Face painting is the latest craze among the party mongers who dare broom stick to be different. Earlier, it was Halloween outfits that generated these kinds of ‘out of the box’ thinking wizards to jump into action. But today, any party wouldn’t be lively enough if you don’t have a crease paint adorned face being the center of attraction. Nowadays, it is not just children who are indulging in these recreational activities, but adolescents and adults too are taking it as a channel of relaxation and recreation. Face painting saloons and specialists are finding it more and more demanding to cater to the forever experimenting desires of this cult.

Simple, as it was kept in the beginning, with the face painted in fundamental colors to resemble a cat, a tiger, a witch or any cartoon characters of their choice. Novelty is the word of action today and the wilder and smarter your imagination is, the more attention is poured on you (who wouldn’t like that anyway). Basically, brushes and sponges were used to paint faces. The ever catchy strokes are being replaced by broom sticks of various shapes and sized these days. The straight, hard coconut leaves’ sticks to the soft slick ones or the bushy brooms, all come handy when in need. Be sure to smoothen them before use, else they can cause scratches when drawing lines. A red-Indian face can instantly be created by making three or four strokes in red, black and white with a bunch of bushy ones being painted like feathers hanging like a mane on the head. Likewise, whiskers, wrinkles of a witch and spooky lines of a Dracula can be drawn using very fine brush like broom sticks create a worn down effect.

Cut a flat, broad broom stick in criss-cross dissections so they form small triangles at their working and draw oriental designs on the face using this brush alternating it with contrast colors. A Picasso portrait will soon unveil and you will run out of energy answering the substance behind the masterly strokes. Make square block sized cuts on hard sticks and draw three dimensional cubed effects with slight variation in color selection (i.e., fix a color; take 2 slightly lighter versions of it. You will have three shades more or less of the same color weaving magic and creating a 3D illusion). When you use non-complimenting colors on the face partitioned into two, one half will contrast the other in color and appearance. Create patterns by plaiting or intertwining broom sticks individually. Dip them in paint or glitters and patch them along the perimeter of your human canvas, a novel banister will come into effect.

Face Painting Colours

The use of colors might be as follows: Red : was the color of warfare. The Red Stick Creeks were the warrior villages. This was specially true among the Hitchiti speakers, who fashioned the nucleus of the Miccosukee Seminoles Black : was a "alive" color, wear on the face to arrange for war Green : worn below the eyes was supposed to allow the wearer with night visualization. White : was the color of silence. The White Stick villages were the calm party among the Creeks. If a group of Seminoles wore a strip of white about their red turbans, they were all set to talk truce. Yellow : represented death, as it is the color of "old bones." Care should be taken not to wear a lot of yellow.

Traversing our imagination methodically can bring out the unprecedented potential in us. A broom stick is not that appealing a tool in the fun industry except for ferrying witches and wizards. But innovation spiced up with a little effort can work wonders to evolve a thing of mock into a device or purpose. So, the next time you sweat it out with a broom stick, think of the efficacy it serves, when used as an alternative for some of the unlikely gizmos in our day to day life.

Face painting Cartoons:

Face Painting is a fascinating art, changing the plain face into an artists' canvas. Flower princesses to Superheroes, big cats to small fish - it's only limited to your imagination.
Children's parties, fundraising, fetes; face painting is always a great attraction and popular with tiny tots to teenagers (plus the young at heart 'oldies'!)
Temporary and Glitter Tattoos are a fantastic alternative choice, and I also offer Funky Hair for a complete party package

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