MAC does a seasonal series of makeup talks here in London. I went to the Creative Makeup presentation at Swarovski studios close to Carnaby Street. So many girls in the audience and we were all given a glass of champagne! The makeup artist Andrew had studied Fine Art and specialised in makeup as art for his final year project. The above image was inspired by paintings by the Art Deco style portraitist, Tamara Lempicka. The Royal Academy of Art held a retrospective of her work a few years ago and the paintings are distinctive and stylised with strong angles and cool contrasting sculptural planes of colour. Andrew used MAC creme coloured bases and powders mixed in a mixing medium for a bright re interpretation of Tamara de Lempicka’s work. Below, he described how he had been inspired by traditional Indian coming of age ceremonies when the girls would be thrown with henna powder. He took this literally and threw pigment powders all over the model. The effect was striking and textural but I felt sorry for the poor girl who probably got a whole load of stuff in her eyes and hair. Can you imagine how long it took to wash the whole lot out?! Here are a few examples of his mood boards and sketches which included photos of experiments and shimmering fabrics, photos of objects, or a print by Gilbert & George. Textures, colours, ideas, you can take your inspiration from anywhere. The only problem is on a photoshoot, photographers, editors and PRs NEVER say to the makeup artist, “Yeah, do WHATEVER you want”. They instead snap..”Here are Twenty photos from other magazines…NOW SLAVE…GO COPY THEM”…Maybe this evening was just WISHFUL THINKING. Here is Sonia Bogie the makeup artist who I know who teaches at Glauca Rossi School of Makeup. How can students training as makeup artists get creative when a teacher like her snapped at her students all day for three months while she was trying to come to terms with her divorce and moaning on about it everyday…THE TRUTH PLEASE ? many makeup artists out there might be largely unfulfilled…so I hear on the grapevine. At least this evening aspired beyond the reality.

MAC does a seasonal series of makeup talks here in London. I went to the Creative Makeup presentation at Swarovski studios close to Carnaby Street. So many girls in the audience and we were all given a glass of champagne!

The makeup artist Andrew had studied Fine Art and specialised in makeup as art for his final year project. The above image was inspired by paintings by the Art Deco style portraitist, Tamara Lempicka. The Royal Academy of Art held a retrospective of her work a few years ago and the paintings are distinctive and stylised with strong angles and cool contrasting sculptural planes of colour. Andrew used MAC creme coloured bases and powders mixed in a mixing medium for a bright re interpretation of Tamara de Lempicka’s work.

Below, he described how he had been inspired by traditional Indian coming of age ceremonies when the girls would be thrown with henna powder. He took this literally and threw pigment powders all over the model. The effect was striking and textural but I felt sorry for the poor girl who probably got a whole load of stuff in her eyes and hair. Can you imagine how long it took to wash the whole lot out?!

Here are a few examples of his mood boards and sketches which included photos of experiments and shimmering fabrics, photos of objects, or a print by Gilbert & George. Textures, colours, ideas, you can take your inspiration from anywhere.

The only problem is on a photoshoot, photographers, editors and PRs NEVER say to the makeup artist, “Yeah, do WHATEVER you want”. They instead snap..”Here are Twenty photos from other magazines…NOW SLAVE…GO COPY THEM”…Maybe this evening was just WISHFUL THINKING.

Here is Sonia Bogie the makeup artist who I know who teaches at Glauca Rossi School of Makeup.

How can students training as makeup artists get creative when a teacher like her snapped at her students all day for three months while she was trying to come to terms with her divorce and moaning on about it everyday…THE TRUTH PLEASE ? many makeup artists out there might be largely unfulfilled…so I hear on the grapevine.

At least this evening aspired beyond the reality.

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