Inspirations Sheets
Are you painting at a themed event? Perhaps you have a celebration coming up and need some new ideas, or you just want to add more to your face painting repertoire.
Below is a range of FREE face painting and artist inspirations to inspire you when painting. Think of them as mood boards. Each PDF is yours to download and keep. They are not necessarily face painting designs, but images and ideas to keep you inspired. All are compliments of The Face Paint Shop.
After designs you can copy stroke for stroke instead? Our free step by step guides walk through fourteen full designs.
Free inspiration sheets
Sixteen themed mood boards. Click through to open the PDF, then save or print it.
Christmas Inspirations
Santas, reindeer, baubles, wreaths and candy canes for December queues and Christmas parties.
Easter Inspirations
Bunnies, chicks, decorated eggs and spring colour for Easter shows and school fetes.
Fairies Inspirations
Wings, wands, silhouettes and woodland scenes to build fairy designs around.
Flowers Inspirations
Petals, blossoms and garden colour, the fastest way to fill a cheek design.
Fourth of July Inspirations
Stars, stripes, flags and fireworks for American themed events and parties.
Halloween Inspirations
Pumpkins, ghosts, spiders, skulls and horror icons for the busiest week of the year.
Pride Inspirations
Rainbow hearts, flags and lettering for Pride marches and LGBTIQA+ events.
Olympics and Sport Inspirations
Rings, medals, torches and sporting silhouettes for club days and sports carnivals.
Princes and Princesses Inspirations
Crowns, castles, carriages and gowns, always the longest queue at a kids party.
Rainbows Inspirations
Rainbow arcs, hearts and colour blends to pair with your splitcakes.
Roses Inspirations
Roses, buds and line work studies for one stroke practice and adult designs.
Social Media Inspirations
Platform icons, hashtags and share symbols for promo shoots and business signage.
St Patricks Day Inspirations
Shamrocks, leprechauns, hats and gold for 17 March events.
Superheroes Inspirations
Masks, logos, capes and comic panels, the design boys ask for most.
Unicorns Inspirations
Horns, manes, stars and pastel magic for the design girls ask for most.
Valentines Day Inspirations
Hearts, kisses, cupids and love lettering for 14 February bookings.
Also linked from this page: step by step guides
These four downloads are step by step design guides rather than mood boards. All fourteen guides live on the step by steps page.
Alligator
Four steps to a full face alligator, strong green line work over a sponged base.
Blue Eyes
A four step blue eye mask built from a splitcake, swirls and white highlights.
Butterflower
Five steps blending a butterfly and a flower into one soft, pretty design.
Paint the ideas
One loaded brush, several colours. The fastest way to turn a mood board into a design.
TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Sunset
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Snowflake
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Sherbet Fizz
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Sandy Treasure
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Regular Rainbow
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Pearl Rainbow Delight
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Pearl Rainbow
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Pearl Dream Base Blender
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Neon Rainbow
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TAG Body Art 50g Splitcake - Lavender Skies
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More free resources
Fourteen step by step design guides, printable wordboards so children can point at what they want, a Facebook community and a channel full of demos. All free.