Victorian Hairstyle

Using the marvellous research tool that is Pinterest, I collected a series of images related to hair under the key words, ‘romantic’, ‘cruel’ and ‘eccentric’. It was really interesting to learn which styles represented each term and how the differentiated in the means of shape, texture and colour.

 

http://www.pinterest.com/danikayasmin/romantic/

http://www.pinterest.com/danikayasmin/eccentric/

http://www.pinterest.com/danikayasmin/cruel/

In my next practical session, I was instructed to create a Victorian hairstyle using padding and previously taught techniques on a doll’s head. This look also had to include elements from any of the hair images I’d collected.

 

To create this, I experimented with padding the front and side sections and used small barrel curlers to create tight ringlets to frame the face. On the back of the head I experimented with the additional texture of small twists in a linear formation.

Illnesses of the 1800s

Great Expectations is set in an era that was plagued with poor environmental conditions and few medical breakthroughs. Wide spread diseases were a huge issue in the 1800s, often causing illnesses on epidemic proportions.

A lot of the diseases of the 19^th century affected children. Chicken pox and Diphtheria, both contagious child hood diseases, would cause fever-like symptoms and weakness. Poliomyelitis would often leave children with temporary paralysis that only bed rest could cure.

Small pox was a wide spread disease that, though it affected all ages, was particularly fatal to young children. It would cause blister-like bumps on the skin and inside the mouth and throat. If the throat swelled, the infected would have difficulty breathing.

Cholera was also a disease present in the 19^th century, caused by the consumption of contaminated water. If you contracted cholera, you’d eventually die; the skin would shrink and turn blue too.

The highly contagious Consumption or ‘Tuberculosis’ was a common cause of death throughout the century which caused body tissue to waste away.  

A 'CHOLERA' notice displayed in New York City in 1832

 

http://logicmgmt.com/1876/overview/medicine/diseases.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics

19th Century Illness'

Products & Equipment:

·        Glycerine

·        Pipettes & bottles

·        Eye drops (individual files)

·        Supra colour palette

·        Duo & Latex

·        Kryolan tear stick 

Method:

1.      Be aware of the illness that the actor is portraying and the visual symptoms of this illness

2.      If you have to create a fever, the skin will be blotchy as the blood vessels are near the surface of the skin

3.      To create a fever:
- mix red and a little blue from your supra colour palette with a little moisturiser
- use your fingers to pat onto fever prone areas such as inner cheek
- be careful it doesn’t resemble rouge but it motley coloured
- redden the edges of the ears
- continue the rash down the body
- make the lips look slightly darker
- apply duo to stretched lips with a slight build up in the corner to resemble a sore patch, rough this up when it has dried

4.      To create tiredness:
- mix yellow, red and green colours from your supra palette to create brown
- use a fine brush to work around the eye area
- darken the sockets using stippling motions and blend away the edges with your finger

5.      To create dry skin:
- layer up latex with a sponge and rough up whilst it dries
- to dry fully, use a hairdryer on a low heat until it’s clear
- powder over the top
- dab a little blood over the lips to create a broken effect
- make a cold sore look inflamed with red supra colour on a cotton bud

6.      To create sweat:
- pour glycerine into a palette and absorb into a stipple sponge
- blot this over the face to create sweat
- use a water spray to dampen the hairline

-     To create tears:
- use a pipette to deposit glycerine tears under the eyes and in the corner
- use eye drops to create tears in the eyes

NOTES:

·        Use your fingers to apply character make up

·        Never put glycerine in the eye