Adventures with Makeup

Last week I was lucky enough to be able to attend three full days of workshops with Jos Brands for Kryolan Professional Makeup.
Jos has been creating and teaching makeup artistry for many years and he is such an inspiration as he is so passionate about makeup and sharing his knowledge. You can see some of his work on his website.

Day One

The first day was dedicated to bodypainting. This is something I have not done before but wanted to find out what was involved. I like to take an opportunity to learn something new, or at least try something out to see if I want to pursue it, as I recently discussed on my post about stretching.

First up, we saw a runway show demonstrating some of the different techniques and products available, then Jos gave us some demonstrations. In the afternoon we had a chance to play with the products on live models, which was a great opportunity to try out different techniques such as airbrushing and freehand painting. Kryolan have some amazing products including a new body paint which will not rub off onto fabric, so can be worn under clothes as you can see in the above picture of the model with the jacket.
This experience has inspired me to find out more about this artform as a creative medium, as the limits are really just your imagination!

Here I am with our model.

Day Two

The focus of day two was Avante Garde and Editorial makeup. Again we were treated to a runway show illustrating different techniques and products.

Jos did a demonstration of airbrush makeup and shared a lot of useful information on the theory behind the latest high definition makeup.

Again we had an opportunity to experiment with the products, and here is a pic of me and my lovely model.

Day Three

Day three was special effects makeup! The effects demonstrated on this day were amazing as you can see! So many different techniques and products are available to achieve theatrical and realistic looking wounds.

The highlight of the day was when I was a model for Jos for the demonstration of a blister. The effect was so real, even close up.

I wanted to try to create a bruise, and think it was not too bad for my first attempt!

With Halloween just around the corner, keep an eye out and you might spot some of these techniques in some upcoming photos! Do you have any suggestions for something you would like to see?