Shonna Flanigan & Rebecca Kanar - Decor on a Dime

Thursday Pre-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30 - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 20

Learn how to start a balloon decorating business with a small budget. In this hands on class, you will be building columns, balloon arches, topiary balls, and more. We will show you how to build bases and frames for columns and arches (to make them without helium) and how to use a Mag Mover to hang your creations. We will also show you how to take ordinary columns and arches and add twisted pieces to create themes and designs that will set your decor apart from all the others to make it absolutely amazing! We will be creating balloon decor with a jungle theme! Instructors: Shonna Flanigan-website:www.adventureinfun.com, and Rebecca Kanar www.abcballoontwisting.net

Price: $100.00

Sean Avram -Color, Consistency and Creativity – Face and Body Art) – Hands on

Thursday Pre- Workshop Class
7 hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 15

Feeling a little flat? Sean’s class has been crafted to assist you in making your good better and your better best! It’s time to truly master your pallet. Learn to get the most out of your colors. Discover how subtle changes in the ratio of water to makeup can drastically change the look and feel of your face and body art designs. Sean will teach you several techniques to create jaw-dropping depth and detail that can be used in every design you create. Get that sought-after airbrush look with sponge and brush techniques! You will begin to master layering, perspective, proportions, shading and highlighting. Sean will also be sharing techniques he utilizes to create new designs and keeps the creativity flowing. Make sure you bring a note pad, pen and a camera to this class; you will never paint the same again.

Price: $120.00

Sean Avram - Here Be Dragons! – Face and Body Art – Hands On

Sunday- Post Workshop Class
7hours (9:30am - 5pm
Class Maximum 15

It’s time to revel in the mystical land of dragons. Sean is well known in the industry for his intense, colorful and creative dragon designs. Learn several dragon designs and secrets to painting dragons. Sean will cover the essentials, dragon anatomy, scales, wings, eyes, tails, necks, musculature, horns, teeth, and the fierce dragons breathe. Being able to draw a dragon is only half the challenge to a body artist, learning how to fit it in an interesting way on a person’s body is the other half. Sean will share his strategies and techniques to bringing your entire dragon design together. Dragon designs shared in this course also include: Asian dragons, European dragons, tattoo-style dragons, dragon eyes, Dragon/devil wings, the baby dragon, and more!

Price: $100.00

Lucie Brouillard - The basic secrets of face-painting

Thursday Pre-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 15

This is a course aimed mostly at intermediate face-painters- people who already work in the field but who wish to get better and faster.
Main aspects:
- A review of products: what is available, what is good for what, and how to play with them and combine them for best results.
- A review of classics: quick demos with lavish explanations on techniques used, products, tips for speed.
- Eye magic: How to create different dramatic moods with just a few strokes around the eyes to give specific looks.
- Colors: Please dare!!! It does not cost a cent more but does it ever pay off in visual impact!! Tricks and suggestions.
-Symmetry: a few tips to never end up loop-sided.. Evenness is nice!
- Stability of hands and positioning of fingers- dos and don'ts for better results and a less tired body..


During this workshop, students will either have models to practice on or will paint on each other. It is essential for you all to try new things, so I can see where you hesitate or have difficulties, so I can effectively and tangibly help you correct little silly bad habits, help you find new good ones and most of all boost your self-confidence.!
I am very gentle and never, ever put people down!! I focus on the positive so please come with an open mind and a will to learn!

Price: $150.00

Lucie Brouillard - Serious ABC's of Body-painting

Sunday Post-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 15

This course will help both beginners and intermediate body-painters.
Main aspects:


- The building of...How to sketch in your mind and on paper a body-painting piece. Designs vary whether it is a commercial piece or a competitive piece.
- Meaningfulness: body-painting is so much more than pretty flowers on a pretty body... How to develop of string of ideas, a global concept based on a given theme that will touch the heart, the brain and the eyes of the public.
For corporate partial body-painting (when you paint adults at fancy events..) the approach is completely different and we will discuss that as well.
- Speed and comfort....Tips for fast sponge application then for finer details with brushes.. there are ways... Also during this chapter, we will see about postures- the whole body, hands, fingers- all aimed at stability and not feeling too much pain after a full day of work!
- Products: which are good for what, how to combine them for best results. Some good tools too...
Timing: based on a certain time-frame, a few tips to make sure we can wrap a body-painting safely on time.
All this with hands-on exercises and examples made in front of you.

Price: $150.00

Louis Meyer- Business Builder Workshop

Thursday Pre-Workshop Class
7 hours (930am - 5pm)
Class Maximum 15

Louis Meyer will show anyone from beginners to full timers the most relevant techniques to increasing business. If you want to learn how to really make money with your art form then this class will show you. Learn how to go from part time to full time. Learn how to dominate your market by making yourself the leader. Marketing has changed in the last few years and Louis will show you what is not working and what is. By learning the Two-Fold method of marketing you will be able to bring in more gigs in just days. This class is a must for anyone who wants to make money in the face painting business.

Price: $120.00

Pashur - Boy Designs

Thursday Pre-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 15

Ready for some fun new boy designs? Pashur will show you how to create some essential boy designs for your board that will amaze your crowd! Designs Include: Shark, Transformer, Rocket, Soccer Ball and Flames, Tribal Design, Super Hero, Space Ranger, Skull, Zombie Kiss, Pirate, Ninja and more!

Price: $120.00

Pashur - Body Painting Lingerie

Sunday Post-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 15

This class is Pashur's only body paint class at the convention. Pashur will show you how to paint sexy and realistic corsets, stockings, lace fx, lacings and more. There will be a combination of sponge & brush and airbrush used in this class.

Price: $120.00

Mark Reid - The Glitter Mark girls!

Thursday Pre-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30pm - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 12

Over the past Summer I traveled to Europe with my new Glitter Gels and created some intense new designs for girls. Learn to make your designs 3 dimensional and WOW your customers! Eye designs, masks, and some new Tiger designs that will rock your menus!
Each Student will receive a Mark Reid Signature #4 round brush and 2 Glitter Mark gels.
Class is 7 hours and you will need to bring your kits and a camera.

Price: $120.00

Mark Reid - TBD

Sunday Post-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 12

Price: $120.00

Wiser - Graffiti: Wildstyle

Thursday Pre-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 15

Add some urban style to your arsenal of designs as Wiser goes into detail with letter design, stunning color usage and everything else needed to learn how to create your own wild-style graffiti and add it your pieces for amazing results. Also learn how to use the curves of the body to add to the flow of your piece and some great brush techniques! A must for the intermediate painter.

Price: $120.00

Wiser - Post Workshop Class

Sunday Post-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 15

Add some urban style to your arsenal of designs as Wiser goes into detail with letter design, stunning color usage and everything else needed to learn how to create your own wild-style graffiti and add it your pieces for amazing results. Also learn how to use the curves of the body to add to the flow of your piece and some great brush techniques! A must for the intermediate painter.

Price: $120.00

Brian & Nick Wolfe - Body painting in the 4th dimension

Thursday Pre-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30pm - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 15

The body painting class is a hands on creative expression workshop. All artists need to bring a model, their kits and cameras. It will be waist up with pasties. Artist will learn all the secrets of winning a competition and tips for maximizing designs. Next, painters will explore facial expressions, color, contrast and painting images within images. It sounds hard but is for beginner body painters. No pre designs are needed, just bring your imagination and sense of humor.

Price: $120.00

Brian & Nick Wolfe - The art of face painting

Sunday Post-Workshop Class
7 Hours (9:30am - 5pm)
Class Maximum: 12

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Price: $1,000,000.00