Business - Part 2

Friday Face Painting Haiku: jam

jam until morning
tired eyes and painted arms
i’ll sleep when i’m dead

Casey at the Bat…

I play softball once a week during the Spring and Summer seasons and every year I get a wake up call on the night of the first game.

All that running and throwing and running and swinging… after the first inning, I am done! I’m spent. My legs just give up on me.

My problem? Oh… I forgot to warm up.

Hey, Michelle, this is a Face Painting Blog… get back on topic!

Ok, ok – I just needed a little sympathy for my aching torso/limbs/entire body.

Getting back to Face Painting, this is an important lesson to remember. The birthday kid/CEO’s kid/ VIP’s kid is almost always first in my chair. And I used to get so nervous… where was my warm up face?!

So now I keep some of my almost empty pots of black and white and a rainbow cake aside from my kit and I paint my face right before I head out for gigs. A few swirls and curls and my warm up is done!

Oh, but in case I’m feeling a little shakey, I paint a few extra spiders, webs, wiggly cracks and squiggles on my legs too. Good thing I always wear long pants…

FP Haiku: Indulge Her

She has her heart set
on being a dinosaur…
Indulge her. Say yes.

2 Comments June 11, 2010

These are a few of my favorite things…

Teardrops
Swirls
Diddly dots
Graffiti splatters & drips
Liquid Bling “ooze”

I would, and have, put all of these elements together in designs. I just like thinking about them as individual lovely things as well.

The end.

FP Haiku: FABAIC

FABAIC was sweet

my card holder overflows

why weren’t you there?

(say it with me: fah-BAY-ic)

1 Comment June 4, 2010

FP Haiku: Commitments

What is Face Painting?

Art. Without Any Messy

Long Term Commitments.

Just a Tease from FABAIC 2010

FP Haiku: reply

write three paragraphs

and we will ignore your words.

three lines work better.

Product Review: Wolfe Brothers Cheat Book V3: Animals

Description: $15.00
Typical Wolfe construction of spiral bound, 4″/5.5″, glossy card stock, no words, all pictures, some “cheek art”/half face and some full face depending on your definition.

My Full Face definition is that you turn the model into the animal/character.

7 out of 15 designs are “on” the face not “of” the face, if you catch my drift. No? You don’t catch that drift? You should consider standing downwind next time :P

Pros:
- Excellent quality photos
- Designs you probably haven’t seen in other books yet
- Nicely executed and super cute half face/cheek art animals
- Style. You know when it’s a Wolfe design. And I want someone to do the Insect design on me in Florida. You hear me, Wolfies?

Cons:
- I would only use 1, maybe 2 designs on a job out of this book: the Fish (Cute but I like Christina Davison’s better) and the Chimp (Shannon’s version works for me b/c it is faster)
- No color descriptions
- I HATE books & DVDs that don’t give details on how to do the cover art. Hate Hate Hate! You advertise with the cover- that is how you got my attention, isn’t it? Show me what I want, dang it!
- Also, beginner beware. This is not for you. Buy it for inspiration but don’t get discouraged.

Don’t miss these designs (even if you never use them, they are still awesome!):
- Bluejay
- Fish
- Chimp
- T-Rex
- Insect

Overall: Was it worth my $15? Yes. But I like Face Painting books a lot. If you only want new ideas for designs for gigs, this is not for you.

FP Haiku: plaigerism

selling ideas

you lifted off the forums

will not get you far

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