Discouraged about Time :/

Speed comes with time. I quote 12-15 faces in 1 hour, but can probably paint a whole lot more if I wanted to. I once painted 60 kids in 2 hours I have old business cards that I've written numbers on the back of. I usually put out 40 cards for a 2 hour job. My daughter put the cards out & forgot to pull 41-60.... I had all 60 cards out before I realized it, so I painted like a fiend & managed to get all the kids done in 2 hours(I did start 10 minutes early). I now keep my 41-60 cards in a separate ziplock baggie

Some things I do to speed up my designs. I have several of my best combos of paints already mixed in their pots. This way I can swipe 2-3 colors at one time on my sponge. I use a lot of artycakes with flat brushes & filbert brushes. I have a lot of different "pink" combos, so when a child asks for pink(most common request)I'm ready w/ a different pink each time. I keep my linework to either white or black(this is only for when I speed paint)> I don't use glitter gel or gems unless it's the birthday child or PPF. For high volume events I like to keep it simple. I don't take bazaar special requests for high volume events. I have many different ways to do butterflies, princesses, tigers, etc. This way it's fast, but no one gets the same thing.