DON QUIXOTE
Fantastic to the point of madness, of romantic daring. Simple and kind; and above all a nobleman of great dignity.
I have chosen this extreme make-up as a foil to the Falstaff.
Falstaff is a creature of utter coarseness. Quixote as a singularly imaginative man is one of extraordinary sensitiveness.
The chief effort was to make the face as long and as thin as possible.
First compare the four progressive prints. See how much longer the head is in Fig. 4 than in Fig. 1. As the four photographs are taken to exactly the same scale it is possible to accurately measure with a draughtsman's compass the additions that have been made to the chin and forehead. It will be found that the head has been increased by one third.
First the nose is built up with paste. By giving it a very pronounced hook it is decidedly lengthened and thus made to accord better with the new proportions of the face.
The prominences of the forehead and cheek bones are next accentuated with nose-paste (Fig. 1).
The wig is placed in position and the forehead made up with a ground work of 2-1/2, yellow, and 13, a flesh colour that should suggest parchment. The wig is then removed until the make-up is almost finished. This keeps it from becoming soiled.
Covering the face with groundwork is the next step. A sunken appearance is given to the eyes by painting round them with brown. Shadows are worked into the cheeks. Lines are drawn from the inner corners of the eyes down on to the cheeks. Similar lines are indicated at either side of the nose. A broad perpendicular stripe from the nose to the top of the forehead, and the temples are darkened.
Yellowish high lights are placed on the forehead at either side of the central shadow and round the temples in such a way that their depth is accentuated.
High lights on the cheek bones and above the various wrinkles make the face more vigorous.
The false eyebrows, the moustache and beard are gummed in position. The beard is blended with loosely combed crepe hair which is afterward trimmed.
The wig is again put on the shadows and high lights carried up with the false forehead.
Yellowish powder is next dusted all over the face. Colour similar to the wig and beard is applied to the eyelashes. The lips are painted with a colour that should not be too dark.