Painting two fabric face masks for the Halloween season.
I bought a couple Imagin8 cotton face masks from my local Michaels. I painted a silly vampire smile and Nightmare Before Christmas inspired pattern using my 3D fabric paints.
Silly Vampire Smile
The cotton face masks I bought were $0.50 USD each. I wish I bought more because they sold out by the next day, but I was glad I bought two at the least.
The masks were soft and thin. There was a pocket of sorts inside where a filter could be added. Before I started painting, I went ahead and added parchment paper in the pocket to prevent paint from bleeding through the thin material.
I knew I wanted to create a smile, but I wasn't sure how to do it. As I sketched my design with a graphite pencil, I decided to make a vampire smile similar to some Silly Face Masks I made earlier in the year.
I used Crafts 4 All 3D Fabric Paints to make my design. In retrospect, I probably should've been Trying Imagin8 Soft Touch Fabric Paints once again to stick with the same brand, but I like the other brand better.
At some point while painting my design, I clumsily dropped my paint brush and got red paint where I didn't want it. Instead of attempting to wipe it off or cover it with white paint, I decided to add drips of blood to mask my mistake.
Before I attempted to add shadows and highlights, the silly vampire smile took me less than a half hour to complete. It was a quick and easy design just in time for the Halloween season.
Sally's Dress Pattern
I knew I wanted a Nightmare Before Christmas themed design for the second face mask. I recalled seeing a Sally inspired face mask during my trip to Walt Disney World last month and figured I could make that myself.
Referencing more saturated versions of Sally's dress online, I placed parchment paper inside the mask's pocket and used my graphite pencil to sketch where I wanted different patterns of her dress to go.
Unlike the first dress where I mixed colors in a paint palette, I primarily squeezed the paint directly onto the mask before brushing it. It was quicker and easier to do so with this design.
I finished the design by 'piping' black paint to create three-dimensional stitch marks. I liked the texture of the stitch marks after the paint fully dried.
Sally's dress inspired pattern face mask was another easy design, although I had to take several breaks in-between coats to let the paint dry. I didn't want to accidentally smear the colors, so this design took a couple hours to complete.
My Thoughts
Like always, I enjoyed painting fabric face masks!
The Nightmare Before Christmas inspired design is my favorite of the two masks. It's a mask I can wear between now and Christmas for sure!
My Dad saw the mask and asked if I could breathe properly with all the paint layered on to it. I wore it while out-and-about one day without issues. The layered paint made breathing through the fabric similar to the thick fabric Tommie Copper community face masks I normally wear. I wouldn't recommend wearing a fully painted face mask while exercising or partaking in strenuous activities.
The vampire smile design is my least favorite. The mouth is comically large and low on my face. This mask will sit in my glove compartment as an emergency backup. However, I hope it's a design that'll put a smile on other's faces if or when I wear it in public.
What's Next?
Hopefully, I'll keep the 'spooky' Halloween-themed content coming this month. Check back to see what I share next.
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Simply Jelly Jam