Stage Makeup Step-By-Step

by Rosemarie Swinfield

Step-by-step photos guide makeup artists through period makeup and special effects, including cuts, stitches and black eyes for theater and TV. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155870390X
• ISBN13: 9781558703902
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Betterway Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A fabulous general reference

For the person who wants to get an excellent grounding in stage makeup, this is the place to start. It very well may be the place to end, also,unless you need to delve more deeply into special effects makeup. Rather than giving you hard and fast rules, the author explains the principles behind good makeup design and application. There are tons of pictures, and it covers most basic makeup situations for stage, with a cursory treatment of other applications such as film and television.

Ms. Swinfield is a lady who knows her makeup!

One of my tasks this summer was to find out more about theaterical makeup. I am a drama teacher and needed to learn more. I read several well-recommended books, but Ms. Swinfiled's surpassed them all. The lady knows her business! The book clearly answers hundreds of questions about makeup for stage and television. Using a clear, logical format, Ms. Swinfield presents the information an actor or drama teacher needs to be successful with makeup. Broken down into small stage, medium stage, and large stage makeup, a performer can adjust his or her makeup for each setting. The book also covers makeup for Afro-American, Oriental, and Hispanic performers as well as ballet, children, and television. I intend to make this book my source when doing shows and will highly recommend it to my students. It is such a pleasure to find a book of this quality. It easily deserves the five stars I have given it. I have also ordered Ms. Swinfield's other books. I know they will be invaluable aids to good theater.

This book is excellent for learning makeup techniques.

I found the book to be interesting and comprehensive. The index and subjects were well thought out and easy to locate. The instructions were clear and easy to understand. The accompanying photos helped the reader a lot. I would recommend this book to both professionals and novices. This book enables you to learn valuable techniques in a minimum amount of time.

Very straightforward, graphically illustrative, easy reading

I do volunteer makeup for civic light opera and have seen all the books that my fellow volunteers have - very thick, dull, few pictures - UGH. This book has very good color photo illustrations, all the way from the very basics of small to large theater through elaborate special effects. With all the new "dummy" books on the market, this book should be titled "Stage Makeup for Dummies". Very easy reading, without alot of "verbage." Does anyone know of a similar book for period hairstyles?

Great book for learning to do your own stage makeup!

I've used this book to improve my own makeup skills, as a resource book for my makeup crew, and as a resource in teaching basic theater makeup. The clear photos and step-by-step directions are wonderful, especially for kids. I own a dozen books about makeup, and while others are useful for special situations, Swinfield is far and away the best all around book, and the first book anyone learning to do stage makeup should purchase.