Thanks so much Cindy and Sally for the KUDOS! Oh my gosh! What a an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience it was to paint 3 statues for the Ludacris and T Pain performance on Saturday Night Live this weekend! I don't want to give away all the details here, as I will write about the whole experience in the January issue of the Face Painting and Body Art Magazine. I will try to post some pics later tho ;o) The January issue will have several articles and pics about unusual opportunities that face and body art has brought you to. If anyone in the group has something they would liek to contribute,please e-mail me with your experince and some high resolution photos of it, and hopefully we can include that in the Janaury issue as well. ;o) My talented team consisted of my friend, Sunha Fajardo (last years second runner- up in the instructor contest at the FPBAC, in January. (She painted the lovely, Mrs Captain Jack Sparrow. You could see a pic of that in the April 2008 issue of the FPBAM) Her husband Giovani was awesome as an assistant and a wardrobe person (Yes, we had a wardrobe "malfunction" on stage, but luckily only during rehearsal), and my sister Carole (Full Sail Film School make- up and FX instructor) and my self. Both the ladies are instructors at the FPBAC in January. The painting itself took about 5+ hours. It HAD to be PG or the producer would NOT have let them perform, thus bras tops and little boy shorts. were a must (vs. pasties and G-strings)The dancers/models were in some stage of being body painted/performing/ touch-ups and makeup removal, from 11:30 am -3:00AM! WHEW! We hand painted with Wolfe black, (AMAZING coverage-Sunha is now a convert!) Mehron gold and silver (What intense colors!) and airbrushed TEMPTU gun metal (The perfect top coat shine and look we desired!) It was then all sealed with Kryolan fixer spray. (Made touch ups minimal) Looks like we had all the bands covered, as I painted detail with a SNAZAROO brush! ;o) Last minute, the concept for hats, which we designed and hand painted, was ditched for crazy hair to better complete the total look. Luckily, my sister had come prepared for that last minute switch-a roo with an amazing product. (Please join her at her "crazy hair" class at the FPBAC to hear her secrets!) Best of all, the models were easy to work with, the client was happy, the SNL folks were awesome, and the products worked like we needed them to. My closing thoughts, for ANY successful opportunity: ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING and THE CLIENT IS ALWAYS RIGHT ;o) Happy Thanksgiving! Cynthia Keeler, FPBA Convention Producer FPBA Convention, January 4-8th, Orlando, Florida www.fpbaconvention.com www.fpbamagazine.com www.fpbaa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin DOING"! Walt Disney --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Face Painting and Body Art Association." This is a PG-13 forum dedicated to the discussion of Face Painting and Body Art. This group is provided for the benefit of all and as such is not moderated. Our goal is to promote open and unrestricted communication between people interested in face painting and body art. We hope that you will be courteous to others and try to stay on topic. You are free to offer products or services related to face painting as well. Please address concerns with the original poster before contacting the management. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fpba-assn -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
