Modern Opera Makeup Course

The process of modern opera makeup is as follows:

The first step: color selection, refers to the bottom. Tsing Yi usually uses tender meat-colored oil paints as the background color to correct the face shape.

The second step: shoot red, the top is red, which is convenient to highlight the overall outline of the face, especially the bridge of the nose and cheekbones, and better shape the three-dimensional sense of the face.

The third part: fixing makeup, commonly known as big white face, uses loose powder to fix makeup, which plays a fixed role in oil painting.

Step 4: Sweep the red and apply pink rouge on the blush to make the face look pink and tender and more natural.

Step 5: Draw eyes. Draw different eye shapes according to the characters, which can show the characteristics of the characters.

Step 6: Thrush, according to the picture, draw eyebrow shapes with different lengths, thicknesses, flatness and upwards.

Step 7: Draw the ingot mouth and outline the complete lip shape with a lip liner.

Step 8: Tie your head with other headdresses, tie your head tightly with a cloth belt, and lower your eyes, so that you can better shape the shape and character of the characters.

A traditional opera singer/singer

The makeup of opera actors is an important job, which is done by both hands-on and professional makeup personnel. Make-up people should arrive early. It is said that the preparation takes two or three hours, and the whole makeup process takes at least 40 minutes.

Because makeup is time-consuming, many dedicated actors painted their makeup before the performance. Some characters wear heavy headdresses, and they work hard most of the day. Some people don't even put on their makeup until the performance.