How To Face Paint A Butterfly

So, this morning, I'm going to show you how to face paint a butterfly, one of the most popular faces you'll ever be asked for. So I'll blend some colors on, first of all, and then outline with a stronger contrasting color. Pinch the sponge and go into the corner.

And we want the thicker lines toward the outside, dragging, pulling, a light touch and then a thin one and a thicker one and so on. So, varying the strokes, this is the way I do it, so it's varying the strokes, that's what's important. Trying to get the thick and the thin strokes as you move along.

And then, the bottom wing, sometimes, I do a little teardrop at the end, like that, and then maybe just a little curl around at the lower wing, they always go down well, and then we'll do the other side. The antenna, the way I'll do today is a light circle, then dot it in the middle, and I'll do the other one facing the same way. Again, if you can vary that thin and thick, and then even just a little squiggle down the middle is all you need to give the hint of a body.

So when we put dots on, it's just almost a touchdown, and if you can try and vary the size of them. This is called glitzer. It's a glitter gel, and I always test a little on the back of my hand first, and it dries in about five minutes and it's fine when the girls have got their hair tied back, it doesn't get so smudged so frequently.

If they've got heavy fringes, I'd probably avoid it, but it really sets off a thing like a butterfly. So, I sometimes just edge it with the glitzer. I often use it on things like fairies.

You can actually use it to do completely independent lines. You don't have to follow the line that you've painted. So, there we are.

That's how to face paint a butterfly with the three-color blend of the base, I've outlined this one in red, and added some highlights with white and dots as well, and then outlined with the gold glitzer. .