have supplies, bring them. If you are new, we have extra

Contact Info:
Cheryl
Phone 510-468-0931
eMail pockets@bayareastars.com

Event Location Info:
Round Table Pizza
4400 Stevens Creek Boulevard
San Jose, California 95129

Tuesday, October 7 2008

Face Painting Class
Cherry Hill, New Jersey USA

This is a beginner course that will cover basic sponge and line work. We will cover step by step instructions on how to paint the most popular fast full face designs that can be done in three to five minutes each. RSVP by e-mail or phone.

Contact Info
Phone 215-537-8335
eMail bustert13@aol.com

Event Location Info:
2102 Clove Rd.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey

FX Techniques & Halloween Faces
Costa Mesa, California, USA

There’s so much that could be covered that I would like to find out what the group wants before I make definite plans on what we will be doing. There will be a small materials fee for the FX materials tba once I know what we’ll be doing for sure.

My general plan would be to cover both vamp & gory, going over the most requested faces. I’d like to touch on prostetics and give you an opportunity to play with modeling things like noses, etc. I also wanted to cover how you can make an FX look without investing in special materials.

Just a note: I’m into scary and creepy, but I’m not into violence. There’s enough of that in world that I don’t want to contribute to it. So there will be no designs that intimate that a person has done harm to another like bullet wounds and knives sticking in people. But if someone is stupid enough to walk into a plate glass door (like I did at the body art ball!) then I could see doing a little blood. For those who will be having big lines, I’ve got a great quick cut.

Contact Info:
Cindee
Phone 714-743-7440
eMail FantasyBrush@aol.com 

Friday, October 10 2008

Face Painting Class
Grants Pass, Oregon, USA

I will be teaching a class that I am holding in Oregon on October 10th from 5-9ish in Grants Pass Oregon.  On Halloween designs for both male & female using sponge and line work.  I currently have 8 people signed up, have room for 12 more people.

Cost is: $150 per person
Bring your own supplies.
Start’s at 5pm - 9 or 10 ish.
For all levels.

Local supplier will have merchandise on hand for purchase.

eMail ginaniemi1@aol.com

Saturday, October 11 2008

Snazaroo Face Painting Class
Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, USA

This is a beginner course that will cover basic sponge and line work. We will cover step by step instructions on how to paint the most popular fast full face designs that can be done in three to five minutes each. RSVP

Contact Info:
Phone 215-321-3559
eMail mabell234@aol.com

Wednesday, October 15, 22, and 29 2008
Face Painting Class
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Face Painting Class by Sara Offutt
Introductory course designed to cover the basics of the art form of face and body painting. Includes information on FDA compliant paints and products. Pre-registration required

Contact Info:
Sara Offutt
Phone 615-353-3456
eMail dipaknee@aol.com