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Rainbow Unicorn Face Painting Tutorial How to face paint a rainbow unicorn
Unicorns are probably one of my favourite creatures to face paint. They are magical and you can mix it up with colours that you use for their Maine, fur colour as well as their horn colour. It is endless when coming up with unicorn face painting designs. I just LOVE them!
Enough about my unicorn obsession! Lets get down to the crunch with this face painting lesson. I start this face painting design off by sponging on a rainbow using a bright rainbow cake by TAG and once that dries, we will face paint on the unicorn horn which is done by using a 1/2 inch flat brush with some pink and lighter pink loaded up from the split cake that I’m using. Once we outline it we are good to go in face painting on the unicorns ears and maine which are also done using one stroke split cakes.
Using my BAM star cluster stencil and my loaded up half sponge with white, we will sponge on a small cluster of stars. Make sure that your sponge isn’t too watery before picking up the white face paint, otherwise you will end up with a mess underneath your stencil.
After some dots and stars, you can pouf on some glitter or pixie paint which will take this design to the next level.
I hope you enjoy re-creating this, I’d love to see your version so please tag me your version.
Happy Painting! Xoxo
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Half Face Unicorn
Step 1: Using a sponge and your favorite creamy white ( FAB pictured here), make the shape of the unicorn’s head and neck. To help make sure it lines up correctly, the ear, horn, and flat end of the nose should all be parallel. When bringing the neck out from the check, make sure the bottom edge comes out to directly under the midpoint of the person’s eye.
Step 2: Grab your favorite one stroke (Global Summer Crush from Leanne’s Collection pictured here), and add a forelock across the unicorn’s head and over the base of the horn to give the design depth. Put a cute “C” shaped curl below the ear and beside the eye, then more swoops going down the neck to finish off the mane.
Step 3: Outline with Wolfe black to define the shapes. Make a series of long S shaped lines to create the spiral on the horn, a teardrop for the nostril, and a small smile line. The curve of the unicorn’s cheek should overlap the line of the neck to provide depth. The ear should be straighter along the back side, curvier in the front, and you can add some hair wisps inside. Feel free to use the outlines to make the mane more flowy and interesting.
Step 4: Finally, for extra flair, outline again in white ( Wolfe white pictured here) and add fun stencils in the background. I added stars in Mehron Teal and Global Lilac
About the Artist!
Bethany McLean is an award-winning face painter and body artist, working professionally in the Atlanta area for 13+ years. Starting with children’s parties and local events, she has grown her business into a full time career with her work appearing in numerous film and television shows. Her clientele includes Cartoon Network, the Georgia Aquarium, Smirnoff, Q100, 11Alive, The Weather Channel, AMC, Bacardi, 99X, and many more. She continues hone her skills, staying on top of pop culture, makeup trends, and new products to keep providing her clients the highest level of service.
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