My Cheek Art is Weak Art

Sorry I had to rhyme I couldn't help myself lol
But seriously (well as serious as i can be)....I recently lost my mind and submitted a form for my first fair (a local old home days) and I want to practice my cheek art just in case I get a lot of people who are anti-masks and full faces and I was just wondering what your most common requests for little bits are. I started making up a list today and then I looked at it again and thought to myself "Self! No one wants that stuff! except maybe the butterflies and hearts"
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Much love

I love your rhyme. I'm in the same situation. I love to do full and half faces, except for rainbows, butterflies, spiders and the more common requests. I usually end up talking them into the half or full faces. The problem is I usually do a flea market, (I'm trying to get faster and this gives me practice, while I try and get the nerve for parties) and I really need a few quick designs.
Cheek art takes me as long as half a face sometimes. I did find a cute dog recently, with those pouncers. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t95BaMvphNk[/url]

I hope I did that right, its my first time

That puppy is cute! Thanks for the link it seems like forever since i've watched any of clash's videos.

I'm so nervous about the fairs. I've only ever done parties so i'm all freaked out and my friends keep telling me it'll be fine but I keep having this vision of me sitting alone in my both and no one wanting to be painted lol

That won't happen Mizz sitting alone in your booth. As soon as one gets painted you'll get more rolling in. I liken face painting to hot chips everyone wants them & everyone will line up for them..heehee good luck you'll do great.

rainbows with either hearts, flowers, swirls & curls, clouds stars, a unicorn, dolphin.
spider & web, skull & crossbones, frog, shark, dinasaur, beaten up look (black eye & grazes), snake, football with flames mmm that about all I can think of for now. Hope some of these help you.

Thanks Mandi I feel a bit better now especially since a lot ofthat was on the list I came up with I guess I'm just freaking myself out. Getting all worked up over nothing like one of my kids haha

I hate doing cheek art. It takes me just as long, and people want to pay less for it, so I don't do it unless they are under three, I reserve the butterfly brush and a small snake for the tiny ones.

I don't do cheek art, either, for the same reasons. It is too time-consuming and feels restrictive to me somehow as an artist. For non-face painting I will offer a fast artybrush snake up the arm for boys and a super fast artybrush rainbow bracelet for girls.

I'll paint cheekart if I have too, but really don't like it. It's just small on small faces that wiggle. I try to do things with round pouncers so it's easier to not mess up.

don't sweat it! Just keep a few small designs for just in case. To be honest though, after seeing one of your marvelous full faces, most people will want that- not the cheek art. Bet ya.

I'm hoping that's what will happen. Not only do I not like doing cheek art but it's also not as much money and I'm doing this fair to make money after all. I know I should push myself to do the things I don't like to do to get better but I do that when I'm practicing...I don't want to do it when I'm trying to get through a line lol

Thanks Perry

I made a butterfly brush last year but I don't think I was using it right lol my butterflies looked all a mess every time I tried to use it

That's what i thought. i think i just got all carried away when i first started trying to use it and got all blobby lol i think i'm going to bust it out again tonight and try it. i haven't touched it in like a year.

I always have that one parent.."Can't you just put something small on the cheek for a dollar" haha...I wanna say..." No I can't for a dollar, but 10 will do it"