subject: Choosing Face Painting Tools For Beginners [print this page] Are you interested in getting your hands dirty and diving straight into the colorful and fun world of face painting? Starting out to become the best face painting artist in Ventura, or getting gigs for party face painting in Carpinteria requires you to have the best start out face painting kit. Choosing a good face painting kit to help boost your career or hobby, as a face-painting artist can be quite confusing, however, since we are assuming that you are a beginner, there are quite some suitable products out there that are not too expensive and are just perfect for every new student of face painting art.
For doing such gigs like face painting in Santa Barbara, face painting in Goleta, or kids face painting in Goleta, the best and most inexpensive way to go is buying your self a face paint palette which already contains the basic colors black, white, red, and yellow. These colors are the ones you can mix together to get other shades of color so they help you get a long way with your painting since you can have several colors without buying individual products, which can be costly and impractical for a beginner.
Having a palette with these four basic colors can set you up for smaller birthday parties or maybe a small private party. But when it comes to participating in bigger events such as festivals, concerts, shows, etc, you will not have the time nor the energy to keep on mixing to get the shade of color you want. Therefore, you need to invest in painting palettes that have more individual colors included in the set. Usually these bigger palettes consist of between 8-14 different colors, which are the four basic colors mentioned earlier, plus pink, brown, orange, light blue, dark blue, light and dark green, and violet or purple. There are even palettes consisting of up to 54 color shades but are usually reserved for the pro market.
So, after deciding which color palette to buy, you also need to think about the painting brush appropriate for your level and type of gig for face painting. As a beginner, you can do with just two brushesround and flat. Dont be deceived by these brushes seemingly simple names. The round and flat brushes are probably the two most important brushes for face painting. With just these two types of brushes, you can already create shapes, such as dots, lines, waves and detail work around the eyes, nose, and mouth.
Select a number 2 and number 4 round brushes for creating small dots, curves, lines, stripes, and swirls. For more detail work, use the smaller numbered brush.
For your flat brush, get your self a 1-inch size for picking up colors in your palette, mixing them and applying your brush strokes.
Just like the issue with the color palette, get more of your flat and round brushes depending on the size of the event or party you are going to get. Having more than two brushes can help you save time and make you work more efficiently since you do not need to keep on washing brushes while you paint.
