Extreme Face Painting: 50 Friendly & Fiendish Step-by-Step Demos [Paperback]

Brian Wolfe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 2010 | ISBN-10: 1440302707 | ISBN-13: 978-1440302701 | Edition: 1

Put a new face on fun!

No matter what your experience level, you can turn everyday faces into sweet, funny or frightening works of art that move, laugh, grow and always make people smile! The first half of this book features fun, friendly transitions, such as birds and butterflies, puppies and princesses, knights and night skies. Part Two crosses over to the dark side with strikingly horrible, downright unnerving personas, including vampires, zombies, gargoyles and other foul, freakish creeps.

· Easy-to-follow instruction from two award-winning artists

· 50 step-by-step projects ranging from simple to more advanced

· Designs include popular kid and adult themes for parties, performances, Halloween and other occasions

· Expert techniques for painting remarkably realistic textures, making human features virtually disappear, creating the look of age and other surprising, fool-the-eye effects

Full of friendly instruction for beginners and fresh inspiration for seasoned painters, this book will help you make art as original as the face that is painted!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 6 Up–This is a guide for experienced artists ready to take their craft to the next level, instead of painting pictures on a face, like colors on a flat canvas. These instructions show how to use shading and highlights to shape a variety of frightening and whimsical forms. The authors open the book with basic information about materials, colors, and techniques. Then they demonstrate different projects, with the “friendly” faces first, and the “fiendish” ones in the back. Each entry has a full-page color photograph of the final product and smaller photos of each step in the painting process. Clearly written instructions appear below each photo. The book contains the standard faces, such as a butterfly mask, animal faces, and a clown face, as well as some unusual projects. Some of the fiendish visages are quite frightening. The book comes with an informative DVD where the authors demonstrate two of the face paintings from the book. As one brother does the painting, the other gives a running commentary of what he is doing and why. The projects in this book have more impact than those in the Usborne Book of Face Painting (Usborne, 2003), but are not necessarily harder to create. This is a great resource, especially for older children, teens, and adults.–Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About the Author

Twin award-winning, world-renowned artists/instructors Brian and Nick Wolfe are known for their fast-paced face and body art techniques. They have worked with Universal Studios Florida, contributed to face-painting publications, taught classes and workshops, and have been featured as Wolfe Brothers Face Art & FX. They were named World Champions at the World Bodypainting Festival in 2009.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Impact; 1 edition (September 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440302707
• ISBN-13: 978-1440302701
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Theater

More About the Author

Identical twins Nick and Brian Wolfe grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida and started their epic journey into the world of special effects makeup by drawing dinosaurs and superheroes when they young and it is that inborn enthusiasm for art and illusion that has fueled their meteoric rise in the world of faceart,body painting and special effects make-up.

In 1998 they brought their considerable talents to Universal Studios Florida, quickly making names for themselves in the industry working in the studio's prosthetic department. They soon met the face painters of Enjoy Your Face Inc., the company that paints in the major theme parks of Florida, California, Pennsylvania, and Osaka, Japan. Taking a cue from their own childhood experiences and passions, the twins soon developed and integrated cool designs specifically for boys bridging the gender gap in the art of face painting.

The Wolfe brothers' classic use of highlighting, shadow, anatomy studies, and 3-D illusions quickly received international attention in 2001 when they were hired as contributing authors to Creative Facepainting. The book has been produced in five languages and was considered the facepainting bible.

In 2004, the Wolfe brothers left Universal Studios and founded their own make-up company, Wolfe Brothers Face Art & FX. Serving as the Artistic Directors for the company, they regularly toured the world to promote their products and teach face and body art techniques.

In 2008, Nick and Brian once again reinvented themselves, leaving the company they founded to embark upon a more freestyle career path. Plying their craft all over the globe under the corporate name Evil Twin FX LLC, the brothers continue to teach workshops on face painting, body painting, special FX make-up, and mask making in Europe, Asia, Australia, and across North America. Most recently, the Wolfe Brothers competed against 40 other countries to win the world champion title at the World Body Paint Festival.

Prolific writers, the Wolfe Brothers also continually contribute to many industry books and publications. Extreme Facepainting, published by North Light Books, is one such work. This 50-face, step-by-step book and DVD combo can be found at most book stores and Internet booksellers and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. The Wolfe Brothers also are regular contributing writers to many periodicals including Illusion, Orlando Magazine, Haunted Attraction Magazine, Make up Artist Magazine, Klutz, Nail and Beauty, and Graftobian.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too many duplicates from other books!, January 3, 2011

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Eyyys (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Extreme Face Painting: 50 Friendly & Fiendish Step-by-Step Demos (Paperback)

First, this is a fantastic book with great photos and cool designs, just like everyone says, BUT I recently bought the Wolfe Brothers Step-by-Step book for Animals, and 12 out of the 15 designs in that book are also in this Extreme book! I was so mad when I started flipping thru and saw the exact same designs that I already paid for! That is the only other Wolfe book I own, so I am now very hesitant to buy any more since those designs are probably in this one as well. I'm very surprised that they published the same designs in two different books, even using some of the exact same pictures. Oh well... like I said, great book, but definitely be wary of picking up their other cheat books without first finding out what the designs are and comparing them. I am excited to watch the videos though.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High caliber face painting at its exhilarating best., September 10, 2010

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Jodi Carr (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extreme Face Painting: 50 Friendly & Fiendish Step-by-Step Demos (Paperback)

Nick and Brian Wolfe are the best face painters in North America and their innovative face designs are limitless. These designs are all shown step-by-step so you can see exactly how they are painted.

While the majority of these designs are quite sophisticated, they are presented in such a way that intermediate painters will be able to derive a less detailed version just by skipping some of the elaborate steps.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book for any level of face painter, September 30, 2010

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Barbara E. Scheeler - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extreme Face Painting: 50 Friendly & Fiendish Step-by-Step Demos (Paperback)

I was so excited to see how large the book was. I thought it would only be a few pages or magazine style. It's huge, 126 pages of awesomeness. It has amazing and original designs from basic puppy to a totally out of this world wolf. Something for all levels of face painting. The pictures are clear and the instruction is very well laid out. It even comes with a helpful DVD! It's absolutely worth the money. You'd have to buy several face painting magazines to equal what this book offers.