Year: 2011

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Como Park with Rusty the Clown 2011

This afternoon I had the privilidge of working again at an annual picnic at Como Park through Rusty the Clown! I’ve been painting for this event for the past several years and it’s always so much fun to be around Rusty and his entourage of friendly clowns! On the left of Rusty is his daughter “Pumpkin” the clown.  I’m on the lower right and that’s my mom, Rollie Brandt, in the Spongebob shirt!

 This is Rusty with Sassie and Pumpkin!

This was the first event where I tested out some of my new hand animal designs, and they were a hit!  I did many snakes and sharks.  This was my first attempt at a hand bunny!  I’m looking forward to offering many more in events to come!

Here’s my mom painting
Pumpkin making balloon hats!

Isn’t this little girl the cutest?! I love painting the cherries, and with her dress, it was the perfect choice!
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New Images Added to Work Examples!

Each summer as my number of face painting gigs ramp up, I get more inspired to create new designs.  This past week I’ve been using both myself and my 3 and a half year old as models to try out a few ideas that I hope to add to my selection.  I’ve just recently added some photos of these designs to my work examples page (along with another new animated GIF!), but you can also check them out below!

(above:) On the top two, “Barbie Eyes” and “Frog Eye,” my eyes are actually closed, and I’ve painted eyes on my eyelids.  This is particularly difficult for me to do on myself, being that I am nearly blind without my glasses on, & can only get so close to the mirror with the brush in my hand!  The bottom two are of the same alien, with and without a black background.

 (above:) These are really fun for kids because they can make the mouths open and close.  Sammy loves fishing, especially since we’ve recently moved to a home on a lake, so we had to do a fish and a worm!

(above:) On the top is a frog I painted on my mouth.  Below Sammy is sporting the usual shark I’ve always done as “cheek art,” only now his mouth is aligned with the shark’s mouth.

Stay tuned for more new additions, and thanks for looking!

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Photoshop’s Animated Gif’s Bring “Handimals” to Life!

I’ve been having a little fun lately, combining my face paints with Photoshop’s ability to create animated GIF files.  Check out my first animated “handimal!”  I painted this shark on my hand last night, took a photo of his mouth open and closed, and today turned it into an animation.  Of course, I’d love to make it way cooler, and make him eating a fish or something, but this was what I could accomplish during my boys’ nap time.  😉 Click on the image below if it isn’t animating, or you can see it directly on my work examples page! Enjoy!


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Metallic Silver Paint Used for a “Living Statue”

A week or two ago I got a call from Hannah in Pennsylvania, desperately in need of some metallic silver paint asap.  She was having trouble finding any retailers who would answer their phones!  I was very happy that I had some in stock and was able to ship it out to her right away, just in time for her big event.  She used it to act as a living statue (above) while handing out flyers for her friend Jason of Seventh Wave Studio, who was giving a workshop at the 15th annual Millennium Music Conference in Harrisburg, PA.
Thank you for sharing your photo, Hannah, and I’m so happy the paints worked out well for you!  Your costume turned out totally AMAZING!!

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Get 10% Off during Paintertainment’s GRAND RE-OPENING!

I am very excited to announce Paintertainment’s GRAND RE-OPENING!!! We have expanded our assortment of products so much, that we had to build a second story on the virtual store just to display all of the great new items we have for sale!

Visit our store today to check out not only more new products, but also entire new assortments!  You’ll find an all new clown section, with clown makeup essentials like white clown base makeup, setting powder and remover, Supracolor grease makeup palettes, and even rainbow eyelashes!

Our new balloon section is a great place to start if you’re getting into balloon twisting, with an assortment of balloons and hand pumps.  I plan on expanding the assortment of colors soon as well!  Got a favorite that you use most often?  Let me know, as I’d love to incorporate your feedback!  I am not a professional balloon twister myself, although I plan to learn soon.  So, I am open to any and all suggestions.

Our glitter aisle now has even more “bling,” with the previous addition of acrylic rhinestones and two products to affix them…both spirit gum and eyelash adhesive.

So visit our store today and check out the new “remodeling” and product selection!  And as a special thank you to all of my Blogger and Facebook friends, get 10% off from now until January 17th on all orders when you enter the coupon code REOPEN2011 !!  (No minimum required.  Limit one coupon use per customer.)