2007 COAI Face Painting Competition

Competitors must be COAI members in good standing, and have a full paid registration for the COAI convention. Competitors must supply their own live model, (s) and must use paints and supporting products approved by the FDA. *
*Prior to the competition a person designated by the Competition Director will inspect the painting materials to be sure they are FDA approved. This person will not be a judge at the face painting competition.

CONTESTANTS USING TRADEMARKED DESIGNS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED

  1. Painting will be by paintbrush and /or sponge only.
     
  2. All painting will be free hand- no stamps, no stencils and no airbrush.
     
  3. Designs cannot use jewels, glitter, gold leaf, feathers, ribbons or other accessories. (Models hair may not be used as to enhance design.) Metallic, neon, lumierier and interferenze paint will be allowed
     
  4. Registration: Contestants must register for each category at least 12 hours, or 10 pm which ever comes first, prior to the beginning of the competition.
     
  5. Contestants must be in the competition area when competition begins. Contestants entering late will be disqualified. There will be two categories of competition:

    Full face and Cheek art. Contestants may enter one or both categories.
    a. Cheek Art- The design should be small enough to fit on the cheek. The design must fit into either face quadrant 2 or 3* not both.
    Cheek Art will have a 5 minutes time limit.
    b. Full Face Art- The design needs to have paint in a least 3 of the 4 quadrants, but may use all 4.
    Full Face will have a 10 minute time limit
     

* Using a picture of the face from the COAI Clowning 101 book, we have divided the face into 4 quadrants, using one line vertically down the center of the face and another line horizontally across the face going from the middle of the ear across the corner of the eye, across the bridge of the nose to the other side this will create 4 quadrants.

Quadrants 1 and 2 will start from the bridge of the nose, corner of the eye up to the forehead hairline. Quadrants 3 and 4 will be from the bridge, center of the nose, corner of the eye middle of the ear and follow the jawbone line to the tip of the chin.
Exceeding any of the quadrants will result in automatic disqualification.

  1. Contestants must provide a separate model for each category they’re competing in. Both models must be there at the beginning of the first competition if the contestant is going to compete in both categories.
     
  2. Only one (1) design may be submitted for judging per category.
     
  3. Five (5) judges will judge each competition. All face painting will be done in front of a live audience. There will be no interaction with the competitors.
     
  4. Designs will be judged on the following criteria: (total 100 points)

    a. Application
    b. Use of color
    c. Technique
    d. Difficulty of design
    e. Originality
     
  5. A contestant having won first place with a design, may not compete with the winning design for three consecutive years.