Category: TUTORIALS

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Clean, Crisp Stenciling

Happy Tuesday! Are you frustrated with your stencils? This week I wanted to share the tool that has been the biggest game changer for me when it comes to achieving clean, crisp stencil designs: my mini kabuki brush! I hope this helps you out if you haven’t tried this tool before! Feel free to share your own tips and tricks for clean stencil designs in the comments! Thanks for watching!

  • STENCILS – Topaz Mommy & Me Samantha
    STENCILS – Topaz Mommy & Me Samantha
    $9.00
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  • STENCILS – Topaz Drea
    STENCILS – Topaz Drea
    $6.00
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  • Short Kabuki Stencil Brush
    Short Kabuki Stencil Brush
    $4.99
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  • Foam Lollipop Blenders
    Foam Lollipop Blenders
    $0.49
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  • Finger Daubers 3pc
    Finger Daubers 3pc
    $2.50
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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Painting Feathers

Happy Tuesday! Since my team and I will be painting some fun feather designs to complement our owl bling this week at the MN State Fairgrounds, I thought I’d do a little tutorial on painting feathers! How do you use feathers in your designs? Please feel free to comment and share your own feather related designs and tips! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Tuesday Tips at Ten: How to Paint a Perfect Yin & Yang!

It’s Tuesday! Today I am frantically prepping to run my Glitter Glamper booth at the Kickoff to Summer event at the MN State Fairgrounds, so I decided to resurrect an old video! Check out this video for my tips to create a perfect Yin and Yang…they are much harder than they look and people often ask me how I paint them. Watch to see what I do!

Last week my website host was malfunctioning and I was not able to share my tip here on my blog, so below is last week’s tip. Unfortunately WordPress seems to let me down often, so if you check my blog again and find nothing on Tuesday at 10, be sure to check out my Facebook page as I’ve had the best luck so far getting my scheduled posts to show there! Thanks so much for watching!

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Shading the Death Star (or a Sphere with a Dimple)

Happy Tuesday! Since Star Wars Day is just a couple days away, this week I decided to incorporate a Death Star design into my tip! The death star is a perfect example to show how lighting and shadows change on a convex sphere, vs a concave dimple. Check out today’s video for a mini lighting & shadows lesson and a fun design to use this Thursday!

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Tuesday Tips @10: Counting your Customers

Happy Tuesday!! Today I’d like to share how I like to keep track of how many kids I paint at a gig! Keeping track can be really useful, especially if you are just getting started and aren’t sure how many kids to tell future clients that you can reach in an hour. Knowing this will help you better estimate for future gigs! It also can be very helpful to have this number in your back pocket, in case a client comes back later complaining you didn’t reach everyone. You can tell them exactly how many you reached, and compare that to the number you promised them in your contract.

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Tuesday Tips @10: How to Magnetize your Kit!

Happy Tuesday! Yes, I may be down in St.Louis teaching at MAX today, but I have not forgotten about my Tuesday Tips fans! I have a great tip for those of you who are like me, obsessed with making and re-making your kits! I like to line all of my kits with steel, so everything can move around easily and stay in place with super strong neodymium magnets. I will share with you the tools I use to magnetize my kits, and where I find the cheapest sheets of super thin steel!

Here are some Amazon links to the things I use:

E6000 glue (big tube): https://amzn.to/3UxsBh8

E6000 glue (with precision tips): https://amzn.to/3KBNK4Z

Neodymium magnets I put on my paint cakes: https://amzn.to/3UzmhFO

Smaller Neodymium magnets I also use: https://amzn.to/417Qnmn

Tin snips: https://amzn.to/43pFIFb

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Cleaning Practice Heads & Boards

Happy Tuesday! This week I’m talking about how I keep my Sparkling Faces practice boards and my Mehron practice head looking great for years! I hope you enjoy today’s video and if you use other types of heads or boards, please share with us in the comments how you keep YOURS looking good as new!

  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board – DECOLLETAGE
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – DECOLLETAGE
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - LEO
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – LEO
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Boards - TINA
    Sparkling Faces Practice Boards – TINA
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - KATE
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – KATE
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - JIM
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – JIM
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - DAVID
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – DAVID
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - Ben (RH)
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – Ben (RH)
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - Isabelle (RH)
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – Isabelle (RH)
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - Julia
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – Julia
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - Kevin
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – Kevin
    $20.00
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  • Sparkling Faces Practice Board - Sophia
    Sparkling Faces Practice Board – Sophia
    $20.00
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  • Mehron Practice Head
    Mehron Practice Head
    $38.00
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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Reviving Old Brushes

Happy Tuesday everyone! It’s been a busy couple weeks here at Paintertainment, with Easter gigs, preparing to teach at the MAX convention, releasing our spring issue of Wet Paint Magazine, and adding new products to the shop! We have Elodie Ternois’ pretty pastel palettes and cakes just in time for Easter, Mehron Edge makeup in black and white, and our latest magazine issue!

  • Wet Paint Magazine – Vol 7 Issue 1 – Spring 2023
    Wet Paint Magazine – Vol 7 Issue 1 – Spring 2023
    $18.00
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  • Mehron EDGE Makeup
    Mehron EDGE Makeup
    $11.95
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  • Fusion Split Cakes
    Fusion Split Cakes
    $12.50 – $13.50
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  • Fusion Spectrum Palettes
    Fusion Spectrum Palettes
    $35.00 – $65.00
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Okay, back to today’s topic…it’s time for a Tuesday Tip at Ten! This week I dived into the archives to revive an old video on reviving old brushes! Check this out and give one of these methods a try if your brushes are getting old and crusty! You might be surprised how much life is left in them. And, well, if this doesn’t work for you, you can always hop on over to our shop and get yourself a new set! 🙂

Thanks so much for watching, and happy painting!

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Double Dip Petals

Happy Tuesday! Today I’m going to share a technique that may already be familiar to some of you, but many new painters struggle with: double dip flower petals! Got some additional tips of your own for creating awesome double dip petals? Please share in the comments!!

  • KingArt Floral Petal Brush
    KingArt Floral Petal Brush
    $17.99 – $18.99
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  • BRUSHES – Bolt Blooming Petal Brush
    BRUSHES – Bolt Blooming Petal Brush
    $7.00
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  • Cameleon Large Petal Brush
    Cameleon Large Petal Brush
    $13.00
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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Trimming your Photos!

Happy Tuesday! Today’s tip is for iPhone users who find the need to trim their photos from the background, whether it’s to create design menus, banners, business cards or other graphics for your business. I’m very proficient at Photoshop so I’ve always trimmed photos myself on my computer, however, my son showed me this awesome trick that’ll instantly trim photos for you! Check it out!