This recent Day of the dead face painting design by Brenda Bourges was inspired by of course non other than El Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican yearly tradition of honoring the dead. Although Brenda is a face painter in Orange County, any face painter is capable of doing their interpretation of a Day of the Dead sugar skull. It’s fun, extremely shocking and you can get pretty creative in decorating the skull with fancy swirls and curls, teardrops, gems and glitter.
For this day of the dead face painting design I used:
- Wolf Brothers white and black
- Diamond FX light blue
- Diamond FX pink
- Diamond FX purple
- Diamond FX yellow
- Diamond FX red
- Mama clown gems
If you are a face painter or aspiring to be one, this skull face is a sure hit for your portfolio.


If you need more families to visit your business, hiring a face painter is a sure bet on doing just that. Kids love getting their faces painted and parents will go out of their way to please their kids. With competition and economic challenges, standing out above the competition is what it’s all about. Of course you will need to promote and advertise to your local community and let them know that on whatever day of the week you have FREE face painting, but once the word is out, or you place a big sign right on the street outside of your business, traffic will be coming your way. Not to mention that you’ll be the talk of the town.
