Meet Ashley, a master of face painting who transforms ordinary faces into extraordinary masterpieces from dazzling animals to whimsical characters.

She uses everyday brush strokes to bring creativity and joy to life.

[music] I really have an affinity for art that's just not permanent.

[music] I'm Ashley and I'm an artist, and I'm a face painter.

Face painting is a walking and breathing art.

It's an easy, temporary way to express and have fun.

How do you like it here?

[music] I would say the thing I enjoy the most about being a face painter is that not every day is the same.

[music] I have my steady gigs where I'm at a zoo.

Hi.

How are you doing?

Or I'm at an aquarium.

Where?

I'm at a museum.

Or a birthday party.

Outreach events.

where it just makes those kids days to just be something like a superhero for a day.

That's amazing to them.

[music] I face painted at a birthday party for a dog once.

I didn't face paint the dog.

It was the kids at the party.

They all wanted dog designs, but it was a really fun thing to walk into.

[music] Then I get really special ones.

I get maternity paintings.

[music] We decided to do a Halloween themed baby shower, and our theme is kind of like a baby is brewing and there's a witch on it.

So I was going with witchy, and then I decided to let her have full creativity of what she wanted to do with my belly, and she did wonderful.

[music] It just makes everyone so happy.

And I get to express myself.

And in some way I get to help them express themselves too.

[music] I love it.

My God.

It's just always something different and it never gets boring.

And it's always fun and colorful and exciting.

[music] My favorite color is green, so it fits me as a person, so it makes me feel more confident.

[music] I have a very creative family and it's all different types of arts, but my first love, I would say was chalk drawing and the lack of permanence to it.

[music] So the colors are very vibrant.

The animals look like what we've asked for.

It's recreating realities and it's, you know, using imagination and it's fun.

[music] I would say that face painting is a living art.

I mean, you're walking around with it.

You're experiencing that.

You're getting to kind of step outside of yourself.

Specifically, the kids love it.

It just helps them open up.

And it's beautiful to see that if they want to be a tiger.

The minute you show them that face painting that you turn them into a tiger.

I love that.

[music] I'm such a cartoon fan, and I think that's why I connect with kids on that level.

Enjoy it.

Take a picture of it.

It lasts longer.

[music] I get to create art, and that art is fun.

And I get to connect with people and just it makes people happy and it makes me happy.

[music] It's very sad, all the hard work that gets put into it.

It's going to be hard for me to take it off after loving it.

[music] Follow Ashley @pineappl_ dres_fac_painting on Facebook and Instagram.