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The Official Class How-to Video is a Multiple !?
Yep. But they aren’t that long. The main one is only 23 minutes and you can fast forward through a lot of it. The rest are all ultra fast forwarded to begin with:
More Videos You Might Prefer:
I have found a number of other videos of different sorts of traditional stylized theatrical makeup for different types of performance and different types of faces! Scroll down to see if you find any you think you’d like to watch!
There are many other options for traditional makeup that there are no good videos for, but you can do original research in still images and videos of the completed designs, and use your common sense in learning how to replicate those as well.
Are you concerned that doing this project makes you feel like a Cultural Imperialist?
Don’t freak out, European traditional theatre, festival masks, carnival & circus also have a bunch of non-naturalistic styles you can play with:
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
Explanation: Kabuki/Chinese Opera/ Native Mask:
Find a non-naturalistic face design(s) from a Non-Western theatrical tradition, including, but not limited to Alaska Native masks, African ritual makeup, Balinese dance drama, Chinese Opera, Maori Tattoos, Kabuki Kumidori, etc. Do a Makeup Rendering that adapts the design to fit you or your model’s face.
This week you will:
Watch some stylized non-naturalistic makeup videos based on traditional world makeup/mask traditions.
You will adapt the traditional makeup or mask into a rendering where portions of the lines of the design will follow the mobility lines of your face to amplify your facial expressions.
Apply makeup to your face to make your Non Western Stylized Makeup.
Have Tara take your photos with your renderings or
If at home, Scrounge in your house to frame your face or “costume” your character a bit.
And do a short photo shoot to get fabulous photos of your makeup & rendering.
Upload your photos to the makeup and rendering assignment pages.
Save your photos, research and renderings to your Morgue/Portfolio
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
•EXPLANATION: KABUKI/CHINESE OPERA/NATIVE MASK: FIND A NON-NATURALISTIC FACE DESIGN FROM A NON-WESTERN THEATRICAL TRADITION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALASKA NATIVE MASKS, AFRICAN RITUAL MAKEUP, BALINESE DANCE DRAMA, CHINESE OPERA, MAORI TATTOOS, KABUKI KUMIDORI, ETC. MAKE COPIES OF YOUR SOURCE MATERIAL. HOMEWORK: DRAW A MAKEUP RENDERING THAT ADAPTS THE DESIGN TO FIT YOU OR YOUR MODEL’S FACE.
Add Date Here: Group 1: Bring in multiple images of a famous guy with beard/moustache. Beard Makeup Rendering, Makeup using a crepe hair beard replicating the aforementioned bearded guy. Group 2: View Beard Video.
Add Date Here: Group 1: Watch “Kabuki” Makeup videos. Group 2: Bring in multiple images of a famous guy with beard/moustache. Beard Makeup Rendering, Makeup using a crepe hair beard replicating the aforementioned bearded guy.
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
This Week’s Learning Objective:
Outcomes we will use to get there:
Learn about the advantages of stylized makeup design
Research a variety of traditional Non-Western stylized makeup designs
Apply a makeup based on or adapted from a traditional stylized makeup design
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
Be Calm. There is no test, no quiz, and you can skip these videos if you don’t have time for them. These are all just cool food for thought that you may enjoy. I find the more I learn factually about faces the better I can see them, work with them, and achieve our ideal of enlightenment. So, I share these with you so you may do the same…. if you have the time, watch and enjoy. If you do not, chill, and always remember: THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR FACE!
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
Apply Makeup based on a well-known image of a guy in a beard/mustache . Use a Crepe Hair Beard in the Design and apply it to your face or your model’s face.
Have Tara Photograph it (with your rendering) in the hallway.
If you are not at DVC, dig up a bit of impromptu costuming and/or props from around your house for best results in your home photo shoot. Photograph it for grading. Take at minimum 6 clear photos of your makeup from all angles and submit the 3-4 best pictures through the link below. It is OK to have a friend take your photos, but if they do, MAKE THEM WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW!!!
If you have chosen the Adventures in Spirit Gum Alternate option do the same things as above
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Definition: Makeup rendering- drawing of a makeup design one intends to execute
The Assignment:
Draw a color makeup rendering on one of your personalized face outline sheets, a generic outline sheet, or freehand, or with computer software of your planned Famous Guy In Beard Makeup Design (or your Adventures With Spirit Gum Rendering) and submit through the link below. It is OK to alter or even abandon your design if you find there are problems once you try it on your face, but still do a rendering. It is OK to alter or even abandon your design if you find there are problems once you try it on your face, but still do a rendering. Photograph your rendering (preferably one shot alone, and one shown alongside your finished face makeup as seen above) and upload photos here for credit . Remember afterwards to also to save any research you did as well as this rendering assignment into your Makeup Morgue/Portfolio so you build up your Makeup Morgue/Portfolio gradually and easily over the course of the semester.
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
Explanation: Famous Guys in Beards
Do research for a makeup design based on a well-known image of a guy in a beard/moustache. The best folks to pick are historical and newsworthy ones where you can get lots of images like Lenin, Darwin, Charles I, Frederick Douglas, Emperor Meiji, Dickens, Che Guevara, King Faisal, Osama Bin Laden, etc. or the Unibomber, members of ZZ Top, The Beatles, Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak.
Getting your Points
Gather together multiple views of your “Famous Guy in a Beard” and submit through the link below . Use these sources to base your next assignment, the Beard Makeup Rendering, upon. Remember afterwards to also to import your research/rendering in your Portfolio/Morgue Assignment so you build up your morgue gradually and easily over the course of the semester.
Alternate Adventures With Spirit Gum Version:
Do visual inspiration research for a makeup design based on a fantasy creature with beard, eyebrows, etc of feathers, flowers, paper, plastic, pipe cleaners or other lightweight materials. The best creatures to pick are humanoid amalgamations of human/animal, human/ plant, human/fungus, human/mineral, human/landfill or human/weather where you can get lots of images like snow/ice or tree/lichen etc for your inspiration, as well as possible previous ideas of what a “Green Man” a “Snow Queen” or a “Reptile Woman” might look like.
Getting your Points
Gather together multiple views of your inspirational images and submit through the link below . Use these sources to base your next assignment the Makeup Rendering upon. Remember afterwards to also to import your research/rendering in your Morgue/Portfolio Assignment so you build up your Portfolio gradually and easily over the course of the semester.
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
The official class how-to video:
….Has me replicating the appearance of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, commonly known as Lenin. It has a crepe hair beard and mustache, as well as a wax nose as part of the design (you are not required to do a wax nose again, I’m just showing off).
I use spirit gum to apply my beard, and you can too (spirit gum comes in your Deluxe kit) providing you are not allergic to tree sap. Not sure if you are allergic to tree sap/spirit gum? Do a Patch test to find out
If you are Allergic to Spirit Gum/Tree Sap:
If you are allergic to sap/spirit gum, you can also use either eyelash adhesive or a surgical adhesive like Duo (from most drugstores in the makeup section), or you can special order ProsAid (special effect makeup adhesive) online instead. It is also possible to apply crepe hair with latex, but this is very slow to dry, and is like pulling band-aids off your arm multiple times to remove so I do not recommend it. If you want to know more about adhesives, and some fun stuff to stick in them for FX you can listen to this young woman with amazing lipstick natter on for quite a while on a bunch of them in a highly irritating but very informative way:
What About Non-Lenin Beards?
I am not the be all and end all of laying hair, and there are other methods of doing this. It is worth your time to watch these short videos on Crepe hair application that use some of these other methods if you want one of these sorts of beards:
For a multi-hued beard:
For a very straight beard:
For a super kinky-fizzy beard:
If you want to do sideburns, here is how:
If you happen to have a crafter’s flock gun, there is this type of beard as well:
What About Alternate Adventures in Spirit Gum Videos?
As an alternate you can use spirit gum to apply a “beard” or “eyebrows” or something similar out of many lightweight materials.
The techniques of Crepe hair laying can also be applied with human hair, yak hair, wig hair, fur and other light weight substances like feathers, artificial flowers and leaves, plastic, mylar, pipe cleaners, fun foam and paper.
As an example watch this Quick time lapse short on a makeup using peacock feathers to make a beard:
There are shockingly few videos on how to do this, but the overlapping steps are similar to what you do with crepe hair, and the results are often spectacular:
OMG! They both sound exciting, I’m not allergic to wool or anything but I want to do both!
You can. This second Adventures in Spirit Gum assignment is similar to the Mythical Fantasy project, and you can include this weird technique into that project later in the semester, AND do the crepe hair beard this week to get in the skills the best way which is with the crepe wool! This is an primarily for if you have a reason not to do the crepe hair this week, like wool allergy, missing crepe hair, etc.
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
Explanation:
Famous Guys in Beards. Do a makeup design based on a well-known image of a guy in a beard/mustache. The best folks to pick are historical and newsworthy ones where you can get lots of images like Lenin, Darwin, Charles I, Frederick Douglas, Emperor Meiji, Dickens, Che Guevara, King Faisal, Osama Bin Laden, etc. or the Unibomber, members of ZZ Top, Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak.
Alternate “Adventures in Spirit Gum” Option:
If you have a wool allergy, or have had difficulty getting your crepe hair on time you can instead create a Fantasy Character with facial “Hair” of a substance other than crepe wool. For this to work, the substance must be light weight and thin enough to be capable of laying down in layers on top of each other like hair does. For example: feathers, strips of paper or mylar (chip bags), pipe cleaners or plastic. This doesn’t teach the skills as well as crepe hair will, but it will do in a pinch and is a technique you may want to know about for the (late in the semester) Mythical Fantasy Creature project which is coming up.
Overview:
This week you face the last and most difficult technical challenge of the “realism” portion of the semester: “laying hair”. It is also the itchiest lesson, as unless you choose the to stick an alternate substance (Latex, Duo, etc.) to your face, you will be gluing wool to your face with tree sap*. Once you are over this hump, and into the “design/fantasy” second half of the semester you can relax and play with your new superpowers (highlight/shadow, nose wax, spirit-gum and crepe hair) in designing and making more types of makeup all of which are easier, and offer more room for you to design and play doing creative stuff.
Commercial Spirit Gum is a modern, refined form of one of the earliest glues known to man. In it’s primitive form, you can make your own spirit gum simply by dissolving chunks of tree sap in alcohol, and filtering out tree needles and dirt with a cloth or coffee filter. In the event of the apocalypse, get a jar, fill it with an inch of alcohol and drop in bits of dried tree sap. Add a small pebble or bird shot and shake and sit several times over a few days. When it is dissolved, filter the cloudy mixture through a cloth into another jar. Test it for adhesion. If it is too thin, let some of the alcohol evaporate, if it gets too thick later, add more alcohol. This is primal glue with many uses. We tried making this at DVC, and it works fine but smells like a pine tree!
Activities:
You will watch one or more Crepe Hair Beard Videos.
You will research and collect images of your famous bearded guy for reference.
You will draw a color rendering of the makeup incorporating the beard and the appearance of said famous bearded dude.
You will apply Crepe hair and makeup to your face to make your Famous Bearded Guy Makeup.
You will do a short photo shoot (either with Tara in the hallway or on your own) to get fabulous photos of your makeup & rendering.
You will upload your research, makeup and rendering photos to their respective assignment pages.
generic outline sheet