“Don’t Stress Distressing - Congratulations, you got the job! You’re a day-player on set, or back stage on a show. Now what? Sometimes we’re required to make our characters look less than their best. Get ready to learn the basics of out-of-kit makeup effects to capture just the right degree of “distressing” for your actors. This demonstration will feature Ben Nye makeup products (and some others) that ought to be in every artists makeup kit.”

“Don’t Stress Distressing –
Congratulations, you got the job!  You’re a day-player on set, or back stage on a show.  Now what?  Sometimes we’re required to make our characters look less than their best.  Get ready to learn the basics of out-of-kit makeup effects to capture just the right degree of “distressing” for your actors.  This demonstration will feature Ben Nye makeup products (and some others) that ought to be in every artists makeup kit.”

Dan Sandy – Biography
Makeup artist and wig maker Dan Sandy has been doing theatrical makeup ever since high school. Fascinated by the study of Richard Corson’s Stage Makeup, he embarked on a life long journey of learning and creativity lasting now over 40 years. In 1980 he earned a bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Video Production from Bob Jones University. Since then he has done makeup for syndicated broadcast television, corporate and commercial productions, independent feature films, short films, a music video, weddings and portraiture, and over 125 Shakespeare plays, grand operas, and musicals. He currently manages BJU’s Costume, Makeup, and Wig Department, and teaches film and theatre makeup. Recent clients include: gospel musician Caroline Cobb Smith, political candidates Dr. Ben Carson, and Senator and Mrs. Ted Cruz. He has done freelance makeup for Opera Carolina, Ninth Hour Productions, Jackson Marketing, Hansen Production Studios, Sail Wind Productions, and The Academy of Arts Conservatory.