The Bottom Line
If you've never face painted before, these DVDs will show you how to paint various designs and should give you the confidence to give it a go. If you're wanting to expand your repertoire, each DVD has eight different full-face designs clearly demonstrated from start to finish.
Pros
- Clearly shows you how each face design is created from start to finish.
- The brushstrokes chapter demonstrates how to do various shapes and lines you'll use in the faces.
Cons
- At times the presenter is a little stiff, a little aware of talking into the camera.
- If the DVDs were cheaper, under US$20, they'd have had five stars.
Description
- Features professional face painter Sharon Neilson, of Changing Faces.
- DVD running time 1 hour 45 minutes (Halloween Classics) and 1 hour 52 minutes (Halloween Horror).
- Halloween Classics DVD face painting designs: devil, witch, alien, scarecrow, superhero, pirate, clown, and princess.
- Halloween Horror DVD face painting designs: Frankenstein, 2 zombies, mummy, skull, half-skull, vampire, and werewolf.
- Introductory chapters cover how to apply base color, accent colors, details, basic brush strokes, supplies, and sanitation.
- Also includes tips on marketing, pricing, and working with children.
Guide Review - Halloween Face Painting DVDs by Sharon Neilson
These two face painting DVDs each have demonstrations of eight full-face designs, clearly showing you how each is created from start to finish. If you want to learn to face paint, copying each of these will give you a decent repertoire to start with, and adapt. Some of the designs are simpler than others (for example the pirate) and it's assumed you will know how to paint basic lines, curls and dots. If you're totally new to face painting, start with the chapter that explains how to control a brush and get different shapes with it.
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