People often ask me how I learned to face paint. As with any skill, you need a combination of instruction, practice and good tools to become proficient. For expert instruction, I recently attended the first annual San Francisco Bay Area Face and Body Art convention, known as BayFABA, this past September. What a treat! ItContinue reading “How to be a better face painter”
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Halloween Cosplay Tips from a Face Painter
1) Find inspiration in your closet Special occasion clothes can be the perfect starting point for a costumed character. The flower girl dress from a wedding makes a fantastic start for a fairy princess. Tuxedos for vampires, graduation grown (belted, with a shredded hemline) for witches. Worn clothing can find new life, eh, undead life, as aContinue reading “Halloween Cosplay Tips from a Face Painter”
Mother’s Day Weekend at Redwood Hill Farm – kids and face painting
Fun with Kids Face Painting and Baby Goats Free family fun this weekend at Redwood Hill Farm in Sebastopol. They have baby goats for petting, hay bales for climbing, and face painting by Auntie Stacey May 9 and 10, 2015 from 11AM – 3PM. Did I mention it’s all free? See life on the farm, try milking a goat,Continue reading “Mother’s Day Weekend at Redwood Hill Farm – kids and face painting”
Flat Stanley visits Auntie Stacey in Sebastopol
My friend Dylan sent Flat Stanley to me in Sebastopol, California for a visit as part of his second grade literacy and community building project. I couldn’t talk Flat Stanley into getting his face painted, so he watched while my husband and I did some fused glass art. We use special glass that comes flatContinue reading “Flat Stanley visits Auntie Stacey in Sebastopol”
Tracy Hill’s Fabulous Animal Show
As a face painter, I see a lot of children’s entertainers, but East Bay-based Tracy Hill’s show was fur and scales above the rest. He does a hilarious animal show with so many different critters including a hairless mouse, a scorpion, a rabbit, two chicks, a goose, a turtle, a tortoise, a tarantula, a hermitContinue reading “Tracy Hill’s Fabulous Animal Show”
Auntie Stacey's Face Painting 