Backstage

Despite the decade 1930-1939 devastated by the beginnings of the collapse on Wall Street (October 1929) and the Great Depression, sees the female protagonist of notable events, awards such as Jane Addams with a woman's first Nobel Peace, the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean alone by Amelia Earhart, the first participation in the U.S. government of a female presence (Frances Perkins); while cinema sees the birth of the first great female protagonists of talking pictures, femme fatale 'unreachable’ whose memory has come down to our days (think of Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich)

(Greta Garbo, 1932)

(Jean Harlow, 1934)

The make-up is partly inherited from previous year '20, in part reworked. The films that are used become more sensitive and are able to read well the light and shade, which in turn become important and studied ad hoc on the faces of actresses: ground and blush are no longer randomly applied on the cheeks, but find their technical function. During these years, unlike the previous decade, you can imagine the usefulness of chiaroscuro in the implementation of corrective makeup; and at the same time begins to spread to the sale of pancakes to the public (Max Factor, 1930) to become commonly used as a cosmetic.
The eyes, important, are framed with thin eyebrows and very high, in which the eyelid, sometimes slightly blurred, but always clear, takes up the domain.
The design maintains the round shape of the lips on the upper lip but the design is extended, covering from side to side throughout the mouth.

(30s Makeup)

(30s Makeup)

The realization of the '30s makeup

Starting from the base, I laid a fat bottom shades of ivory and light pink all over your face, on which I made all the gray, light on the nose, a little’ higher for the definition of the outline of the face and upper eyelid.

In the eye makeup I used a light color in the whole eyebrow, to make it look taller and round, and I decided on the line close to the lashes with a gradient line of eyeliner.

Even cheekbones were dug by chiaroscuro, and cheeks rosy colors in a gradient.

The mouth was drawn thin, with a rounded design on the upper lip, a dark red.

Features of the trick:

Hair characteristics:

Here is a proposal to make up for Carnival: fatal beauty!

As you can see from the photos, it's a trick asymmetric, where the right side of the face was made up with make-up rather marked beuaty, accentuating the light and shade of makeup on the eyelids and under the cheekbones, I realized while on the left face-painting of a skull with colored water.
Before you begin face painting, I covered the eyebrow with soap, to do it then disappeared under makeup.
To draw the skull I was inspired by a couple of pictures downloaded from the Internet (specifically from wikipedia, that).

The realization of face painting:

With the black color and a thin brush I have updated the guidelines that define eye, nose, mandible and maxilla, and the various teeth, helping with the feel and trying to follow the underlying bone.
Then I mixed white, yellow and a touch of black, for the typical color of the bones, preferring a shade a little’ darker, so that we can build on later, and chiaroscuro shadings.
I colored with white teeth, and nose, eye and the inner side of the square jaw with black, I also used to mark the boundary face.
Finally I created using the black shades and a big brush and almost dry, bringing into the dark inner points and using the white to create fake reflections (For example, on the forehead, cheekbone and the center of the nose) in the most obvious; and I added some detail with the brush nice and simple (a crack on the nose and under the eye).

Ok, perhaps a little’ scary.. Here it is !

The '20s (1920-1929) are also known as' The Roaring Twenties’ (Roaring Twenties) o 'Jazz Age',and witnesses, Europe in the early post-war, economic recovery (from which also the name of 'Golden Twenties') and other important events, including greater independence of women.

The cinema of the time, confirming in this decade, its widespread, is still silent, and the film insensitive, best suited to bring whites and blacks rather than shades.

The trick in cinema in recent years, even clear imprint theater, application is located on the characters of those men and women who not only serves as embellishment, but also to give a clear positive or negative connotation, that the characterization and state aid to the viewer.

(Gustav Fröhlich in 'Metropolis', 1927)

(bandits in 'The Kid', 1921)

It is therefore a trick whose dominant color is very clear (the basis) opposed to dark colors (eyebrows, eyes and mouth) and that they are still not using blush and chiaroscuro.

An example of this type of makeup you can find in Louise Brooks and Clara Bow, famous American actresses of silent cinema, that helped popularize with the theme of Olive Thomas ‘flapper’, uninhibited young girls who are critical of the generations before smoking, flaunting their youth, in opposition to past generations, bringing short hair straight or curly, short dresses (and sometimes with fringes fluttering, suited to do the Charleston) or to exhibit the arms and legs from the knee down, and making extensive use of makeup in public.

(Louise Brooks, 1928)

(Clara Bow, 1926)

This look is spreading faster among girls and fashion, enough to become a characteristic feature of the time.

It is identified by a short haircut, smooth or corrugated iron, a very clear makeup base that removes all the imperfections, eyebrows quite thin and rounded towards the corner of my eye, eyes rimmed in black above and below to confer expression and a thin mouth, designed 'to heart', with a double arch on the upper lip and a rather dark red.

Here's how I enjoyed making up Betty for her distinctive look here these years:

(Betty al naturale)

(Make-up the 20s -1)

(Make-up the 20s – 2)

The realization of the make-up 20s

Having laid the foundation of the fat makeup of a color rather than clear, shaded on the neck to get to the skin tone, I made a fading light and dark brown on the sides of the nose, in the contour of the face to 'detach’ the neck and oblique shadows on the cheeks, under the cheekbones.
The eye makeup, instead, obtained by marking the line between the upper eyelid and eyelid fixed, the line above the lashes on the eyelid just below the upper and lower lashes, was initially defined with a black pencil, gradient and then with a brush. This type of makeup is very similar to 'smokey eyes’ very timely in this period, but has a more rounded, not going to define the corner of my eye.
I then powdered with a transparent and neutral face powder all over her face, pulling the trick well in areas where usually tends to accumulate (crease between the eyelid and eyelid fixed, sides of the nose near the nostrils). The powder was determined by vaporizing water all over your face dry with a tissue and buffered.
Once in this way the base, I focused on the eye, going to weigh down the design just released with a black eye shadow, more pronounced on the upper and lower eyelid line and fold eyelid, maintaining a very nuanced eye round.
Followed by, I gave a little’ more strength to the eyebrows (already quite thin) using a black pencil, stretched to excess on the edge, to give the queues round the drawing very typical of these years.
On the lips, dark red with a pencil, I made the drawing 'at heart', characterized by narrow, fleshy upper lip, semicurve defined in two at the top and a semicurve to close in the lower.
Finally, to give a little’ of life on this face so full of light and dark contrasts I applied a subtle brush of blush on the cheeks. The hair, previously collected to make the make-up, were covered by a black wig, typical of the period with a cut.

Giorgia, 20s make-up

Giorgia, 20s make-up

Giorgia, make up anni’20

(Make Up in collaboration with Messrs. Bobbins and Mario Manlio Michisanti)
 

Features of the trick:

Hair characteristics:

Contacted by the agency that was responsible for directing and implementing the movie, I turned the white skin of the actor, in the tan of a farmer who spends his life in the countryside.

The trick has been achieved with a slightly orange cream base, lying on the sponge on the face and arms, buffered with a dark powder, and then airbrushed shaded in darker parts (backs of the arms, front, tip of the nose and cheekbones) with a chocolate brown color, to give the proper effect of a brownish skin and sunburned.

All this took place on location in the estates Mutti, at the foot of the castle of Torrechiara (Parma).

Outside the box this year the birthday of the famous 'Lola Fox', Drag Queen that for years now animates the nightlife nightclub Art Club Desenzano.
So, not to be outdone, with the most likeable Izzi we launched the construction of a usable body painting during the evening.

With exclusive access to the dressing rooms' girls’ We grabbed a seat, and, airbrush stencils and hand, We set to work. The evening of outrageous fashions and fun altering, put e impossibile aunt authorization..

Lola Fox again Greetings !! 🙂

What to give to a friend for your bachelorette party ?
Betty already knew when I brought it, intrigued by the live body painting that I had never seen, and at the same time eager to make something beautiful and original way to celebrate with a little’ in advance about to marry girlfriend. So we found ourselves at the 'You tell me’ here in Piazza Fontanesi, Reggio E., and a little’ before the appetizer I started to draw and paint flowers on one shoulder of the bride, that lent itself really happy this game. Flowers that they have also become stems and floral arabesques, and a butterfly undecided about which of these rest.
So, between the chatter and laughter and the color of the afternoon ran away fast, the work was completed and the girls are shared with the target.. some little place on Lake Garda …

Here are some photos made the 7 8th May, during the week of inauguration of the European Photography.
Following the theme provided by the organizers of the event, that is, the Tricolore, I made two bodypainting that also celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italy.
Heads on both models and the image of Garibaldi immersed in the flag of the Tricolor.

All event and in particular the bodypainting has seen a great triumph of visitors, who took turns during the evening to follow the progress of work to get to see two little girls to take off the finished work.

Thanks to all those who have gone to see me at work, just to make me a greeting, to those who made the photos and especially to Carol and Bianca for having worked as models, and Alex for their help in the field !

As promised a few days ago, here are some simple steps to achieve in a short time and with materials readily available from a nice trick Zombie, On the subject saw the carnival imminent or partner if you want to remove some’ troppo assillanti 🙂

Materials needed:

• White base for facepainting (excellent even in the clown makeup cream)
• Black pencil make-up
• Color fire red (well only a lipstick)
• Pre-vulcanized liquid latex (alternatively a layer of toilet paper and PVA glue)
• possibly a correction / economic foundation

How to proceed:

Apply with a sponge in the liquid latex to the cheeks and make it dry using a hair dryer. In the event that you do not have the latex (mesticheria or sell it in stores a few colors €) can be done as follows:

Separated by a piece of toilet paper (or a paper towel) two-ply, tear so that it follows an approximate outline of the cheeks (you could get two more or less oval) and paste to the face, one cheek, using PVA glue as a bonding agent diluted in a bit’ d’acqua, being careful to apply the glue to the side of oval, and not in the middle.

When finished you can proceed to slightly whiten his face, as the most preferred white forehead, the nose and cheekbones.

Apply now some’ black eyes: over the entire upper eyelid and lower eyelid, surrounding the whole eye.
Wait for it to dry out a bit’ (in case you're using water colors) then mix it with a bit’ sfumatelo on lipstick and white: the objective is to achieve a dark purple.

Now, with a pencil or black color on the cheeks create a chiaroscuro: the goal is to give an idea of emptying, then you can proceed to break the latex or toilet paper in vertical strips, coloring the underlying skin with red lipstick, To give an idea of the flesh.

Finally, color the tip of the nose and lips with black.
If you're using a pencil ol'eyeliner can score some interesting cross line, thin lips, not too long, giving the idea of ​​a lip that is breaking.

The concealer or the foundation may be useful at this point if we realize that we have exaggerated with the white or black and white will fade further (apply it to lighten the black, then fade to white).

If we want to add some more details, We can draw two parallel lines on the forehead and round, by then fade out, to give an idea of the passage of a large vein or the skin is breaking.

A red halo around the mouth and stains like blood spatter made will make it more gruesome and terrifying your creation..

Neck and hand colored the same color of the face , and uncombed hair properly and fixed with a bit’ spray or foam to make you worthy of revival from death …

The tricolor as Italy – Performance of figurative bodypainting.

Saturday 7 May 2011, second day of the inaugural European Photography 2011 (whose theme this year is' Green White Red: a picture of Italy '), will produce a living picture on the grace of the female figure, to celebrate the Tricolore and the 150th of’ Unification of Italy.

Three colors that convey different images and feelings take on a body model and will wear the new and the old, uniting under one banner all the places and the people of our great country.

The performance will take place at the exhibition space in Via dei Due Gobbi, 3 pm 18.00 where you can watch the entire process of project execution.