This past Monday, senior Scare makeup artists Donald, Jenna, and Tomey joined me in teaching a two-and-a-half hour Introduction to Scare Makeup and Special FX course at Paul Mitchell the School in North Austin; it was an awesome time, and it seemed like a rousing success; something like 60 people showed up to take the class!
The school was kind enough to donate the teaching space to us, and the Paul Mitchell instructors and administrators were the nicest bunch and extra-helpful in working with us to get it all set up. Some of them even stayed and took the workshop with us!
We tried to cover all the basics of some of the techniques we use most frequently: latex and appliances, tips and tricks for airbrushing and zombie makeup, and stage blood creation. The combination of demonstration and class participation seemed to work out really well.
Everyone on our team had a lot of fun, and I hope that everyone that took the class did as well. And as a bonus, we raised a handsome sum to benefit Scare for a Cure, and we even gained a few new volunteers! Hopefully we'll do it again sometime soon, and perhaps we'll offer more specialized workshops as well.
