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Metz,

What type of round brush, sable or synthetic? Also, you would really get a WOW effect if you added about three dots in several of the larger stripes.

Really like the color placement. Been staring for a bit to memorize the white.

Great colours for a tiger. I really like it.

Metina wrote:Metz,

What type of round brush, sable or synthetic? Also, you would really get a WOW effect if you added about three dots in several of the larger stripes.

Really like the color placement. Been staring for a bit to memorize the white.

Metina
thanks for the suggestion, I felt I wanted to add a little something more, but was afraid I was going to go too far. The brush is just a craft store cheapy synthetic.

If you can get your hands on a sable or natural hair round you will be amazed at the tiger stripes you get. Especially if you can get the effect you have already with a synthetic!

Jessica, I LOVE your work! Simply Awesome on your website, too! I second and third what everyone said about your Masks. The details enrichens them to da max and I love the shadows beneath the edges of the mask, giving a unique three dimentional look!
My question is; howdyadothat?
Cheers,
Susan

Thank you! I do that using Snaz black with more water than usual.

Ok....everyone else in America is watching the Super Bowl game, and I'm painting my face. So here are two more mardi gras designs for you all.

This one is very quick but looks nice....

Supplies used:
Snaz red, yellow
Wolfe black
Large Filbert
Round #3

Step 1: I used Snaz red for base to create a "boa" on each eye.


Step 2: Added Snaz yellow, a few strokes at eye and highlighted the ends of the red feathers.


Step 3: Added black strokes to make it "pop" and black for eye liner.

And another....

Supplies used:
Snaz torquoise, snaz pink, dark green
Wolfe lime green, wolfe met. pink (red), wolfe white and black
Large filbert, round #5

Step 1: Applied Snaz torquoise as eye shadow, then pink above the eyebrow.


Step 2: Added lime green above the pink.


Step 3: Added Wolfe Met. Pink as a shadow on snaz pink. Then added Wolfe pink tear drops.


Step 3: Outlined in black and added black teardrops.


Step 4: Added white dots/highlights and snaz dark green to lime base.


Step 5: Add snaz black for shadowing and wolfe black for dots.

That's what I like to call my "Mardi Brows".

Jessica, I just love your designs! You always seem to give everyone of them 110%.
I hope you dont mind that Im coming up with variations of your submissions to add to my face painting menus when I do parties.

No, not at all. That's why we are doing these! To inspire others.

Thanks!

Less than a week to Fat Tuesday!
next submission for me

Mardi Gras Skeleton Mask
supplies used:
Paradise White, Black, Hot Rod Green Metallic
Kryolan Interferenz Gold, Bronze, Silver
Wolf metallic purple
Mehron Precious Gem Powder Pearl
No. 8, 5, and 1round paint brush, a blush brush and a cotton swab
Fist step - I outlined the shapes in white with a #5 brush and filled in a few spots on the forehead.
2nd step - I filled in more white with a larger brush.
3rd step - I brushed on a light coating of the pearl powder.
4th step - I filled in the crown shape with bronze.
5th step - was filling in the eyes and outlining everything in black.
6th step - I went back and added black to the nose and highlighted the crown with gold and did some blending with the cotton swab.
7th step - I added a few gems to the crown in purple and green.
8th step - added highlights using white and silver.
Final step - added more final touches in gold.

B-E-A-U-tiful! I love the fleur de lis! Nice job!

Very NICE!

Here is mine....
Using Mehron/Paradise Colors
Red, Black, White, Yellow with Mehron Gold Powder and an American Painter #4 and FWW Green Sponge

Sponge in Red

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Then outline in Black, laying brush down sideways to get the oval like shape lining red and add handle,
Next Add Feather Fluff Using White and Black to Top

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Now add Mask shadowing and red feather...
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Load yellow paint and lay in gold powder creating criss cross detail, mask "figure 8" edging, and stripes in handle

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Lastly add some black shadow inside of mask and white hilights and golden and black eye and lid details. Voila! Smile!
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Purdy!

that's very mardi gras masky very much like the feathers

Ok, I didn't do any step by step pictures, I'm sorry... I didn't even know if this would turn out at all, but I think it's pretty darn cute.

For those of you who know it as Pancake Day (as I did in my youth) here's one more submission from me.

I started with the white plate, then light brown stack of pancakes, darker brown between each of them... then a yellow pat of butter on top, kryolan gold for the syrup running down, then some white hilights.

After that, I went on to do the face above it... white of the eye, light blue ring, darker blue dots, black for the pupil, outline and lashes. Brown eyebrow, a littlte pink in the corner of the eye... black for the nose and mouth, red for the tongue, then outline in black.

I did it all with a small round brush and a liner brush.

Very cute, Perry!

Mardi Gras mask
Colors: (all snaz) bright pink,orange, sparkle red, light blue, dark blue, white, bright yellow, purple, and black
#4 liner brush and high dens sponge
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step one, sponge white mask around eyes

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step two, add sparkle red flowers and outline on mask

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step three, take bright pink over flowers and fill in flower circles with orange and star in center in orange (small flower)

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step four, highlight flower in purple



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step five, outline with yellow around mask and highlight orange in flowers

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step six, highlight inside of mask with blue and lay foundation for feathers in blue



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Step seven , take dark blue and lay some shadowing in light blue on mask, also overlay on feathers

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Add black outlining to mask, eyes, flowers and overlaid on feathers, add white highlights to flowers and overlaid on feathers.

I hope I didn't forget anything in the steps........ oh yeah, sparkle red to lips

very pretty

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