Theatrical ageing - creping of the skin on hands and face

When reading the script, there are few things that need to consider:

 

·  What age the person (the actor /actress) is?

·  What period of people the character is?

·  What kind of background the character is from?
 

Equipments:

• Cleanser, toner, moisturizer
• Cotton pad
• Makeup sponges
• Black stubble sponge
• Spatula
• Steel palette
• Foundation Palette
• Foundation brush
• Thin brush
• Supra color palette
• Disposable mascara
• Hair dryer
• Old age stipple

 

1)  Setting up the area and get all the products ready. Ask model if she has any allergies and was she wearing contact lenses. Told the model that you are going to wash your hands before getting started. Put the apron on the model. Clip the model’s hair away from the face as not to make her hair greasy and then cleanse, tone and moisturize the model’s face before applying makeup.

2)  Apply foundation

3)  Ask u model to crease her face so you can see the wrinkles on her face, then follow the wrinkles and use a dark brown colour and apply it with a thin brush to draw the wrinkles on her face. Mix the colour red, green and yellow to create the dark brown colour. Apply the wrinkles on the forehead, eyes, mouth area, nasolabial folds. Also, you can use the colour to darken the eye bags.

4)  For the brows and lashes, I have mixed the colour white with a little bit of yellow and apply it with a disposable mascara to the brows and lashes. (If you want a grayish effect, add some grey colour).

5)  I have also applied contouring to the face.

 Model: Harriet Saloway

Fine red veins

1)  Use a black stubble sponge and dipped the mixture of red and black colour with it. Before apply it to the face, dip the colour onto the back of the hands first before applying it onto the cheeks.  

http://www.alconeco.com/kryolan-orange-stipple-sponge

Orange stipple sponge: It is for creating textured, mottled or beard stubble effects.



http://www.preciousaboutmakeup.com/img/product_images/image/detail/mumstipplesponge124-1120.jpg

Black stipple sponge: It can creates bruising, rashes, beard stipple and other textures. 

I have created the red veins on the cheek using the black stipple sponge

Creping on the hands

1)  Apply the old age stipple with a makeup sponge onto the skin. Then, use a hair dryer to dry it (cool temperature, don’t put too close to the skin) and remember when using the hair dryer, you need to crease the skin so to create the creping. After that you can build up a few more layers but make sure it is dry when every time you apply a new layer. After you finished the application, you can cover the colour with foundation to make the skin look more natural and match the colour of the model’s skin tone.

Old Age Stipple is a latex preparation for simulation of aged and wrinkled skin. You can peel it off to remove the products from the skin.

 

Thoughts about the lesson:
In order to improve next time, I can draw wrinkles around the mouth and also contour the face a bit more to create a more older character and make the face look more tired and aging.