Sugar Skull Face Painting Tutorial

[daden82]

Lovely Design, can you tell me what the music you have on the video is please.

[kittylion7]

Thumbs up for day of the dead Lisa good job I love your work

[riphenrylola]

What a great video - thank you. We have a birthday party coming up - Horror Disco theme. So we are now inspired! Thank you so much !!

[dancingfuel]

Very cool. I even liked the cracking...maybe pounce a bit of shadow on it to emphasize the cracking. (Unless it's uncomfortable/itchy/etc. to have the cracking)

[Ginnaurin]

That´s amazing! I like sugar skulls too because it is a really nice art und a good tradition!

Just beautiful, congratulations! Thank you for share the video :)

Feliz día de muertos!

[GertieBirdiee]

This is awesome!

[TheBonesofBabyDolls]

This is one of the best sugar skull tutorials I've seen. Thank you!

[taramssip]

We're taking the kids down to Olvera Street in Los Angeles tonight for Day of the Dead and will use your tips to decorate their faces! Thanks so much! My 6 year old was glued to the screen! He loved it!

[mycatisfatnanner]

nice camera quality..

[ESABUBBLESX3WLX3]

ii LOVE UR SUGAR SKUll <3

[fourtwentiest]

awesome job! nice brush control.

[Retro80sLove]

Can u please please tell me what you used for the white face makeup? Sorry my speakers broke :( thank you I love the look:)

[lisajoyyoung]

@Retro80sLove It was Diamond FX. But I don't recommend using it for the white background. It was hard to make look even and cracked on my face. If I were to do it again, I would use a white grease paint or white foundation.

[bewitchingfp]

@Retro80sLove Hi, just wanted to let you know how helpful all of your video's have been for me. I am just starting out & I love it!!

Can you tell me what the name of the artist you mentioned. I could not hear the last name well at all. I need to bone up (forgive the pun) on sugar skull painting!..lol Thanks again!

[iamginaw]

@bewitchingfp It was Sylvia Ji

[Retro80sLove]

I dont have speakers can you please please tell me what you used for the white face? thank you !! I love it

[shauniiixx]

do you fill in the waterline of the eyes with kids? cause i can see myself having a kid that moves and ending up hurting it :o

[lisajoyyoung]

@shauniiixx NO!!!!! Definitely DON"T fill in the water line on a child! I agree with you, that would probably end badly.

[shauniiixx]

@lisajoyyoung lol thought so :p

[desomar09]

I REALLY LOVED IT HUN I SUBBED AS WELL :)

[lisajoyyoung]

@desomar09 Thank you for subbing!  xoxoxo

[s1lverLaydee]

Oh yes!!! I used it LAST Christmas but wasn't as perfect as yours lol they are my favourite winter colours!! I used Grimas metallic blue and the two DFX whites!! 1 to sheen and 1 for swirls and stars!!! I've got stencils of stars so it's sharper but I'm waiting for your inspiration for THIS one lol x

[andreaapocalypse]

@lisajoyyoung ty :)

[andreaapocalypse]

I'm going as a watermelon for halloween, do you think you could do a tutorial on a watermelon?

[lisajoyyoung]

@andreaapocalypse A watermelon is a hard one. I'll see what I can do :)

[SlimKaci]

@andreaapocalypse I would say an easy way to do watermelon would be to do an upside down triangle on your forehead (pointing down to the nose) in pink or red, with a green line across the top. Then just do little black tear drops here and there as seeds. Same thing on either cheek! I'm not sure how great it will look as I just made it up on the spot, but it seems like it would definitely say 'WATERMELON!' Just have fun! (:))

[s1lverLaydee]

Amazing!! As always lol I'm looking forward to any Christmas ideas you have next, here in London, England!! Its getting cold so I've got blues, whites and silver in mind already lol

[lisajoyyoung]

@s1lverLaydee I can't wait for the Christmas season! I'm not sure if you've seen it, but I actually have a video from last year that used lots of blues, silvers, and whites for a snow princess design. You should check it out :)

[Montse3070]

have you ever tried using a filbert brush to do the "flower petals" (the red half circles)? It was just a thought I had...haven't tried it myslef but thought it might be quicker although not as 'perfect'...just a thought

[lisajoyyoung]

@Montse3070 It would definitely be faster! Great idea for when you're doing something like this at an event and need to be quick :)

[missbish]

haha as soon as i saw your face i thought Sylvia Ji, and yes you're pronouncing it correctly like the letter G. Anyhow i made a syliva ji makeup draw out of her pictures . It's called decoupage ? i hope i spelled that correctly but it came out cool. Sylvia Ji Rocks and great tutorial :D

[baxification]

Adding a teeny bit of glycerin to your water will help keep your paint from cracking... like just a drop or two to your water jar. It really helps with the paints with higher wax content like DFX.

[lisajoyyoung]

@baxification Awesome! Thanks for the great tip!!!

[jalene150]

I would love to see some of your painting skills on paper. I bet they are even better

[lililoveskyle]

Looks great!! Can you do the painting that you use to have on your YouTube profile picture it looked like sugar skull mask but it was mainly around the eyes it wasn't a full white face and it also had some webs, does any one else know what I'm talking about? I hope you do Lisa because it was very cute

[lisajoyyoung]

@lililoveskyle I probably won't do a tutorial on it since it's so similar to this one. If you want to try it, you pretty much follow the same steps as in the video, but cut it off at the cheeks and do the swirls around the eyes instead of the jaw area :)

[sexiihoneybunz]

Very cute good job jeep posting more holloween f.p !!! Im ur biggest fan

[ashbobizzle]

Excellent! I really like the scrollwork on the cheeks.

[twilight151483]

very pretty



[ivedisappeared]

Amazingggggg

[elvisrocs88]

finally i realized after a few vids who you look exactly like................katherine mcphee!!!! :)

[dianethomas01]

I can see why it would take forever!! Today I sponged on TAG white, and it was blotchy, as expected. I dusted it with baby powder, and it evened right out! I think that would be faster, and definitely not crack, because it's lighter.

You did fabulously, as usual! Thank you so much for helping us learn to do this well.

[barbiegirlsbling]

Hi Lisa, This is a random question, but i forgot to ask you where you got your beautiful sideways cross necklace from?? Hope you don't mind my asking you :)

[missiwonderwhy]

i know you do face painting and I love them but can you please do a make up tutorial for the eye make up you're wearing now. it looks STUNNING <3 xxx

[Fukdahaterz85]

loved it

[KellyokeCrazy]

just me or did anyone else notice that the upside-down heart changed color from purple heart, red border to green heart, purple border?

[XcoosX]

@KellyokeCrazy no i saw it too lol wtf why did that happen ???

[havasmama05]

Yes! I've been waiting for you to do your sugar skull! And you posted it on my bday. Happy bday to me! Hee hee. I haven't even watched it yet. I was so excited when I saw it that I had to comment first. Thanks Lisa!!!

[lisajoyyoung]

@havasmama05 Happy birthday!!!!

[danalajeunesse]

I am doing this on a model next week. Thanks!! This is great. cleanest I have seen!!!

[lisajoyyoung]

@danalajeunesse Thank you so much! I just checked out the sugar skull you did and it was AMAZING!

[danalajeunesse]

@lisajoyyoung that one was a fail...lol...I will be using yours as a guide on my model. i like the colours and styling of it

[crisplizz]

You must have a huge amount of patience! And you're fantastic - as always! :)

[barbiegirlsbling]

Hi lisa hope you and your family are well :) I love this look is does look like one i can try, you always make it look super easy, which we all know it's not lol Thanks for the vid, and i'll will look forward to the next one, as always :)

[lisajoyyoung]

@barbiegirlsbling Let me know if you give it a try :)

[daisydawn79]

I like the cracking, it adds more to the look if you ask me! Great Job!!

[lisajoyyoung]

@daisydawn79 ha ha!  Thanks! Maybe I should have said I did it that way on purpose! :)

[Kazzamundo107]

oh you are such a talented lady Mrs Young, super super super xx

[lisajoyyoung]

@Kazzamundo107 Thank you!

[MsVersZsatile]

This is soooo perfect !!! I love your artwork this year :)))))) Hey, as I wrote the word "artwork" you said it at the same time in the video :D Awesome tutorial !!!

[Montse3070]

Absolutley wonderful and demonstrates your commitment to the art! Great job Lisa xo

[lisajoyyoung]

@Montse3070 Thanks! :)

[LilLeo67]

Beautiful as always! Of course the canvas is beautiful too! What brand of metallic purple was that?

[lisajoyyoung]

@LilLeo67 It's Wolfe :)

[pdguardado5384]

Great sugar skull, Lisa!! I just tried my hand at one the other day, they are sooooo fun to do! I love the purple you used in the eye sockets...thanks for another wonderful tutorial!!!

[mmadkins2008]

I did one of these for the first time this morning, IT TAKES FOREVER! But they are beautiful. Great interpritation.

[lisajoyyoung]

@mmadkins2008 I know! I'm not really sure why it took so long, it doesn't really look like it should have. Maybe it was because I was having a hard time getting the right camera angles... Anyway, I'm glad you liked it!

[mmadkins2008]

@lisajoyyoung I think I will try a one stroke flower petal motion arond the eyes next time instead of drawing the loops and filling them in.

[JJuciJ]

awesome

[emineminime]

I didn't really like the way sugar skulls looked until I saw this. I think that the way you did this design was phenomenal! Keep the videos the videos coming!!! They are SOOO helpful♥

[lisajoyyoung]

@emineminime Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[nomoretrucks]

love you're video's Im just learning how to do this I work with young children and they love having their face done thanks for all you're videos you're my insperation. 

[faceartbyPnina]

Amazing like all your videos! What brush did you use to apply the white base?

[lisajoyyoung]

@faceartbyPnina It was a Ben Nye Chisel :)

[classyass]

yay!! thanks!!



[judycastillo100]

Definitely intricate but beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to paint this and posting it!

[anaarthur81]

This is really pretty!! One question, does the metallic colors crack after a while? thanks!

[lisajoyyoung]

@anaarthur81 No, the metallic colors are awesome! They're super pigmented and dry to a nice soft, almost powdery, consistency.

[anaarthur81]

@lisajoyyoung Thanks! I always wondered about those, one day I might order me some of those metallic colors.

[MidnightVampage]

I love your work! you are incredible :)

[lisajoyyoung]

@MidnightVampage Thank you so much!!!!

[MsCrazyNewton]

Awesome job! :)