5* Make-up Artist Course

Our popular and comprehensive, 20-week, Five Star make-up and hair programme includes hair, make-up and special effects for HDTV, Film, Theatre and Fashion including airbrushing techniques.You can add our 2-week Further Prosthetics to make a 22-week course. One former student said, "It's the best thing I've ever done!"

This is the make-up course which allows you to train as a make-up artist for all areas - tv, film, theatre and fashion - maximising your flexibility when it comes to finding jobs. Previous students have worked successfully as make-up artists on catwalk shows, photographic shoots, West End plays, feature films and TV dramas.

As part of this make-up artist course you will receive:

  • a make-up kit and a hair kit for tv, film and theatre
  • a make-up kit and a hair kit for fashion
  • an airbrushing compressor and airbrush

Dates are listed opposite - clicking on one will give you the details, including the course price. Students will meet a range of visiting speakers - in 2011 they've included make-up designers Chrissie Baker, Paul Gooch, Jeremy Woodhead, Karen Hartley, Karen Mason, Kate Benton and Ariane Poole. For the Fashion make-up course there are several photographic days, and for the TV, Film & Theatre make-up course there are professional filming days with a TV crew and actors.

"It's been a brilliant insight into what will be expected of us .. it's been a fantastic experience to work with the director David Tucker in a professional filming environment. Although a little daunting the challenge has been exhilarating .."Catherine Burton, Lucy Shelton & Hannah Paul (2011 September 5-Star programme)

The following make-up courses are combined to create our Five star programme. (If you want to do specialist prosthetic-making as well, you can add our 2-week further prosthetics course on to the end.)