G'day mate... from Australia

Ah, yes, it's a cliche, but I could not resist. Forgive me?

What a great wealth of information and support this forum is... I'm afraid you've all been inadvertently feeding my new 'habit', lol! It certainly feels like I've become a little addicted to facepainting, but I guess i could be spending my money on worse things.

Anyway, I am planning to make a part-time business out of it (you all make it sound like fun, plus I need to make back some of what I've already spent), so I have started to put together a nice kit/palette, basically all TAG paints... and build a website with a photo gallery, using my 6yo son and myself as a model, and a practice head too. Occasionally DP will let me have a go at him, but not nearly enough.

With the good tips you've all shared here in the forum, I decided to take the plunge and volunteer at one of the local holiday resorts... we have school holidays starting in a couple of weeks. I phoned them today and they gladly accepted my offer - even suggesting I could use their paints. However, seeing as they're from the $2 shop, i said if they didn't mind I prefer to use my own.

My motivation is to not only get some practice in 'real life', but also to build my photo gallery.
I have created a website as well and would appreciate your feedback, if you have the time to go look at it.

My avatar is me sporting my very first tiger, and last night I painted my first unicorn, which I'm rather proud of. If I can figure out how to upload it, I will.

But for now I'd just like to say thank you for all your help, it is amazing how much I feel I have already learned from this forum.

http://www.wix.com/trinki4/fun2play

Welcome!

Welcome, nice website! You can learn a lot here on this forum.

Welcome to the forum!

I like your website! Great idea to volunteer for pics! It seems like everytime I get the new ones loaded up to the website, I think all the old ones are terrible! I guess it's a sign I'm getting better!

One thing I've started doing is, even if I have a picutre of something from a few weeks ago, I don't mind getting another picutre of it again. It's really cool to see how your painting gets better so fast!

Welcome!

Nice website - I especially like the owl silhouette on the tree - very cute cheek design

Gidday mate & welcome to this fun loving place. I'm based in Tassie but have family up in Grafton. I'll be up there at the end of August-Sept and was thinking of doing a workshop whilst there. It would be lovely to catch up with you perhaps. Have fun here it's the best place in the universe.

Thanks everyone for making me feel welcome.

Helena, I can't say the owl is my own design. I came across a youtube tutorial and picked it up there. I think it would be a very quick one with a pouncer... but haven't tried it that way yet. i adapted it for the bats.

Mandi, I'd be happy to meet with you when you're up this way, if you have the time. Yes, it is a very beautiful part of the world and I consider myself lucky to live here... but Tassie is also gorgeous and I have contemplated moving there on more than one occasion!

HappyVickery, thanks for taking a look at my website. I built it with wix. I have a lot of experience in advertising, so I'm aiming to 'sell the sizzle', IYKWIM? I have to say I'm looking forward to seeing how my work improves. Nearly all of those photos are my first attempt at a particular style, so I am hoping everything will get better with practice, and I will keep taking photos and updating them as soon as I can!

I am planning on having a go at the local markets next month. I'm not sure I will be fast enough, but there's only one way to test myself - and that is to try it out under pressure. At this stage it doesn't matter so much if I make a profit, although that would be nice... it's more important to get the real life experience. I get a bit nervous when I think about it

It's TAG silver. I invested only in TAG, after reading positive reviews here in the forum. So far (and without anything to compare it with) I am really happy with the colours and coverage. I bought a sample palette, ie neons and pearls, which include 12 10g pots of colour... as well as silver & gold.

Welcome to you

Evelyn

Happynut... I need to correct that last post. I had a look back at my gallery. The silver you mention (last photo: fairy flower chain) is actually a mix of two colours. I sponged a base of TAG pearl white, then covered it with TAG metallic/pearl blue.

Hello and welcome...

Welcome!

G'day right back at ya Trinkie! Welcome.