Consisting of a fully comprehensive beginners training course, this practical and rewarding session will provide you with expert advice on the methods used for professional face painting. It explores what it will take for you to apply this creative make-up and the importance of using the correct products and equipment to improve your skills.

Throughout the day you will be given instruction in all the health and safety matters relating to good working practices that are essential in face painting, including the industry code of practice and customer care when working on children along with information on Insurance policies and the data protection act. We will also discuss product and equipment information, how to set your prices accordingly and how to display your very first menu board.

Brush and sponge techniques along with a number of full face painting designs, including a butterfly, fairy princess, monster, tiger and cat will all be clearly demonstrated and you will develop your skills by practising on the supplied training head blocks in a step-by-step method. The class groups are kept small making it a more pleasurable and friendly experience for all students.

The Mimicks Face Painting beginners course is run by Sherrill Church who has been in the industry since 1990 and is the author of 2 face painting business books. Many students who have recently participated in this course have gone on to start their own face painting business or became a freelance painter for Mimicks and saw a return on investment within a couple of events that they attended.

Thank you so much for a great day that we both enjoyed immensely. Look forward to hearing from you as I am very interested in the advanced course. Just to let you know I did my first event today, and painted 31 people from the age of 3- 18. I had my name board and health and safety sign on show. It was a great day but I feel tired now. Had some great comments and people thought I'd been painting for quite some time. Would again like to say thank you for your brilliant training and advise.

Alexis Nicklin Wolverhampton

Thank you so much for your encouragement and kind comments. I am so pleased we came along to your course which has given Phill as well as myself a new direction. Thank you for a brilliant day of fun and learning!!! I thoroughly enjoyed the course and would love to do a more advanced one. I've been watching the videos on MimicksTV and hope to be trying these out, as well as the ones from the other day on my nieces this weekend.

Penny Gilbert Kent

Mimicks Beginners Face Painting Course in Southampton

As Sherrill is the published author of a couple of face painting business books she’d like to offer you a FREE copy of her ‘Starting Your Super Successful Face Painting Business’ book, which is sold through Amazon with a retail price of £19.95.

This Book is Free on attendance of the Beginners Face Painting Training Course

The Mimicks Face Painting beginners course usually runs a couple of times a month. There is a minimum number of 2 students in order for the course to run and a maximum number of 10.

All the products and equipment are provided for you to use on this course and our retail range is also available should you wish to purchase any items.

A Certificate of Attendance by Mimicks is awarded on completion of the course and should you require a more formal accredited qualification such as the Level 1 Award in Themed Face Painting or the Level 3 Certificate in Face and Body Art by VTCT then you will have the option to go onto to achieve this.

I've just come back from my first face painting event and am in shock with what I got through today! I couldn't wait to let you know. I did my first face about 11.15am and didn't even look up to see what was going on around me until 4.30pm. There were monsters, cats, fairies, tigers and butterfly's all over the place. I didn't even have a drink because as soon as one child got out the chair another one dived on - it was manic but lots of fun. I'm so pleased and amazed at how many I'd got through. Thank you for your expert training!

Sarah Johnston Bristol

I want to say thank you again for your amazing training, I thought it was fantastic and learnt so much in just one day. I've talked everyone's ears off about Face Painting! I can't wait to get my kit out and start practising on my family and friends. I'll keep you updated with how I get on and hopefully I'll be ready for an advanced course in the near future. Thanks again Sherrill, loved it.

Suzanne Forshaw Gillingham