Melange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2020 | Page 84

Johanne McMillan “Faceination” Face painting is an intricate art form not mastered by many. Indeed, the contours of the human face, its varied textures, the way paint is absorbed on the skin and a host of other considerations makes each attempt at face painting a different experience. The result may be well be perfect, but the face-painting artist would readily admit that this craft is complex – magnificently so. When the end result brings smiles to children’s faces, the complexities are quickly forgotten, replaced by satisfaction and immense pleasure - so says Johanne McMillan, a Montreal face-