02.03.10
Face Painting Jam
The West Coast Face Painters have had their monthly Jam yesterday. It’s held in Montclair at the Panda Gardens Buffet, just off Central. Lily has a great Jam and it was a lot of fun. This is the night that a good friend pushed me off the fence to paint my first item. It was a shamrock, practice for St Patrick’s Day, but a painting nonetheless. As JoAnn put so delicately, I am no longer a face painting virgin. The art was a little shaky, but the kid was a bit impressed. Said I was really good. Hah, he didn’t know the stress I went through as I painted the little green leaf. It really is one thing to talk about learning to face paint and an entirely differnt thing altogether to actually do it. Maybe the fear of failure, or being told that I didn’t do it well enough. Since this is a blog and not a therapy session, I’ll leave the depth out of this for now and say that I got through two more shamrocks, a baby tiger, Daddy Tiger, a magician’s hat, wand, Red then Black Power Ranger, Stars, moon and sun! So I guess JoAnn was right, now I just need lots of experience and practice.
