Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2016

The Dream Team: Lucy Brouillard, Angela Hitch and Liz Small

This year, 3 face painters have come from around the world to Daidogei! They are Canadians Lucy and Angela as well as the British Liz.

Pioneer of Daidogei face painting and 30 year veteran and, winner of the world 2009 face painting and 2010 body painting champion, Lucy is back for her 15th year! 18 and broke during a trip through Europe, a friend's crayons and a local festival provided her with the first of her many face painting sessions.



As for Liz, she has been doing face painting for 16 years. Invited to the event by her friend Lucy, they have now appeared together 9 times. According to her, she uses a very different, brighter, color palette and many butterflies when she works in Japan than in any other country. Her favorite thing however, is when she can create an image to match kimono.

And finally, in her Daidogei debut, is Angela. A face painter for 7 years, she found herself drawn to face painting when searching for makeup that works well on children in her theater work. Also invited to the event by Lucy, she is extremely excited and finds herself very lucky to be here in Shizuoka. Her specialty, is scary things or "boyish" images.



She says "We call ourselves the dream team," when speaking of the three of them who now reside in Canada.

As for your own design, just leave it to them and enjoy your orginal face painting!

These talented women can be found in the same location every day this weekend. Even on the first day, their work is already popular! Why don't you go check them out and become the inspiration for these women's next work of art? <MII>