Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, s a Mexican holiday celebrated every year on November 1st and 2nd. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. Artisans have been making beautifully decorated sugar skulls for generations, and now the artform has turned into very popular face painting designs!
Happy Día de los Muertos!
Well it is the day after the saturday before Halloween…. or in other words “Adult Halloween”! Yet again I had some awesome clients and fun makeup requests throughout the day. We had fun making magic and I hope everyone had a blast last night! Check out my creations…
First up, this lovely feline which was my first head to toe body painting! She was a sexy tiger, and looked AMAZING when I was done. I can’t post all the pics, since this is a family friendly page, but yes, the stripes go all the way down. ;)
Next up: Zombie #1. You may recognize him as my skull from last week. This time he was rockin the rotting and lovin the gore. I love guys that are into paint!
A lovely Masquerade mask…
A cool Mime… wish I had gotten a pic with her fun hat on.
Frankenstien’s Monster #1 (what a great idea!)
A cute elderly Zombie couple… (they even had a walker!!)
And last but not least, my personal favorite… Frankenstein and his Bride!
(I wish I had thought to get a side shot of my hair… it was standing about 8″ off the back of my head!)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! I can’t wait to see what challenges you come up with for me next year!!
The great thing about Halloween, is that people celebrate it over not just one day or one weekend, but almost the whole month of October! This weekend I painted my first round of awesome faces for some cool party goers, and got some great photos to share with you. First… check out this fun family! What happened after Beauty and the Beast got married? They had a Son of a Beast!
Mr. Beast won the Best Male Costume prize at their party!
And my first Avatar face… pretty excited with how well she turned out! She also won a costume contest!!!
A creepy Skeleton is a classic Halloween costume…
And last but not least… my flesh rotting zombie face that I wore to the Cleveland Zombie Crawl. The Old Angle bar voted me best zombie costume!
So what is your idea for next weekend? I still have appointment times open for Saturday the 29th, and am available on Monday the 31st to get your kids all ready for their trick-or-treating! Contact me for details!
Here are a few of my recent paintings, a little more pretty this time. Not everyone wants blood and guts at halloween time!
Ok… and one more that’s not as much pretty as pretty darn cute!!!
I have just added a new page at the top of the screen titled PAINT REMOVAL. Here you can find step by step instructions and photos of a safe and gentle way to get all that beautiful paint off your child’s face, without the harsh scrubbing and subsequent tears!
While I’m sad to see summer go, I am always excited for the most magical time of the year to begin…
The only time of year when everyone plays dress up and pretend all together! It is also the absolute BEST holiday for picture taking!! So why not take this years costume a step further and REALLY get into character… with paint!
I am happy to announce that this year I will be taking appointments to paint people into character for the main party night, Saturday October 29th. I will be booking by the 1/2 hour beginning at 10 am and taking my last appointment at 5:30pm. Each 30 minute spot will be $50. Longer periods of time may be available, and can be determined by the type of design you are looking for.
What can be done in 30 minutes? For instance: a full zombie face with 3D FX like torn flesh. A full character face, plus hands and shoulders (like the hulk or other comic book character). Elaborate masks for a masquerade ball, or monster faces and hands.
Is your vision bigger than just the face? NO PROBLEM! We can discuss your idea and determine how much time will be needed.
BOOK SOON before my time runs out! Last year I had dozens of calls the last 3 days before Halloween and had to turn them all away. Don’t be left out this year!
I am also available on Friday the 28th for a private booking or appointments, and also on Monday October 31st to get the kiddies ready for trick or treating, or to help entertain at a community Halloween event.
Contact me for more information!!
Ahh the College years… when you’re old enough to do whatever you want, and still too young to think you’re too old to do things! It’s a magical time. Check out some of the fun ideas these college elite came up with for their face paintings. They get huge points for creativity!
Hello art lovers! I know my site has been boring for a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been out painting up a storm! Typically at a gig I am too busy to actually take pictures of my work, so when someone takes them for me it is a rare treat. Especially these amazing pics by photographer Brian Palmer, who captured his daughters experience really beautifully. I can’t wait to paint for his company again this winter so he can take some more awesome photos of my work! Take a look…
I had a great time last week painting for lucky birthday boy Ethan, who requested to be a zombie! It was super fun party with great kids who were all smiles. :)
Hello art lovers… Well it has been a crazy busy few weeks in my face painting world! I’ve got lots of great new pics to share with you, but alas, no time to get them web ready! For now, how about this awesome photo from the Berea News Sun, taken at last weeks Grindstone Festival. What a great shot of the happiness brought by face painting!
