Balloons

Getting Ready with those Balloons Again.
Trying out new things.

This rose was a little complicated for making while
people are waiting:



But this ballerina, which looks More complicated, would be fine.
Probably because I've had so much practice with those
6-petal flowers:

St Patrick's Day

Face-Painting Season is just starting again.

Here are some of the beautiful people that I painted
at a St Patrick's Day Party. Felt a little rusty, but
we all had a great time.





























You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706

Belgium

This is my friend Liesbeth.
She came to NY all the way from Belgium!

So what to do?
I entertained her by painting her up
before we went to a parade.
Fun.



You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706

Fancy Balloon Twisting

No party, no reason, I just twisted up these balloons:





I'm thinking that I might learn Balloon-Caricatures this year.
I already draw them onto round balloons, sometimes attaching them to balloon 'sticks',
but now I'm thinking that I might enjoy twisting up Caricatures directly from the balloons.

Ah yes - another thing to play.

You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706

Pleasing My Clients

I love to transform the faces - to really make
a difference with my paints. But all in fun.
Only if it is fun.

I'm careful to use only high-quality supplies -
like paint made specifically for painting on
faces. And I adapt my designs for what
will keep the people happy.

Here's several versions of faces - where the intensity of
the painting is changed according to what was needed
in the moment. There's all sorts of reasons to vary.
Client Requests, Wiggly Children, Long Lines, Guest-of-Honor.
There's more to face-painting than just doing the Artwork:













You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706

Holiday Party

i bought a new phone today.
it got me to take over 200 pictures off my old phone.

here are some faces that i painted at the end of 2008.
to keep some people happy right through 2009.

it's great to be a kid.




























You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706

New Post

Lol - I was going to show some other Faces
that I painted to help the kids with their
role-playing that I was writing about in
the previous post. But I couldn't manage
adding to that post on this blog. So here
is a new post about it. First I'll show you
some boys who told me what they wanted:





Then I painted a few girls who wanted to be princesses:




And this little girl just wanted the Heart:



I was really on it that day, must have just watched the show or something.
(Or else this child might have had a picture of Diego? I don't remember).
Anyway, I came up with this picture when the child just wanted a picture
of Diego on his arm:



More cuties. Everybody's got to play:





You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706