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The Peppermint Blog

Tips, stories, and inspiration from a decade of painting smiles

Art classes in Ropes Crossing

As my youngest turns a little bit older and she is just (barely) over her terrible (and sweet) twos I have decided its the right time to work a bit more and have opened up art classes at Ropes Crossing

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X-Mas Face Paintings

Happy new year, looking forward to more face painting fun in a brand new 2024. But before we got there the last year ended with a bang, and a string on face painting parties leading up to x-mas. Those included

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Mobile art classes!

If you cant come to a Peppermint Smiles art class, we will come to you. Besides offering term art classes and art workshops at my studio I also offer mobile art classes and art parties. Art parties are a great

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Artist or entertainer

Can a face painter be considered an artist, or are they relegated to only be considered entertainers and not be given admission into a community which seems to stretch all the way from tattoo artists to sculptors to the more

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Kids Art Workshop

Book in for KIDS ART WORKSHOP during the coming winter school holidays ($50 for three art classes) and the little artists can take home a painting of their own. All materials provided – classes will be in watercolors or acrylics.

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Face painting special effects

A common peeve I hear from people getting their face painted is the trouble with downing their favourite drink, or water afterwards for fear of washing away the paint. This is for those face paintings which need paint on the

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My face painting packages

I thought I would do a short write up of the face painting services I offer, and what to expect. These are the things clients are the most curious about. I charge by the hour for face painting and ballooning.

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Brave new 2022!

Finally it seems we are on the other side of the pandemic, at least here in Sydney. My barometer of normalcy is the number of face painting requests I get and its been picking up a lot lately. I got

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Back in action!

I just had my first couple of weeks of face painting appointments after the lock down and its great to be back. This was after a few months of stress wondering when and how things would bounce back but it

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Day of the dead face paintings

Who hasn’t seen the classic skull candy Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) face painting? It must be one of the most popular full mask face paintings around (one below I made on my husband) According to National

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