technical lesson- creating cuts and bruises...

Products used:

• Kryolan bruise palette
• Small pointed precision brush
• Vaseline
• Fake blood
• Wound filler
• Plasto wax
• Sealer
• Coffee grounds
• Palette knife

Bruises:

To create the bruise around the eye i firstly used the Kryolan bruise palette and a small pointed brush. I used the navy, purple and burgundy colours from within the bruise wheel. I then went on to slowly add the colours one at a time amongst each other using a dabbing motion with my brush and then using my ring finger i patted over the top to blend more. I started in the inner corner of the eye and worked my way outwards underneath and then bang from the inner corner outwards on the lid, ensuring i didn't go an higher than the brow and no lower than the eye socket bone, i repeated this until i had achieved something that i believed picture well and realistically. As the final step i added vaseline under the eye onto of the bruise i created to help create the illusion of slight swelling.

Cuts:

Firstly i got some plasto wax and warmed it up on the back of my hand using my palette knife until it reach a butter consistency. I then placed it onto the skin in my chosen position, ensuring i blended out the edges. I then sliced down the centre and lifted some parts in the centre to make it look like flapping skin. Once i was happy with with the shape of the cut i had created, using the sealer i covered the entire area that has plasto wax on, including all edges and inside the cut.

Once the sealer was dry i added the wound filler and coffee grounds into the centre of the cut. This made it really dark in the centre and adds depth. Using what was left on my brush I lightly brushed this on to the skin around the cut to create redness.

Once this was done i used the fake blood and put it into the cut to ensure it glistened, i then let it run down the face naturally in the direction it wanted to ensure it looked as real as possible.