In Sue's lesson she taught us theatrical ageing which was a really fun as I haven't done this before. In the theatre the make-up has to be very dramatic and over the top so it can be seen on stage from whatever areas the audience are sitting in to watch, as people are sitting quite far away from the stage it doesn't have to be very realistic and neat as this won't be noticed from a far unlike in TV shows and films where the HD camera shows absolutely every detail of the face and body which means make-up has to be realistic and perfect. Here are images of my in class practical and then a go I had at home on one of my flatmates.
Equipment:
- Very small brush
- Foundation brush
- Disposable mascara wand
- Black stipple sponge
- Kryolan Supra Color palette
- Kryolan foundation palette
- Kryolan tooth enamel in Nicotine
- Cotton buds
1) Use the Supra Color palette to mix a brown shade using yellow, green, blue and red.
2) I first applied moisturiser and a light base of foundation over the face before I began adding wrinkles so it was easier to blend.
3) I then asked my model to pull faces which accentuated and pulled out where the natural wrinkles of the skin are, while she was pulling the faces I used the brown Supra Colour and smallest brush to fill in the creases. I concentrated mainly on the forehead, the nose, around the mouth and the outside corners of the eyes.
4) Once I had marked all the wrinkles out with Supra Color I used my fingers to pat it into the skin and blend it out so it looked like shadows instead of painted on lines.
5) You can add more black in to the Supra Color to add depth and a lighter base to highlight the non-wrinkled areas. I also dabbed a bit of base onto the lips to make them appear more creased and smaller.
6) Using my disposable mascara wand and Supra Color (white with a tiny amount of yellow mixed in) I ran it through the lashes and eyebrows so they appeared a whitey-grey colour for an extra touch.
7) As the old character we were creating had a bad lifestyle including lots of smoking and alcohol we used Nicotine Tooth Enamel by Kryolan to stain some of the teeth. For this I used a clean cotton bud to dry the tooth, asking the model to smile to bare her teeth and then added the tooth enamel to another cotton bud and dabbed it onto the tooth to cause staining.
Equipment:
- Latex sponge
- Hair dryer
- Barrier cream
- Kryolan Old Age Stipple
1) First cover the area you are going to work on with a good barrier cream (we used hands).
2) Pour the Old Age Stipple into a bowl but don't pour out to much incase you don't use it, add more if necessary as you go along.
3) Stretch the skin taught and using a latex sponge apply the Old Age Stipple to the area using dabbing and feathering motions so you don't leave an obvious edge, this will make it much more realistic to the eye and under a HD camera.
4) Use a hair dryer to dry between layers on a cool setting, make sure to test the heat on your own skin first. Make sure it isn't on a strong setting as this can disturb the product you have carefully applied.
5) Make sure the product is dry and then you can build up layers until you are happy with the results using the steps above.
As you can see from the pictures below this has a really convincing ageing effect, it does not look like a hand that belongs to an 18 year old.
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