LOL As I am sure I would Gary. But the odds of me being in Texas for a Festival during my Festival season is slim to nill. Maybe you could video tape yourself...LOL Like you don't have enough to to do right... Midnight Angel Midnight Angel Productions Face and Body Art Darke Haunt Works Charity Show www.midnightangel.ca Facebook:Jacqueline Davis-Darke I'm an angel, Honest! The horns are there to hold my halo up straight! ----- Original Message ----- From: "garycole" <[email protected]> To: "'Midnight Angel'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "'Face Painting and Body Art Association'" <[email protected]> Cc: "'facepainthq'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:24 PM Subject: RE: Block party's-Faster painting
> Come and watch me at a festival with 100 kids in line and you will see > fast > painting. The longer the queue the more the "capitalist" can kick in. When > the line is short I slow back down. As they say "make hay while the sun > shines". > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: Midnight Angel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:15 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; 'Face Painting and Body Art > Association' > Cc: 'facepainthq' > Subject: Block party's-Faster painting > > Wow I have been Facepainting for just under 2 yrs and I have yet to pull > off > > any Face paint in less than 5 min. Maybe a Tribal Butterfly or Dragon. > Thats > > it..I don't know how you do it.. > As for my offerings. I regularly tweek what I offer. I found myself making > my designs more and more basic so I could get through them faster. I want > to > > move the line quicker. > I am presently training my 12 yr old daughter and she can do basic double > loaded flowers, Butterfly, Batman, Spiderman, Kitty and Puppy... > But each of us takes about 5-7 min each. Really wish I could understand > how > to do them faster..and still have wow designs at the end... > Midnight Angel > Midnight Angel Productions > Face and Body Art > Darke Haunt Works Charity Show > www.midnightangel.ca > Facebook:Jacqueline Davis-Darke > I'm an angel, Honest! The horns are > there to hold my halo up straight! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "garycole" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "'Face Painting and Body Art Association'" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "'facepainthq'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:01 PM > Subject: [fpba-assn] Re: Block party's > > > > The challenge is finding the right mix. Speed is relative. Those in the > trenches can pull off a very nice Spiderman, Butterfly, skull or tiger in > 2 > to 3 minutes. If you are taking double that then I would question your > methods. Try to make sure you are using good sponges, good brushes and > keep > the maximum number of colors to three or four. No doubt being the fastest > full face painter in the world (literally) I have proven I can paint a > full > face in 16.5 seconds (with 3 colors). Then again I would be ashamed to put > a > single of those faces on my business card. I can do a 60 second Spiderman, > butterfly, skull or tiger but I tell you the results are less than my > personal minimum expectations. I want the child to have a beaming smile > when > I hold up the mirror. For this to happen consistently, I need to put at > least 2.5 to 3 minutes into the face. Add to that when I get to over 30 > faces per hour it becomes a job over having fun face painting (while I > earn > good money). I hate painting 30+ faces per hour all day. I can do it but I > do not enjoy it. If I average 3.5 minutes per face then I can be more > creative, chat it up with the kids and enjoy my work. I then love my job > and > also the tips more than make up for the loss of that 30 to 60 seconds. One > has to find the proper balance. Narrow down your selection of faces to > your > top 12 until you can easily average under 5 minutes. > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of dee dee > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:57 AM > To: Face Painting and Body Art Association > Subject: [fpba-assn] Block party's > > > After my last block party, I been trying to figure out how I could > make this run a little smoother/ and make the line go alittle quicker. > and still make your work look great. > > Does any one have any ideas or designs that would make this a more > enjoyable time. > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > > database 4270 (20090723) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4270 (20090723) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4270 (20090723) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4270 (20090723) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Face Painting and Body Art Association." 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