How to Paint a Pumpkin Face on One's Face
- 1). Use a makeup brush and brown or black paint to paint the outline of the pumpkin so it encompasses the area above and around your eyebrows, your cheekbones and down toward your chin. The goal is to create a round heart shape over your face.
- 2). Conceal the eyebrows by applying dabs of white paint with a makeup sponge.
- 3). Use a makeup sponge to dab orange face paint inside of the outline.
- 4). Use yellow paint to create wide vertical lines starting from the area beneath your eyes down toward your mouth.
- 5). Create shadows on the left and right side of the lines using light brown paint. These shadows are the divisions that often are seen on a pumpkin. Smudge the brown paint with your fingers so the shadows look natural.
- 6). Create shadows with the brown paint on the outside edges of the pumpkin shape. Smudge these lines with your finger.
- 7). Paint a green stalk on your forehead. The stalk should be lined up with your nose on the center of your forehead.
- 8). Paint large, black triangles over the area around your eye. Or paint the shape that you desire on your eyes such as large circles or squares.
- 9). Paint a large, black triangle over your nose.
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Use the makeup brush and black paint to create large, jagged teeth on your lips and around your mouth so this jack-o-lantern grin extends past your mouth a few inches. - 11
Paint green, curly vines and leaves around the stalk so they appear as if they are sprouting from it. Use a dark shade of green to create shadows on one side of the stalk. - 12
Use white paint to create highlights on the stalk and the curly vines. - 13
Add face glitter to your pumpkin face and the stalk and vines if you desire.
