The Face
It is important for a make-up artist to understand the human skull and bone structure, the formation of the muscles and skin colouring. This is to understand:
1. massage techniques and to be able to work on a face without causing any discomfort;
2. the highlights and shadows caused by light and how to enhance a face;
3. why some colours are flattering to a face and others are not.
The skull
A good exercise designed to show this clearly is to paint on a face all the shadows with black make-up and all the highlights with white make-up as shown in the diagram opposite.
Drawing the face will also help you to understand its proportions. ...
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