Lucie has been a professional Face Painter & Body Artist since 1989. Her work has taken her to many places in North-America, Europe and Japan and now Australia. She has won 13 awards in the last 4 years, the most recent awards are;
1st place in 2010 North-American Body-painting Championships (brush and sponge)
1st place at The 2009 World Body Painting Festival Face Painting.
1st place at The 2010 World Body Painting Festival Body Painting (brush & sponge)
Lucie has been teaching for the last 2 years. When teaching, Lucie focuses on speed, efficiency, various sources of patterns, composition and daring combinations of colors... and always, always that perfect black outline!Lucie is married, has two children and lives in Western Canada.
THE BASIC SECRETS OF FACE PAINTING
This is a workshop aimed mostly at intermediate face-painters. (people who already work in the
industry but would like to get better and faster.
CONTENT:
A review of products: what is available, what is good for what, and how to play with them and combine them for best results. A review of classics: quick demos with lavish explanations on techniques used, products, tips for speed.
Eye magic: How to create different dramatic moods with just a few strokes around the eyes to give specific looks.
Colors: Please dare!!! It does not cost a cent more but does it ever pay off in visual impact!! Tricks and suggestions.
Symmetry: A few tips to never end up lop-sided.. Evenness is nice!
Stability: of hands & positioning of fingers - dos and don'ts for better results and a less tired body..
SERIOUS ABCS OF BODY PAINTING
This course will help both beginners and intermediate body-painters.
The building of...How to sketch in your mind and on paper a body-painting piece. Designs vary whether it is a commercial piece or a competitive piece.
Meaningfulness: body-painting is so much more than pretty flowers on a pretty body... How to develop of string of ideas, a global concept based on a given theme that will touch the heart, the brain and the eyes of the public. For corporate partial body-painting (when you paint adults at fancy events..) the approach is completely different and we will discuss that as well.
Speed and comfort....Tips for fast sponge application then for finer details with brushes.. there are ways...
Also during this chapter, we will see about postures - the whole body, hands, fingers- all aimed at stability and not feeling too much pain after a full day of work!
Products: which are good for what, how to combine them for best results. Some good tools too!
Timing: based on a certain time-frame, a few tips to make sure we can wrap a body-painting on time.
GENERAL INFO from Lucie
It is essential for you all to try new things, so I can see where you (the student) hesitate or have difficulties.
I can then effectively and tangibly help you correct little bad habits and help you find new good ones!I am
very gentle and never, ever put people down!! I focus on the positive so please come with an open mind and a will to learn!
