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Fanciful makeup of the bird type.
I realized as I went through the photos that Pheonix colours were not the best choice, as the yellow and gold have a hard time showing up. I apologise. Aslo take note that I forgot my makeup at my friend's house, so am using my little sister's dollar store stuff for the most part. You will get much better results if you have good makeup and more time. This is just a tutorial to get the basics down, enjoy!

Posted by Keladrey from La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States • Published See Keladrey's 11 projects »
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  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 1
    Step 1

    Ok, here we go! Start off with a clean face, and make sure your hair is pinned out of the way. If you're going to use foundation (I recomend you do, I just forgot mine at a sleepover) Put it on now.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 2
    Step 2

    COLOURS!!! The brighter the better, and it's good to have lots of choice. I'm in a Harry Potter mood so I'm going to choose Pheonix colours. I'd say pick only three or four complimentary colours. I picked chick yellow, dawn orange and burnt orange. (Red would have been choice, but I don't have any on hand.)

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 3
    Step 3

    Start with your Lightest colour, and put it everywhere. (it's hard to see I know :P) Fan it out from the corner of your eye to your temple, and down across your cheek.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 4
    Step 4

    Now your second colour. Start from the middle of your lid, and fan out the same as the first colour. Don't bother to blend yet.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 5
    Step 5

    With the third colour, start from the corner of the eye and again, fan out. You;ll need some under your eye as well, and if you have pale brows you can colour then out with this shade.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 6
    Step 6

    BLENDING TIME! Don't do a lot of blending, as you want to keep the slightly feathered look you've got going. You want the transistion between colours to still be obvious, but not straight lines.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 7
    Step 7

    To make the outline,use your eyeliner. I only had a crappy one on hand, but it'll work.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 8
    Step 8

    for a guide, make a dot on the indent of your nose. this will be the point of the beak.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 9
    Step 9

    then draw a line like
    <---------this....

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 10
    Step 10

    ... and another like
    <-------this. These make the shape of the bird's head.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 11
    Step 11

    Shade in the beak as large or dark as you wish. For the feathers, do a light back and forth zig zag type motion making uneven triangles. Think feather like!!

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 12
    Step 12

    To make it more detailed, Press down and flick the pencil out giving you more.... airy lines.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 13
    Step 13

    Outline your eye, and bring the line out a half inche from your eye, then do the same feather like motion as you did for the outside edge.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 14
    Step 14

    Take your darkest colour and make the part between the two edges as vibrant as possible. Now is the time to fillin the colours as bright as you can, and clean up the edges.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 15
    Step 15

    SHIMMERS!!! Make it shiny for more highlights.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 16
    Step 16

    It should look something along these lines.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 17
    Step 17

    now for the birds chest. I like wavy lines, but harsh edges would work for a meaner bird like a crow.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 18
    Step 18

    Make sure to make the colour light, so it contrasts the erst of the bird.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 19
    Step 19

    Now get your pretty coloured eyeliner. detial away! I added gold sparkles to the start of the beak, and organge sparkles to the edges of the middle feathers.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 20
    Step 20

    I decided the dark organge wasn't cutting it, so I used a cheap lipstick to deepen the colour.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 21
    Step 21

    Remember, always keep the strokes light and airy, don't blend too much.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 22
    Step 22

    Add liner to your water lin if you'd like, and Mascara so your eyelashes add umph.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 23
    Step 23

    With the lips you can go a couple ways. A) A Bold red, as bold as you can find. B) Black, More contrast, or C) one of the colour from your eye pallet, in this case I would have picked Gold. Whatever your primary colour, use the eye shadow to colour in your lips.

  • How to create a face painting. Bird's Eye View  - Step 24
    Step 24

    Ta-da! all done! You're ready for your photo shoot/ costume party/ whatever. (Well, your face is. )

    NOTE!! Make sure to scrub this off your face or you will get pimples like you can't believe! Also, the lower the quality of makeup, the longer it will take to get off your face. I used cheap junk and had to scrub for twenty minutes.

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