FACE Conference - Monster Award

Last weekend the FACE (Face Painting Association) Conference was held in Dawlish, Devon. The conference starts with the associations AGM and then involves the members in many demos, business seminars and competitions.

On the Friday evening after dinner we have a quiz and play face painting games and I also got to paint my friend and fellow entertainer, Dave Hickory. http://www.davehickory.co.uk/
Dave had spent most of the day creating a stunning Balloon Portcullis.

I was asked to do a demo on Clown's and Jesters - to keep with the weekends theme of the Medieval.

I came second in the Monster Competition which was sponsored by Dauphines of Bristol and received an engraved plate, a certificate and a voucher to go shopping! :)
Thanks for Sam from Charles Fox who was my lovely model!

On the Saturday evening we had a Medieval Gala with amazing entertainment and everyone in costume. Here I am in my Medieval Gown and I also painted Adrian from Snazaroo as an Evil Jester!



On Sunday we painted most of the children who came to the hotel for Mothers Day lunch. This young lady challenged me to paint a goth style face that matched her black, white and teal outfit so we settled for a skelebat design which she was really pleased with.



All in all a fantastic weekend with lots of new ideas shared!

Helen
www.catswhiskers.biz

Quotes from our clients and pictures from recent events.

"I just wanted to say a BIG thank you to your team who attended the Dobbies Shepton Mallet opening yesterday. The feedback has been very positive and I was very impressed with your team. All the children looked fantastic and all very happy with their face paint and balloons.
It was a very busy store opening and your team handled the queue of children extremely well. Even after painting all those faces they were still smiling." Amanda Mason, PR & Events Assistant, Dobbies Garden Centres.

"Lovely work, Sharon. Thank you for emailing the photos over. It’s really nice to see the work that is done. I don’t get into the field much myself.
Some nice words from the client: 'Firstly can I just say how absolutely wonderful Sharon was (again!) Her face painting is wonderful and she is also the loveliest girl. An absolute pleasure to see her again and I hope we can use her again next year!" Nicole, Entertainment Manager, Sitech Creations

The photos are all from Sharon. Some are from a 21st birthday party and others are from a Bar-be-que at the Royal British Legion Long Ashton. :)

Enjoy the sunshine.

Helen

http://www.catswhiskers.biz/

SW FACE Jam Day with Henna!

Last Saturday was the regional get together for the Face Painting Association, FACE (http://www.facepaint.co.uk/). Annie Freeman from Annies Funny Faces in Plymouth is the South West rep and she organised a great day with over twenty face painters from the region coming along to meet up, take advantage of the retailers of paint & related products and generally play with paint!! There was also a fantastic goodie bag with face paint and glitter samples amongst a range of other bits and pieces!

I took some Henna down to play and demonstrate with and here are a few of the designs!

It was lovely to meet up with old friends and meet some of the other face painters that work around the region. A good day was enjoyed by all!

It's the UK Face and Body Art Convention (http://www.facepaintingconvention.co.uk/convention/index.php) in Telford in a month (17th - 19th October), so quite a few of us will meet up again there! I'll be teaching at the Convention again this year covering a range of aspects of face painting - from sponge work & brush work to speed and efficiency through to the sparkling party princess!! It's always a great place to go and learn so I'm already looking forward to it!

Helen

http://www.catswhiskers.biz/