Course Outline

Fundamentals

•  Health and safety, sanitation, model’s comfort
•  Presentation of all tools and products
•  Getting ready to start - research and designing makeup
•  How to create your own pigments
•  Fundamentals quiz

Character Makeup 

•  1st, 2nd, 3rd degree burns
•  Bald caps
•  Beards and mustaches
•  Styling facial hair
•  Old age makeup
•  Blood fabrication
•  Tips & tricks for the perfect bald cap
•  Character roleplaying & personification
•  Character makeup quiz

Prosthetic Makeup

•  Camera ready characters created with prosthetics
•  Applying single prosthetics and blending them to the face
•  Mix & match existing prosthetics
•  How to create an accurate movie character
•  Prosthetic makeup quiz

Airbrush

•  Airbrush techniques for beginners 
•  Airbrush techniques for professionals
•  Pre-painting a foam rubber piece
•  Airbrush quiz

Special FX Makeup

•  Life-casting
•  Life-casting face, arms and feet
•  Creating prosthetics from scratch 
•  Sculpting techniques
•  Mold making
•  Foam latex prosthetics
•  Completion of the character
•  Costume, eye contacts, etc.
•  Pre-painting a foam rubber cowl with an airbrush
•  Applying a foam rubber cowl
•  Applying foam latex ears
•  Full face makeup application
•  Wig & Hair - styling techniques
•  Materials use on stage & screen
•  Altering face shapes
•  Blending a full face prosthetic seamlessly to the skin
•  SFX quiz

Drag makeup

•  Beauty makeup over prosthetics
•  Completing the character with costume & props
•  Blocking eyebrows 
•  Drag quiz

Editorial Makeup

•  Natural beauty makeup
•  Fashion makeup
•  Editorial quiz 

Becoming a pro

•  Career paths
•  How to market yourself
•  How to price your art & craft