Stage Make-Up Techniques

This book discusses the basic techniques such as anatomy, light and color, shadow and highlight, and plastic techniques, as well as describing a specific examples of makeup with the help of numerous lavish illustrations.

The book is divided into sections describing how to make a face older, children's makeup, fairy-tale figures, clowns, animals, imaginative faces and faces from different nations. The heads are created and elaborated step by step, accompanied by a series of clear full color photographs. The examples of makeup used serve as a basis for the reader's own imagination to produce personal creations using the techniques described. The book also pays particular attention to the methods of making false bald heads and wigs, rubber wounds, noses, beards and hair pieces. The materials needed are readily available and sometimes ready-made products are used which can be obtained from makeup suppliers, toy or novelty shops.

The visual approach used in the book makes it particularly suitable for schools, workshops, theatre groups. Amateur dramatic societies and carnival organizers, as well as for the individual. Beginners can use the book to help them on their way, but the advanced user will also find a wealth of information.