split/one stroke/rainbow????

Hi Guys

I have another newbie question for you.

Can anyone please explain how to use the split coloured cakes? How helpful are they? And to cut a long story short, should I buy one??

Thanks so much and btw you are all truly awesome!

look for artybrush in youtube...

th esplitcakes are beaytiful and quick!..usually you use a flatbrush to pick up all the colours... you wet the brush, not too wet and then go back and forth in the cake and pick up several or all colours...then it's all practice, practice, practice

You usually use the 1-stroke brush for them. You can also use them with a round mop for colorful circles or drag it along the face for a rainbow effect. Your best way to learn would be youtube videos. Metina sells them in the Forum Shop if you want to try them out.

I was just wondering if they make butterflies easier? I can see everyones intricate shading on very small areas of colour and I just don't seem to be able to get the delicacy with a sponge.

Yeah Staysilly, double loading off split cakes is a real quick solution for those nice color blends for butterflies, angel eyes, and princess faces...etc. I use them all the time. I usually do my butterflies with a small sponge or a one inch onestroke brush. This blends the paint as it goes on perfectly. Just practice practice practice...did I mention practice helps?

I would not go to a gig without my split cake. I use them mostly for butterflies.rainbow. and dragons and snakes....

I started with a couple of small (one-strokes) and a large metallic/pearl rainbow cake. You can find all kinds of great tutorials on youtube. I found the rainbow for butterflies, the fire/dragon, and the green (leaf/critter) to be most useful. I do like the rose one too, but that's because I like roses.

Hey Stacey,
I think the split cakes have revolutionized the face painting world. They provide speed to your faces as well as a fabulous aray of colours all at once.

To use with a sponge just wet your sponge & squeeze it out so it's not too wet just damp & stroke it over your split cake eg: a rainbow split, stroke it about 6 or so times so that the paint loads onto your sponge well. Then apply the loaded sponge to the face, you can either drag the sponge or bounce the sponge to get the paint on.

To use with a 3/4 " or 1'' flat brush, wet the brush & stroke it over the split cake on either side of the flat brush around 6 times again then apply the loaded brush to the skin & viola a rainbow.

As the other's have said practice, practice, practice on your arm or leg & I promise you once you get the hang of it you won't turn back. You'll be in love. I have about 12 split cakes in my kit & now even make my own as I use them sooooo much. Hope this helps & if you need a visual go to youtube & type in one stroke face painting. Good luck

90% of what i paint is using split cakes

check out my web site

www.artybrushstrokes.com

look under gallery

of course i'm partial to the arty brush cakes;)

ttfn

rebecca

Hey! I loved looking at your photos on Facebook

I can honestly say that the large rainbow cakes are indispensable. These are the size of the sponges (cut in half) and are usually at least 50 grams of paint. I need mine to paint fast butterflies etc. These ones can be used by anyone including beginners.

The smaller square or rectangular cakes are hit and miss for beginner face painters. They can be distracting on gigs when time is of the essence and when you are still fleshing out your style.


What I mean is this - the small cakes are really fun to work with once you have mastered regular face painting.

By all means play with them, buy them, paint yourself silly at home, but understand that they have a learning curve. Don't try one out for the very first time on a gig. You'll want to spend a lot of practice time with them before breaking them out in public


Take away - you aren't missing the boat if you don't have an entire set of 15 different mini-split cakes in your kit right now. Concentrate on the basics and then move on up

~Heff

great advise michelle!

I agree 100%

Michelle Heffner wrote:

Take away - you aren't missing the boat if you don't have an entire set of 15 different mini-split cakes in your kit right now. Concentrate on the basics and then move on up

~Heff

I still don't have a full set of the rainbow cakes & I do just fine. I have my favorites, critter cake for critters & leaves, roses & some girly cakes for flowers, butterflies & princess crowns & some Christmas ones.

As you can see form everyone once you start using the split cakes you dont go back..lol
They are great time savers and gives your instant blending, I love all the Prisma cakes. and the DFX euro split and mini cakes, of course I am partial because that is what I sell..lol
Rebeccas cakes are wonder too, I always have the peacock one in my bag.

STAYSILLY, send me your address and I will send ya a rainbow cake to try out. PaintAndGlitter@Gmail.com

Psalmbook wrote:

Michelle Heffner wrote:

Take away - you aren't missing the boat if you don't have an entire set of 15 different mini-split cakes in your kit right now. Concentrate on the basics and then move on up

~Heff

I still don't have a full set of the rainbow cakes & I do just fine. I have my favorites, critter cake for critters & leaves, roses & some girly cakes for flowers, butterflies & princess crowns & some Christmas ones.

Me too - even though I sell TAG One Stroke cakes, I don't keep one of each with me on the job. They are inexpensive enough to me that I could, but I choose not to. I don't need a yellow leaf and a white leaf cake with me

~Heff