We can add age to a character by painting in lines, age spots, and broken capillaries, and by graying the eyebrows and hair. If the actor has a photo of a parent at the age you are recreating, that is very helpful in seeing the way the family genetics age. Your knowledge from the previous chapters on Shapes (Chapter 1), and the Body (Chapter 2), and Highlights and Contours (Chapter 6) are needed to guide you in hollowing out the features, adding fine lines, and giving an old-age texture to the skin. Texturing the skin is a must to complete your line work. Otherwise you have smooth lined skin. Have your model raise and lower each section of the face that you are painting to find the lines (see Chapter 2:
The Body). Using a medium brown with a fine-tipped makeup brush, paint in the line where the wrinkle forms. For a very subtle aging use a taupe brown. If a heavier line is needed, blend the top edge out and leave the lower edge of your line hard (unblended), this hard edge will recede the wrinkle further. Practice and work out your aging with as many models as you can.
Each face tells you how to age them, so we will not give you steps to aging. Review Chapters 1 and 2 before starting your aging exercise.
a very simple technique using threedimensional appliances to achieve wrinkling and aging of the skin. We are going to tell you how to do stretch and stipple with two different products. Basically, the technique of stretching is the same with both products. The key to stretch and stipple is how you stretch the skin to get realistic – looking wrinkles. There will be times that you will be asked to do this without any preparation, so having the skills and products for stretch and stipple will allow you to work directly out of your kit, at a moment’s notice. 121