Student makeup wows crowd

Natalie Murphy nmurphy@foghornnews.com @foghorn_murphy Caitlynn Mitchell arrived at the Fine Arts Building three hours early to start applying her makeup for the 2 p.m. show. “I started working on my character right after Halloween. My fiancé upset me so I decided to make my character eat him,” Mitchell said. The class was tasked with not only creating a unique makeup design but also creating a full character with back-story and costume, said Shara Haghjoo, associate professor of drama. The class got off to a rocky start after Hurricane Harvey put everyone almost a month behind schedule. “This class was able…

Aliens have landed

Aliens invade! Del Mar College’s Drama 1341 Makeup class will present their twelfth year of Project Del Mar Eleven students from Drama 1341 makeup class will premiere their creative journey to present new characters in their show, ‘Creature Collision “The Reckoning”’ that will be held on Nov. 30. The show will be held at the Bartlett Theatre in the Fine Arts Building at Del Mar College from 2-3pm. The showcase will be free and open to the public.

The dead walked among us

mlopez@foghornnews.com Peeling skin and stab wounds bled onto stage of the Bartlett Theatre during this semester’s gore makeup tutorial. Award-winning makeup artist and Del Mar alumna Denise Garza returned to campus on Halloween to demonstrate her special-effects makeup skills for the cosmetology class. “I look forward to this every year” Assistant Professor of Psychology Beatriz Alvarado said as she waited for Garza to apply a prosthetic to her face. Using Alvarado as her model, Garza began explaining the process of applying prosthetics and how to find inspiration. “You have to look at real injury,” Garza said. “It’s the only way…