Face Painting 

My first two face painting designs derived from the influence of African culture. In the video i noted how they particularly used the contrast of black and white so i atempted to do so with the addition of colours found within nature. I quite like the contrast of the bluey colour to the rich red however if I were to have completed these images i believe the black would've been to dominant in comparison to everything else.

My final design seen below was informed by the practices of Maori culture. Whilst it didn't turn out the same as my design I was pretty happy with the result. However I would've liked to use more intricate detail on the eyes reflecting the contemporary influence on my work as seen below and I regret using white as the base to my painting as it continued to crack which was difficult to hide in my photoshop. In doing my face painting particularly the tattoo the development of my painting skills proved to develop as well as my photoshop whilst i was editing the flaws of the cracked paint. Initially I hoped to paint everything including the small dots and the detail on the right however this proved to be to difficult in the end so instead i resorted to using eyeliner. I would've liked a more clean image with the false eyelashes in tact and the base smooth so thats something i think i need to work on.