Funny Face-Painting

Gotta have a sense of humor.
Usually lovely, but sometimes my work comes out funny.

For example, here's a boy who requested a train on his face.
This is what I came up with:



And the day goes on:

Balls

Not such a good idea.
The kids had fun,
the toys became special,
but drawing on customer-supplied balls
was a drag.
It was the customer's idea,
so I'd do it again,
but I didn't have fun.

I came prepared with different markers
than I usually use -
to be sure it would work on the balls.
Still, it was frequently hard to keep the ink flowing,
and it took a litl time before the ink was really thoroughly dry.

I tried to take a few samples:

Having Fun with the Kids

I'm so lucky with this job.
I love to paint. And I love
to leave my blues someplace else
while I get in to the excitement
of the here-and-now that the children expect
when they experience my Artwork
right on their faces (arms, legs):







And here are a few butterflies. Looks different on each face:

Take a Peek

I figured it's about time to post a few
more wonderful faces that I've painted
recently.

This is one of my favorites.
Lol - people really bring PerSonALity to my Artwork:



And here are a few fun sharks. Could you just imagine
a whole yardful of them running around with balloon swords?







It's not unusual for the grown-ups to have some ideas
about having fun themselves too:

Got My Act Together

I've really taken off with the Balloons.
I can now
confidently say
that I do Caricatures, Face-Painting,
AND BALLOONS. It's fun to keep expanding
the ones I know.

Here's my new get-up for the Balloons.
I bought a real fancy eye-catching pump -
It looks like a flower.
Then I painted on the back of a
NY-souveneir t-shirt.
and I even painted a money-apron
for when I'm working retail.

Face Painting

I like to have fun with my clients.
Sometimes, with very young people, that even
means that I'll be better off to do more relating to them and
less painting. Like here's a happy child - just amazed with
my quick Rainbows - but not able to sit for a fancy painting.
I figure that the reason people buy this is to have fun -
not just to admire my super-evolved talents:



And here's a good Snake that I wrapped around this girl's arm -
tantalizing:



And it seems that it doesn't matter how many times I paint this Tiger,
it's always fun. An amazing transformation on each face:



But each Butterfly painting is unique - I get in to creating a
PAINTING! Here's a lovely lavender that worked so well on this girl:

Camp Rock !

Parties! Commitments. Getting there on time all prepared. I have been swamped, thank you all. But that means that it takes a while sometimes before I can post my pictures. It's been a couple of Weeks already
since I worked the Camp Rock gig, but this was my first chance to post the photos. It was a blast. My work gets me in to some of the most special places.

I thought it was just another job. But probably very elite
because they had to confirm my identity on a list before even letting me in to the building. Surprise! They had a big opening for the new Disney movie, Camp Rock, and I was chosen to Face-Paint the guests. The spread was magnificent. And the real Camp Rock actors/actresses showed up in person to put on a show.

Here are some photos of the
Cookies! What a caterer!





I tried to take some photos of the show:

   







And I just did my thing. They loved it. My regular Face-Paintings and also whatever they asked for:

   



















My work gets me in to some really Special Events. They had some of the best Party Artists. One of them was a Balloon Artist named Adi that they flew in from L.A. The first thing he did was walk around with platters of 'rings'. He showed me how to make them, and he gave me a few more tips on Balloon twisting:

Coloring Pages !

Today I drew Caricatures on t-shirts at a Girl-Scouts Pool Party.

Then I rushed home to meet with a Clown who ordered some Studio-
pictures from me. This picture was used as a base. She was very
happy with it and plans to frame it:



Before I colored it with Prismacolors, I scanned the line-drawing into my Computer and colored it in PhotoShop. This is the version she plans on using to make stickers:



This girl is a dancer. She also incorporates some dance into her clown-routine.
So this is the picture that I created for her to use as Coloring Pages to give out at her gigs. I'll be adding her contact information to the bottom of the picture:



Here's the pile of Balloons I was left with
when she left. We enjoyed playing with Balloons together:

I really enjoy when a client lets me
choose what to paint. Then I can really
decorate the face that's in front of me -
the right colors and all.

Here's a picture I recently designed
on a little girl who was only allowed
to get a small thing:

I've drawn this butterfly before.
It's based on one of my samples -
a favorite of people who choose from the samples.
And I still love how it looks different on everyone.
Look at how mysterious it looks on this girl
with the dark hair:



And here's another one that I just like.
The photo has funny lighting, but I hope it shows
the graceful swirls that I used to decorate this litl girl:

Central Park

I was Face-Painting in Central Park - See:



And I also added in some Balloon work - a litl thing I do on the side:



It's quite unique - I'm the only one I know of
who draws Caricatures on balloons: