New Elizabethan

Paloma Faith
This is who I have chosen as my New Elizabethan. I think she is perfect for what I am looking for.

This photo especially represents what I love about her. This image shouts Elizabethan all over!

The colour of her hair, texture, the heart shaped hair, and the hard line where the plait lies at the front of her forehead.

The colour represents the era very well. In all of Queen Elizabeth's portraits, she has a red/gold hair tone which everyone looked up to. People of the era were envious of her beautiful hair colour.

Paloma also has a very fair skin tone - which Queen Elizabeth I also had. This represents her wealth but in Paloma's situation it is due to having such sensitive skin; she easily comes out with skin rashes.

Paloma Faith has beautiful facial features. Her bone structure is gorgeous, especially her cheekbones. The makeup used in this particular image really brings out the definition of her cheeks. She is always so elegant looking, with her vintage style.

'The Tudor period was an extravagant period, and vanity was perhaps a prime ingredient. '

http://www.elizabethi.org/contents/
I think Paloma herself also believes in that quote as she is always looking her best  but it is never to impress. She likes to think of herself as an individual and has her own unique style. Many people, or fans would love to be her and look like her. This is also very similar to those in relation of Queen Elizabeth I.

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Paloma is a very strong minded woman, and does not mind having her opinions heard by others. She personally thinks this is an endearing trait to have in which I also agree with. It shows she is strong, and does not mind what others think of her and her personal opinions. This shouts confidence and power. She says herself 'We're all the same despite our outward differences' which I think is a great way to look at things. I think this because no one is treated differently just because they are different in one way or another - everyone is beautiful no matter what they look like or their opinions of certain matters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u9tNnAwC2g

It has also come to my attention, the more I research Paloma Faith, the more I have noticed that she loves to wear adornments in her hair. This picture to the right screams out Elizabethan and contemporary to me. The frizzy texture of her hair up do is very Elizabethan yet the hair adornment makes it very contemporary; the bright colours and sparkles throughout.

"If I go out with no make-up and a tracksuit on, nobody comes up to me. And if they do, I won't do a photo because I wouldn't want any photographic evidence.” - As much as she is a powerful woman, the outer beauty is of a great importance to her, just as it was for Queen Elizabeth I. She is an icon in her own way, and without her face made up, she does not want to be approached or judged as she feels very uncomfortable without it. This is like a armour for her.

http://quotes.lifehack.org/quote/paloma-faith/if-i-go-out-with-no-make-up/

Contemporary Elizabethan Makeup

Here is one of my 'contemporary' makeup ideas in relation to the Elizabethan period. I have stuck with a pale face to relate to the wealth and class of the Elizabethan era. It showed wealth and class as the people with a pale complexion did not have to work. The people who had to work usually had sun tans which was a very obvious giveaway as to whether a person had money or not.

I have also stuck to rose coloured cheeks, but have accentuated the facial features taking it along the cheek bone, instead of creating a circular motion on the apples of the cheeks (which is what they did in the Elizabethan era).

I have used a gleam highlighter from Illamasqua on the brow bone, the ridge of the nose, and just above the upper lip on the bow of the upper lip. This will help to accentuate the facial features creating more of a beautiful finished look.

To make sure the look is more contemporary overall, I have gone for a slight 'ombre' effect on the lips. It will be a mixture of a deep shimmered brown with a gold shimmer in the middle of the lips. This will help to make them look fuller. I can also relate gold's and shimmers to the wealth of the Elizabethan era to the wealth of today. To make sure the whole look works together, I have gone for golds, silvers and shimmers on the eyes too. This will help to keep continuity throughout the look. I am going for a simple but glamorous finished look to represent wealth and class.

For this particular look, I have also purchased a gold and silver head chain to make sure the overall look is complete. I think it will work well with the rest of the makeup - and hair.

New Facebook Page

I have taken it upon myself to hopefully make myself more noticed by the public. I have done this by creating a Facebook page to help promote my work and see if people are interested in having their makeup done by myself.

So far, I have had an excellent response, over 100 people have liked my page over the course of three days. I have even had ladies messaging me enquiring
about prices, availability, and the work I can do!

Here is the link to my brand new facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/makeupartistchelsea

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Introduction to Drawing

This is our introduction to drawing. At the beginning of the introduction, we used a number of different pencils ranging from HB - 8B. This was to see the different gradients you can get from different pencils dependant on how soft the lead is. My favourite pencil is the 6B and 8B, I love the shading and dark tone you can create with them. We were then given a task to create parallel straight lines holding on by just the end of pencil. The movement all comes from the shoulder, and not the hand itself. This helps to keep the pencil line straight.

After conquering this task, we then moved on to drawing different shapes; circles, squares, ovals and triangles. We repeated each shape to try and make them as similar as possible to one another; this is to show continuity and just for practise.

Then, we moved onto drawing 3D shapes by using shading. I enjoyed doing so as it helps to think about lighting and where the shadow will form dependant on where the light is shone from.  My favourite to draw is probably the cylinder, or sphere.

After this introduction to drawing, our lecturer then set a task to finish at home. This was to draw a still life. I chose an apple cut in half as I thought it would give myself more of a challenge. I enjoy drawing so it's never a dull moment for me. The improvements I would make to my still life drawing would be to lessen the shading underneath the apple and possibly create more detail in the core area. I think this would help to make the drawing look more realistic.