Christmas comes but once a year and when it comes it brings good cheer, creating a winter wonderland of goodwill shared by families and friends getting together. As well as decking the halls with boughs of holly, they’ll be dressing up and, if there happens to be an aspiring artist among the partygoers, the kiddies will be queuing up to have their faces painted with their favourite Christmas face painting design. For the amateur painter though, that first face painting party can be nerve wracking.
A family festive party with children is an ideal situation for that first time and will help you iron out those first-time nerves and mistakes. Starting off correctly and looking professional though is very important, so let’s take a look at your essential face painting starter equipment/accessories.
1 – You will need to decide whether to use paints in pots or cake form. As there are advantages and disadvantages with either, a high percentage of face painters use both. Practising and discovering what gives you your desired effect will dictate which you prefer for different finishes. A small to medium palette of colours will suffice, but ensure it has the all-important primary colours, eg red, blue, yellow, white and black. Having these colours means you can mix any other colour out of the ones you already have, and please make sure you only ever use paints designed for the skin.
2 – Stick to just a few simple christmas designs for your first time, like holly, berries, stars, snowflakes, baubles and Christmas trees.
3 – An assortment of different sized brushes with a variety of thicknesses for different effects is a must. The worst thing you can do is use cheap brushes. They will not produce the same quality finish with your creation and will set you back. Always remember you will only ever be as good as your tools allow you to be.
4 – A fold-up table like a card table would make an ideal area to place all your paints and water pots, etc, and maybe a couple of foldaway chairs. Cristmas Face Painting Step By Step
5 – A container filled with water for washing your brushes out and, if you’re going to be really busy, an extra bucket of water will come in handy to replenish your brush water as it gets dirty.
6 – There are various opinions on sponges. Some buy make-up sponge wedges, while others just cannot get on with them and swear by face painting sponges. Round ones are a good buy, and can cut costs down by cutting them in half. Sea sponges are great for blending work.
7 – As a beginner, you’ll be nervous enough to be a bit messy so make sure you have plenty of spare rags to wipe your painted hands plus some baby wipes and cotton buds for quick fixes on smudges, etc.
8 – Half-painted faces, cheek painting, butterflies and similar designs look stunning with touches of glitter, and don’t forget children love to have painting designs on their arms, hands, legs and even feet.
9 – Lastly practice, practice, practice! and have fun. If you make mistakes, and you probably will, laugh them off. It’s christmas so it won’t matter.
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