How to Do Face Painting

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to do a Mummy’. So you want to get your white face paint and your sponge. We’re outlining the bandages so you don’t have to be perfect about this. Just dab it, first the eyes to give it a grungy look. Then you’re going to take some …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Cheek Batman So now we’re going to a cheek batman. We just going to make a nice circle on the cheek. This helps it dry a little faster. We’re going to take our fine tip brush and our black. Start with the batman’s face. Make an oval body slightly …

Transcript My name is Emma. I’m a face painter in Manhattan, New York. I own a business called Emma’s Designs, and we do everything from face painting, to balloons, to glitter tattoos for children’s entertainment. And adults’. I’ve been face painting for about three years now, and I always practice on myself. And now I …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Brush Strokes So now I’m going to show you some simple brush strokes that are used universally for face paint. So to start, the teardrop. With what you do is you press down, drag and slowly lift up. And this helps give you a thickened and a long skinny …

Transcript “Now I’m going to show you some of the tools you’ll want to use in face painting. We’ll start with the brushes, you can buy just any type of art brush, preferably ones with synthetic bristles or real hair. And they should be able to easily brush back and forth. They come in varying …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Spiderman Now we’re going to learn how to do Spiderman. And we’re going to apply it over the eyes making a point up in the corner. And we’re going to do this more as a mask. We’re not going to cover his mouth. And your number four brush and …

Transcript Now, we’re going to show you how to do a clown. So, to start, you’re going to want to get your white face paint. A little green sponge. Close your eyes. This is going to be on the mouth so. And make a red nose. And we’re just going to go over the tops …

Transcript To start we’re going to use some white on your sponge, and we’re going to start with the muzzle in the center of the face. And because he’s a male, we’re going to use just a typical orange face paint. And what I’m doing up top is I’m actually making a bit of an …

Transcript Right now we’re going to learn how to do a Dinosaur’ which will also be a Dragon’. So to start you’re going to want to pick a color. I’m going to use this light green. And you’ll start up in the eyes, covering the eyebrow as you mark. And then do the nose and …

Transcript “Skull and Crossbones Now I’m going to show you how to do a skull and crossbones. Now we’re going to start with the skull. And now we’re going to do the bones. And there you have a skull and crossbones.”

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Shark So now we’re going to learn how to do a shark. So this is one of the boy’s favorites. We’re just going to start with some gray and always with sponging you kind of have to just eyeball the shape cause it is kind of hard to see …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Batman Now I’m going to show you how to do Batman. And then fill in everything. And this is how you face paint Batman.”

Transcript And now we are going to show you how to do the Joker. And we are just going to cover his face with white, close your eyes for me. Add some wrinkles in the forehead; this is done with a dry sponge. So to complete the costume you can dye your hair green or …

Transcript So, now we are going to learn how to do a very simple leopard or cheetah. We are just going to apply some white right above her eyebrow, like so. Can you turn your head for me? Thank you. Then, white for her muzzle. Then you are gong to apply a little white at …

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to do a lion. As with most of our animals, I’m going to start with white face paint and your sponge, across the middle of her nose and you’re going to kind of just sweep it in because this is actually going to make a mane and …

Transcript So now we’re going to learn how to do a snake. This is going to use a special already cake paint. As you can see, this paint has several different colors of green put together. You’re gonna get a flat brush and you’re just gonna swipe it into the paint. We’re gonna do two.. …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Dalmation So now we’re going to learn how to do a dalmation. This can also just be a simple dog. To start we’re going to sponge on white. Kind of whisp up some fur in the middle. And then make about a little bit of a triangular shape. Make …

Transcript Now we will paint a kitty cat. And to start you’re going to want your white paint, as with most of our animals. And then take your pink. And we’re just going to start doing some outlines. So that’s a little pom-pom on her head. And there you have a kitty cat.

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Butterfly Now we’re going to learn how to do a butterfly. For this you’re going to want two different shades of a color. This I’m going to use pink. And you’re going to use a lighter and a darker shade. And apply it to the eye in an upward …

Transcript Now I’ll teach you how to do a Fairy’. For this you’re going to want two colors. Close your eyes for me. Above and in-between. Now you’re going to take quite a wide brush and stick it into your white. I’m going to make very big tear drops. So I’ll do some smaller tear …

Transcript Now we’re going to show you how to do a princess mermaid and this is also going to require a special face paint cake. This is an arti cake, that it has all these colors blended together, you’re just gonna swipe your brush in the middle. Add highlights on the… (inaudible). I’m just gonna …

Transcript Now we’re going to do a tribal princess. We’re going to do a mask for this princess. And again, we’re going to use our fine tip brush and really can just do for outlining the mask just swirls and dots as well. A tribal mask is based off of its line work. And a …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Witch Now I’m going to show you how to do a simple witch. Apply it onto your sponge. Close your eyes for me. Then apply some on the lips. Then you’re going to get your black face paint. We’re also going to add a spider. And a dot on …

Transcript So, just in time for the wintery season, we’re going to learn how to do a winter princess. I’m going to go above the eyebrow. Well what we’ll start with is the snowflake in the center of her head, kind of as if you’re going to do just a starburst and then you’re just …

Transcript Now I’m gonna show you how to do a simple Hello Kitty face. Sponge her ears. And we’re going to make her bow. And just because it’s Hello Kitty, we’ll put some glitter. Right on the cheeks. And there you have Hello Kitty.

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to do a bunny. And for girl bunnies, add a little bit of pink on the cheeks. Teardrops for the top fur. And just add some teardrops. And then glitter. And that’s how you do a bunny.

Transcript “How do Do Face Painting: Unicorn So now we are going to do a unicorn. We’re going to do. So as you can see it’s much easier if you first outline how you want your unicorn to look. And I’m going to take some yellow and do the unicorn’s horn. This is pretty much …

Transcript Now we’re going to learn how to do a peacock and really what we’re going to learn is to do more feathers of the peacock. We’re going to do the centers, a big circle something like a tear drop. Again for the peacock feathers you can use a variety of colors as peacock feathers …

Transcript So now we are going to learn how to do a zebra. I’m going to start up on his eyebrows for his ears, and now we’re gonna add some pink, and this is really for the muzzle of the zebra. Now we’re just gonna do some…and then just outline the face and the muzzle, …

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to do a zombie. You’re going to want to get your white face paint, and cover the whole face with white. You don’t have to worry about the eyes, and this can also be a very light coat of white paint. Then you’re going to take some …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Panda Now we’re going to show you how to paint a panda. You don’t need to cover the eyes with all the white because those are going to be black. And then also use the sponge to make some ears. Draw some fur. You’re going to need a nose. …

Transcript So now we’re gonna learn how to do a ninja turtle mask. And this is for the ties, the sponging we’re doing here. And that is how to do a ninja turtle mask.

Transcript Now we’re going to do a Spider’. This is perfect for boys and very simple so it’s very easy for some of the squirmiest children. We’re going to start by doing the spider web. We’ll draw very long tear drops. Then we’re just going to connect them. And now we’re going to make our …

Transcript So now I’m going to teach you how to do a Penguin’ or a Bird’ if you choose not to do it in black. ‚ÄúClose your eyes for me‚Äù. Just go around the eyes. Use the edge of the sponge and feather it out. This does not need to be a perfect mask. Little …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Rainbow So now we’re going to learn how to do a rainbow. We’re going to use a special face paint cake. And you going to take your sponge and put it into the paint and squeeze down, back and forth to pick up the paint. Just going to swoop …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Strawberry So now we’re going to learn how to a strawberry. This could also be used as strawberry shortcake. You make the shape pretty much of a triangle. I’m just going to fan away. And just lightly outline strawberry. Don’t have to close it. Then add some highlights into …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Arabian Crown So now we’re going to learn how to do a very simple princess crown and we’re going to start with the jewel on her head. I’m just going to take a little black for shading, just around one side. Then the fun part of adding the crown …

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to do a masquerade mask. And we’re going to outline the mask. And then we’re going to make little loops. Now we’re going to add some dots in the mask. Then we’re going to add some feathers. Add some more dots into the mask. Now we’re going …

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Falling Hearts Now I’m going to show you how to do something called falling hearts. And then we’re just going to press down like we did with the flowers. And make them smaller. And there you have falling hearts.”

Transcript “How to Do Face Painting: Falling Flowers Today we’re going to learn how to do some flowers. And what you’re going to start to do is you’re going to spray your paint with water and then you’re going to load your brush with some white. And then you’re going to take a second color …

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to do angel face paint. You’re just going to wing it. And then add some glitter. And there you have an angel.

Transcript Now we’re gonna show you how to do a scorpion. And you want to draw big triangles. Then you’re gonna grab your black, and outline one side of the scorpion. And draw claws. And you’re gonna do some legs. And that’s how you do that scorpion.