How to do Cat Face Paint

Lots of kids, and grown ups too, want to be able to have their faces painted for Halloween. A quick cat face paint technique is listed below. I can do this in about two minutes now and even for the inexperienced it’s a quick and easy face.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Golden-yellow face paint(can be mixed from yellow and orange)
• White face paint
• Orange face paint
• Black face paint
• Makeup sponges
• Thin paint brush

1. To start your cat face, get golden orange(mixing may be needed) on a sponge.

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   Orange on top, white below

   Beginning at the hairline, smear the color downward to the end of the nose. Spread it a little lower on the cheeks.

3. Get white on a sponge.

4. Color the lower half of the face with white, rising up to meet the golden color.

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   Still using white, color the eyelids and make a white square of color rising up from the eyelid and over the eyebrow. Stop before hitting the hairline.

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   Using a dark orange color on a sponge, place a heavy mark on the forehead, next to the eyes and at the corners of the mouth.

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   Using black paint on a paintbrush, draw a black line from the inner corner of the eye, down the edge of the nose and round the line until you reach the corner of the lip. Do this on both sides.

8. Draw little lines inside of the rounded shape. These are your whiskers.

9. Paint the nose with black in an upside down triangle.

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    Draw a line down from the center of the nose to the center of the upper lip.

11. Paint the lips black.

12. Draw a curving box around the inner side of the white square above your eye.

13. Use a ‘feathery’ motion to close the white area. This is a series(usually three) of disconnected, swooping lines.

14. Add spots as you see fit. What you do to one side, do to the other to maintain an image of symmetry, but it doesn’t have to be perfect.

15. Mark black lines along the chin and jaw line on the white half of your face.

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    Cat face paint: ROAR!

    Fluff your hair and strike a pose. ROAR!

Tips & Warnings

• You can get close to the eye while using the face paint if you are doing this yourself or to an adult. To remain kid friendly, work around the eye.
• Fangs can be drawn by making two white curves on the lower lip. Outline the white curves with black. Some like the way this looks, others do not.
• Lip jewelry detracts from the fangs.
• Make sure face paint is FDA compliant.
• Spots can be changed into stripes if you want to have tiger face paint.

[crosswised]

on 11/9/2009 How to do Cat Face Paint was a great article and gave me some good ideas. Rated 5*

[hnatalieann]

on 10/2/2009 This is really cute! My daughter thinks she is a cat s she will love it!! *****

[survivoryea]

on 9/25/2009 Really good photos to go with the article - thanks

[eveewonder]

on 9/12/2009 Great article on how to do a cat face painting. Great for kids and Halloween.

[tracysmith159]

on 9/10/2009 Great article on how to do a cat face. Thank you for sharing.