The difference in length of the individual strands and the placement are working together to create a main direction towards the central focal point. Instead of painting fur, I added some texture using a regular sponge, white and dark brown paint and a stencil.Īfter adding the texture I loaded a round brush #8 with two colors of brown from the split cake and added the hair on top of the forehead. Step 4: Adding Hair and Texture to My Halloween Cat Makeup The coverage isn’t perfectly even, but it doesn’t have to be because I will add some texture with stencils later on. Because there was already a white base in the middle parts, the colors blend easily. The ‘empty spaces’ on the cheeks and forehead I filled in next with the lightest color on my brush. After that, I painted the nose area.Ĭonfused with what tools to get for your kit and where to buy them? Don’t worry! You’ll find all the answers in this Free Guide for Beginner Face Painter! □ In this case that meant following all the contour lines with my flat brush and always keeping the darkest color on the side of the contour line. To finish the base I loaded a flat wide brush with a brown split cake and filled in the rest of the design. Today we are super proud to have her on board as an official International Face Painting School instructor! Check out more about Annabel in: “ Annabel Hoogeveen: Unlocking the Secrets to Creative Success“. Tip: Did you know that Annabel Hoogeveen is our most experienced instructor? She has taken more than 60 (!!!) workshops by top-leaders of the industry and has been teaching the art of face painting in her studio in the Netherlands for many years before she joined our team! To give the design extra color and depth, I also added some light blue on the sides of the muzzle and ‘in’ the ears of my easy cat face paint. But to be able to get nice coverage and blend on the forehead, cheeks, and muzzle I first added a base with glycerin-based white and a sponge on certain areas. The easiest way to get those is by using a flat or angled brush for the base colors. That meant that I needed ‘clean’ contours. I wanted my design to have a cartoony look to it. Learn more about it here! Step 2: Adding a Base to My Halloween Cat Face Paint Tip: Confused with what is “glycerin-based” white? There is also a wax-based white too! □ One works best for linework, while the other one - for background and blending. That’s why I make a sketch first.įor this sketch, I used a watery, glycerin-based white paint and a small round brush, #3. Of course, I make sketches on board too, but those are flat and it is not always possible to copy them completely onto a face. When painting design for the first time on a real face, I like the start with a rough sketch to find the proper placement. Step 1: Sketching Easy Cat Face Paint Design Get Your Beginner Cat Face Paint Kit Here So, although I was planning on creating yet another girly cat design, I changed my mind and made a Halloween cat face paint boy-friendly version. There are so many girly cat designs and so many big cat (tiger) designs, but I couldn’t find one single (domestic) cat design for boys. Looking around the internet, trying to find some inspiration for a new (domestic) cat design, I was a bit disappointed.
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