If you're just painting faces for your own child's birthday party
, then you only have to do this once a year. Knowing a bunch of designs is that that important. However, I do this as a part time occupation, so I get tired of cup cakes all the time. To keep my mental juices flowing, and also to keep me interested in face painting, I've started taking digital photos of my new designs. I print these out on my color printer and put them in sheet protectors in a little notebook. Whenever I go to a job, I take a look at my portfolio and refresh my memory. (The portfolio also helps get jobs, but that's a subject for another article!)