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STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 66: Makeup Using a Wax Nose, Forehead, or Chin in The Design [Assignment]

[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].

Makeup on a DVC student with a wax nose resembling a twig on a tree fairy.
DVC Student tree nymph seen from front
DVC student tree nymph right side of nose.

As I said at the beginning, the chief difficulty of working with nose wax it is likes to stick to your fingers more than to your face.

SOME GREAT TIPS I have learned to help fix this since I made my videos back in 2005-2007:

  • Put a layer of spirit gum on your nose (and let it get tacky) before you start with the wax.
  • When the gum gets tacky, stick a cotton ball on your nose, press it in, then pull it away leaving a little fluff to help the wax “grab” your nose. Then promptly stick on your roll or ball of wax.
  • As described in the video, clean your fingers EVERY TIME you touch the wax.  BUT you can improve this instruction by putting face powder on your hands after you clean  just like you put flour on your hands for making biscuits!
DVC Student as a Red Devil with wax horns
DVC Student in a wax nose as a flower Fairy
DVC student with wax nose and wax scar mouth

What to do for points:

  1. Apply a Wax Nose, Forehead, or Chin, and incorporate it into the complete makeup design of your face (or your model’s face) based on your rendering.
  2. If in the classroom, go out to the hallway with your rendering and have your instructor costume you from the neck up and take your photos for you.
  3. If at home, costume yourself from the neck up and photograph your makeup. Take at lot of clear photos from many angles.
  4. As a reminder, the How to video for taking makeup photos points out that you want your nose (or horns or whatever) to get photographed in profile against a contrasting colored surface.  It is OK to have a friend take your photos, but if they do, MAKE THEM WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW!!!
  5. Upload the best 4 as jpgs or pngs below for credit. 
  6. If you don’t remember the video, or you are having a household member take photos, have them watch this:
Classes, Distance Education, Makeup Designs for Theatre & Film, Stage Makeup Class

STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 65: Color Rendering for Makeup using a Wax Nose or Forehead or Chin as part of the Makeup Design [Assignment]

[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].

Vampire makeup and rendering by DVC Student
DVC Student as Creepy Clown with wax nose & rendering
DVC Student as a Flower Fairy with wax nose
  • Definition: Makeup rendering- drawing of a makeup design one intends to execute

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 Makeup using a Wax Nose or Forehead or Chin as part of the Makeup Design and bring it to class.  

DVC Student with Wax forehead horns & 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. 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. 

DVC student with a twig nose of wax

Have Tara photograph your rendering (preferably one shot alone, and one shown alongside your finished face makeup as seen above)  or do it yourself if working from home and submit it through the link below . Remember afterwards to also to save any research you did as well as this rendering assignment into your Makeup Morgue/Portfolio project so you build up your morgue gradually and easily over the course of the semester.  

DVC Student as a Snow Queen with wax nose

How to get points:

Post your pictures of your rendering here.

Classes, Distance Education, Makeup Designs for Theatre & Film, Stage Makeup Class

STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 63: Activities: Wax Nose and Makeup

[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].

 

DVC Student as a Woodland Fairy
DVC Student made up as a vampire with 3D forehead and teeth
DVC Student as a Woodland Fairy with wax nose

This week is sometimes a difficult one because nose wax likes to stick to your fingers more than to your face!

  • You will watch some videos with makeup designs that include important 3D features of wax .
  • You will sketch a color rendering on one of your face outline sheets for your Character Rendering incorporating at least one major 3d facial feature sculpted with wax. (NOT BRUISE/CUT/BURNS)
  • You will apply Nose & Scar Wax to your face to sculpt your feature(s)
  • You will apply makeup to your face to make your Character Makeup complete.
  • You will have Tara Photograph you in the hall way with your rendering, or if you do your makeup at home…
    • You will scrounge in your house to “costume” your character a bit.
    • You will do a short photo shoot to get fabulous photos of your makeup & rendering.
  • You will upload the photos to the makeup and rendering assignment pages.
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STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 61: Learning Objectives: Wax Nose Week

[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 Objectives:Outcomes we will use to get there:
Learn to build and incorporate 3D features within a complete character makeup.Design a makeup incorporating one or more major 3D features.Sculpt the feature(s) out of wax.Apply makeup to the face and wax features making a realization of the design.