Congratulations! I'm sure the kids loved it.
I've not done much face painting, but we started
out with some rubber stamps from snazaroo that
we could use to outline "cheek art" - football, star,
frog, dinosaur, etc. and then "filled in" with paint.
Our designs looked pretty amateurish because they
were. They also took a lot longer than I thought
they would - we thought that because they were
small they would be fast. But the designs were
hard to fill in.
A good face painter could do a "full face" design
faster than we could do this "cheek art."
We went to Mooseburger "On The Road" in Arlington,
TX earlier this year and Mama Clown was one of the
instructors and she did some face painting classes.
She made it look EASY, but I know it isn't!
She used a lot of dry paints with a wide sponge or brush
to apply. She applied it like you would apply blush
or rouge, and then added outlines in black, and then
highlights in white.
She sells supplies and instructional videos on her web site:
http://www.silyfarm.com
Keep on practicing!
Ashes