Alexander McPherson, Founder and President of Prestige Makeup Effects, is traveling all the way from Virginia to teach the Character & Special FX Makeup program at The Art of Makeup School! We are very excited to have him teach this upcoming spring session. Alexander McPherson Alexander gained experience in the makeup industry from a young age, as his father, Alistair McPherson, worked as a Special Effects Technician at Pinewood and Shepperton Studios in London, England. Pinewood Studios produces some of the world’s most-loved films and TV shows, such as Black Widow, Maleficent, and Star ..read more

Join Us! Kevon Ward The Art of Makeup School OPEN HOUSE Saturday November 13th, 2-5pm Body Painting Demo by Face Off celebrity artist, Kevon Ward! Giveaways & Holiday Treats Please RSVP for this free event. Limited space availability.   Kevon Ward is this session’s Character & Special FX Program instructor at The Art of Makeup School. We are excited he will also be doing a body painting demonstration, meet and greet, and Q&A at our upcoming Open House November 13th.  Kevon is a two-time competitor on the hit series Face Off, specializes in FX makeup and creature ..read more

The Art of Makeup School covers the essentials of in-depth character and special effects makeup transformations in just seven weeks. Our seven-week program offers the opportunity to learn from an array of industry-leading guest instructors, to take your education to the next level. Without further ado, we’re pleased to announce our guest instructors for the highly anticipated Character & Special FX Makeup Program, starting October 25th! Traveling to Portland from Hollywood, CA, we look forward to the return of internationally known Face Off celebrity makeup artist, Rachael Wagner! Rachael ..read more

Sierra Perez at Portland Fashion Week. Photo by Tim Ward Photography In fall of 2019, Sierra Perez came to Portland, OR to attend The Art of Makeup School just after graduating college.  It was her first big move away from home, Sacramento, CA the only place she had ever lived.  It was supposed to be a temporary move while she attended The Art of Makeup, but after staying in Portland she fell in love with the city and decided to make it her home. Little did Sierra know that in only a couple of months she would be in the midst of a world-wide pandemic at the start of her new life away ..read more

Rebekah Ben-lesau Makeup is something Rebekah has always enjoyed.  When she was little she played with whatever makeup she could get her hands on before she even knew the possibility of making it a career.  As she grew older she heard about cosmetology school, but didn’t have any interest in cutting hair.  It wasn’t until 10 years ago that she discovered makeup artistry could be a career, and within a couple of years she pursued her passion.  She started doing her friends’ makeup for their weddings and special events before she had any training, but knew she wanted an educa ..read more

Once again, The Art of Makeup School is excited to fly in top of the industry special effects guest makeup artists to teach our unique Character & Special FX Makeup Makeup Program!  In just 7 weeks we cover the essentials of in depth character and special effects transformation like no other school. Our small class size allows time for careful observation and instruction for students to learn quickly and work on productions sooner. Here are the instructors we have lined up for our upcoming June 14-July 31, 2021 session! To start off the program with the fundamentals of makeup artistr ..read more

The Art of Makeup School had the great pleasure of welcoming Jeff Dawn, Academy Award Winner for Best Make-Up on Terminator 2. The 40 year makeup veteran who is currently on break after department heading Hawaii Five-0 for the last 9 years, shared his career with us. He also covered topics such as how to promote yourself, how to get and keep a job, what department heads look for from their crew, budgets, script breakdowns, keeping continuity, set etiquette, makeup tips, favorite products and so much more!  He answered questions from our students as well as those on Zoom and Instagram Live ..read more

TearSheetPDX This month The Art of Makeup School students are published in 2 magazines! TearSheet PDX is a beautiful fashion magazine that is locally created and published by makeup artist Melanie Jackson.  Artists from around the world submit their work for publication, but local artists are prioritized, and she mixes in a combination of fine art, interviews and this month is featuring The Art of Makeup student special fx work!  We are grateful to Melanie for including us in her beautiful magazine this month, and we look forward to collaborating again in the future. You will see the ..read more

It may look like a scene from a post apocalyptic world, but it’s not. It is a world wide pandemic though, and just another day of school at The Art of Makeup.  Never would we have imagined that in our lifetime this scenario would be taken from Hollywood screens and replaced with real life. Welcome to 2020. Ciera Cannon & Jackie Lininger during their Fashion Shoot final Like everyone else, we closed our doors and hunkered down into quarantine on March 23rd.  At the time, we thought we would be back in session in just a couple of weeks.  We waited for the storm to subside, bu ..read more

Summer Makeup Camp is only a week away, and we are so excited to tell you who’s teaching! All of the instructors at The Art of Makeup School are successful working free-lance makeup artists with impressive portfolios and years of experience, and this includes our Summer Makeup Camp too! Announcing our Summer Makeup Camp Instructors! Alma Cedillo Straight out of the Los Angeles fashion scene, we are excited to welcome high fashion magazine and runway makeup artist, Alma Cedillo.  Alma has been published on countless fashion magazine covers such as Pump Lifestyle, Period, Stunning Beauty, H ..read more