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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Stencil Trick!
Happy Tuesday! Here’s a little trick I used when painting a Christmas sweater on my son a couple days ago for my Christmas cards! I love that he still lets me do this! This year I used a lot of fun stencils to speed up the process, and finished it all in 1 hour and…
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Makeup Pencils
Happy Tuesday! Here’s a tip for getting a crisp, clean point on your makeup pencils!
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Shading Spider Legs
Happy Tuesday! Here’s a tip for shading those spindly spider legs!
Step by Step “Zombies Up in Arms!”
This one looks really detailed but stencils make it super quick! First I laid down a base with a sponge and a Tiger cake for a sunset background. Next, I used an Ooh! zombie arm stencil and mini kabuki brush to add the arms! The branches are actually done with a Christmas stencil that we…
Step by Step “Spiderfly!”
Here’s another quick line buster design for Halloween…a butterfly-like spider design! First, lay down a base of your favorite tiger split cake with a petal sponge. Then, add some quick webs with black and a round brush. Use a spider stencil too if you like! Finish it off with some white highlights and Vivid Gleam…
Step by Step Candycorn Spider!
Here’s a super quick and easy design for this Halloween! Just let your tools do all the work! The candycorn shapes are as simple as loading up a Paint Pal petal sponge with a Tigrrr split cake and stamping them on! Our new Ooh! tarantula stencil makes quick work of the spider. Add in some…
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Glitter Bottle Display/Storage
Happy Tuesday! Today I’m going to share a cool tip that I learned from my friend Anita Beal! This cool trick makes it so much easier to see what glitter colors are in the poof bottles!
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Line Manager Kit
Happy Tuesday! It’s time for another tip! This week I share the little kit I’ve put together to help make the line manager’s job easy, which in turn, can be really helpful in getting someone to agree to help you out with your line in the first place! 😉
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Handy QR Keychain
Happy Tuesday! Here’s a little idea I came up with to keep all of my payment methods easily within reach, in an analog format!
Tuesday Tips @ 10: One Stroke Unicorn Horns
Happy Tuesday! Here’s a video version of an old photo tutorial I did years ago on how to do rainbow unicorn horns quick and easy with a one stroke brush!
Tuesday Tips at 10: Time Timer
Hello everyone and happy Tuesday!! This week I’m going to share this cool “Time Timer” that I use to let people know how long I’ll be gone if I’m going on a break! This is a great tool for those of you who work really long gigs or fairs/festivals solo. Click here for time timers…
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Bling Clusters
Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday! This week’s tip is for those of you who make bling clusters, using the fabric paint method. I hope this helps you speed up the process while adding even more sparkle!
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Business Cards
Happy Tuesday! Today’s tip is for those of you who do multiple things, other than face painting, and business cards! What else do YOU do? Share in the comments!
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Super Easy Snowflakes!
Happy Tuesday! Today I’d like to share a great tip that I learned from my artist friend Linda John! I’ll show you her cool trick for making super easy snowflakes without using any stencils or even a brush!
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Nerf Dart Gems!
Happy Tuesday! Today I am going to share a great trick that I came up with to create really quick but detailed gems using a Nerf Dart and foam daubers!
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Belly Painting!
Happy Tuesday!! Painting pregnant bellies is one of my most favorite things to do! This week I’m going to share several of my tips for a successful belly painting session.
Tuesday Tips @ 10: 6 Ways to paint Fireworks!
Happy Tuesday and happy independence day!! Today I thought it would be fitting to show you 6 different ways to paint fireworks! I hope you have a fun filled day of painting patriotic designs…please feel free to comment and share what YOU painted this year!
Tuesday tips @ Ten: Better Glitter Coverage
Happy Tuesday! I love using all the gorgeous types of glitter creams and gels for festival glitter designs and on my face paint designs. However, sometimes I’m just not happy with the amount of glitter coverage I get…especially when that’s all they are getting is glitter around there eyes. So, today I’m going to show…
Tuesday Tips @ 1o: Flexible Banners
Happy Tuesday! Last week I did my tip LIVE via Facebook from inside my vehicle, which is why you did not get an email if you’re a blog subscriber! You can watch it here if you like! This week I’m going to show you my super slick system for changing out the images and prices…
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Cheap & Easy Table Covers
Happy Tuesday! Today I’m going to share a simple little thing that I do to kick it up a notch at parties with “custom” table coverings! What do you do to show your clients that you’ve customized your offerings to their party? Share in the comments!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!
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…
Come see me at MAX!
Woohoo!! Only 13 more days until I hit the road and head to the MAX convention in St Louis! I’m super excited to be road trippin’ with an entourage of Minnesota painty friends, and to be teaching three convention classes AND one post-convention class! I’ll also be running a table in the vendor room. If…
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!!
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…
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Loading a One Stroke Brush
Happy Tuesday! This week’s tip might be more for beginners, but could still be worth a watch if you’re an experienced artist who sometimes has trouble with one strokes…today I’ll show you how I load up my flat brushes with a one stroke split cake!
FREE Balloon Tutorial: “Head Huggers!”
This week I came up with a fun idea for some headband balloons that I have been calling “head huggers!” These are SUPER easy and fast to make, and there are SO many possibilities to mix them up with different characters! I put together a little tutorial, and I can’t wait to see what YOU…
Throwback Thursday: My First Gig! (And First Kit!)
So this is quite the blast from the past…last weekend my mom gave me two old photos (yeah, the kind you had to wait to be developed from real film) from my first ever hourly paid gig on my own! I’m wearing two different outfits because this was a weekend-long gig! My mom has her…
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Brush Care!
Happy Tuesday! This week I’ll share with you my brush care best practices…this is how I have kept my brushes working their best for many years!
Tuesday Tips at Ten: Stencil Storage Idea #2
Happy Tuesday everyone! This week I will show you another cheap thrift store find that can be great for storing and organizing your stencils: Visor CD holders! Not a thrift shopper? Here are some Amazon links to a few holders like the ones I show in this video:
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Bling Storage!
This week’s tip is on the subject of bling clusters…how to store them and how to display them! I’ll share with you my method…please feel free to comment with your own storage and display method! I’m always looking for more ideas! Relevant links from this episode:Desktop reference system: https://amzn.to/3S9ukbeSide load business card pockets: https://amzn.to/3KCT0avTop load…
“Micro Kit” Palm-sized face painting kit!
I made this mini pocket sized kit many years ago, but gave it a facelift this week! I love experimenting with the extremes of how small and portable I can get with things. I’ve had kits as huge as the rolling Fatmax and a guitar case, and have settled so far on something much more…
Jams: If you can’t find one, host one!
Have you checked out our event page lately? We have a lot going on! Besides teaching at the MAX Convention in St Louis this April, I’ve just posted THREE upcoming jams for March and April! I LOVE jamming and try to host a jam every month in my home. I have hosted 51 jams since…
Interior Window Painting
Today I got the opportunity to paint on the interior for a new Dunkin’ Donuts location! It was a fun job…two windows to do. One has a “now hiring” message and the other “coming soon!” It’ll be a challenge to remove the “coming soon” window next month when they open, being in a tight spot,…
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Bricks with a Brush
What do you do when you can’t find your favorite brick stencil? For this week’s tip I’ll share how I make perfectly uniform bricks with NO stencil! I still love my stencils, but when I misplace mine or just forgot it at home (which, let’s face it, happens a lot with stencils), this is what…
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Organizing Design Menus
I have tried many different design menu options for display and organization. I’ve had huge magnetic menus with each design a magnet…I’ve had sign frames and stands with printed menus, and I’ve had menus as simple as a piece of laminated paper. In the end I keep going back to that easy-to-print and store, standard,…
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Organizing Small Tools
For today’s tip I am sharing one way that I love to organize my small tools using this cool thing I often find at thrift stores! Not a thrift shopper? You can find a link to this product on our links page too!
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Sketchbooks!
It’s time for another tip! Here’s a tip I didn’t even think of as a tip until one of my paint jam attendees suggested I share it! Check out the video below and be sure to leave a comment if you have any great sketchbook tips as well!
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Smaller Brush Tubs
Tune in every Tuesday at 10:00 am central time for a tip from Gretchen Fleener of Paintertainment.com! Our tips are geared mainly towards face painters, though may be applicable to other forms of artistic entertainment as well! This week’s tip is on the subject of brush tubs! Gretchen shows you what she uses for a…
4 Speedy Snails
Today I was practicing some balloon twisting, and working on coming up with a few variations of a snail! The little orange one is just a single 160 balloon with a yellow scrap. The pink & yellow one uses two 260’s and one pink 160, while the bigger one with the chrome shell uses three…
Tuesday Tips @ Ten: Find your Stuff!
Happy Tuesday face painters! Today I’m going to show you what I did when I got fed up with trying to find things in my kit, thinking I left it at home, only to find out later I had it all along!
2022 Year in Review
Happy new year!! I always love to look back on the previous year on new year’s day. It’s SO hard to pick just one photo from each month, especially those summer months! But here are just a few highlights… Window painting – My little covid pivot has really paid off this year, as I took…
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Balloon Apron Organization
Welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tips at Ten! Today’s tip is for balloon twisters, and I’m going to show you a cool little trick I recently came up with to help me know which balloons are in which little pocket on my apron! I’m always swapping out what’s in those pockets based on the…
Tuesday Tips @ 10: Make Your Own Stanchions
For today’s tip I’ll show you how I made a set of stanchions using things I purchased at the dollar store! They aren’t as bomb-proof as the fancy expensive ones, but they do the job and are much easier to tote around to gigs!
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