Richard's Workshops
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Eye Makeup - A Formula For Success
Friday 1:30-3:00pm $35 through 8/24, $40 after When making up for the stage, it is most important to make sure that your eye structure has enough contrast in color, light and depth. This workshop will serve to give you a step-by-step process for making up your eyes, giving you a formula that will work for ten harried minutes in front of a restaurant bathroom mirror as well as a leisurely makeup session in the theatre. We will discuss the importance of shadow and highlight, why neutrals colors are important, "cutting a crease," extra bling, and a few tips on making your false eyelashes work the first time. Please bring your makeup kit, lashes, a hand mirror and a towel. Light and Shadow - Creating the Shape of Your Face Saturday 1:30-3:00pm $35 through 8/24, $40 after As soon as the stage lights hit you, your face is a blank canvas. It is important first to know where the bones of your face are – then you may work with or around them to create a classically beautiful makeup. This workshop will discuss bone structure and the use of contouring with highlights and shadows to present you in your best light. We will discuss suitable products and colors for contouring, suitable placement for blushers, and how to make the absolute best of your bone structure – including fine points which nature might have forgotten. Please bring your makeup kit, a hand mirror and a towel; there will be highlight and shadow products for you to experiment with in the class. |
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About Richard
Richard Harper has had a successful career as a hair and makeup artist working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, and regional opera companies, as well as print work, portrait work and industrial films. He has worked for the Broadway companies of Les Miserables, Grease, Blood Brothers, Kiss of the Spider Woman, My Fair Lady, Cabaret and Sugar Babies among others, and has been lucky enough to work with great stars of the stage: Vanessa Williams, Carole King, Rosie O’Donnell, Joel Grey, Debbie Allen, Ann Miller, Kim Criswell, Maureen McGovern, Andrea McArdle, Werner Klemperer, Lea Salonga, Regina Resnik and Kay McClelland. He holds cosmetology licenses in several states, has worked as a platform artist and colorist and also specializes in wig construction, repair and design.