Lesson: Ageing

Health and Safety:

wash you hands

ask your model if she has any allergies?

is your model wearing contact lenses?

have a clean working space

cover up your model you don't want to ruin the clothes

pin back the hair so the model won't get any of the products into her hair

there is a special remover for tooth enamel(name?)

What is to consider before you start the ageing process?

Which age are you doing?

What is the background of the portrayed person?

In which period is the story set?

Products used:

Theatrical Ageing ( face)

Steps:

make sure face is clean
apply foundation using the Kryolan foundation palette
don't powder after applying the foundation because you keep working with supercolour
ask the model to frown so you can see where her natural wrinkles and frowning lines are
then I mixed a brown with some red to create a redish brown and used a small brush and went into these lines, do also lines around mouth (when ageing the mouth lines tend to go down), eyes,the lines going down from the nose to the mouth(find out the name!)
start with applying only a bit of colour and then build up, keep looking in the mirror so you can see the process and if it looks real
to give the eyebrows and ageing look a put some white supercolor on a disposable mascara wand and brushed it through the eyebrows
then take the black stipple sponge(with smaller pores) and go into the dark red supercolour and stipple it on the cheeks to create those fine ,small veins
my model is supposed to portray a drinking, smoking person with a bad lifetyle so I also added black and yellow tooth enamel
you can also create some dark circles underneath the eyes

Creping of the skin on hands

Steps:

first apply the barrier cream on the hand
wait until it is dry
then stretch the skin of the hand and apply the old age stipple with a sponge
dry the old age stipple with a cool hairdryer
at this point you can decide if you want to build up some more layers, just do the same as before
when dry move the skin of you hand so it will get wrinkly
if needed match the skin colour
you can easily peel of the old age stipple or remove it with lukewarm water.