Create a base for your clown face by applying a thick layer of white face paint with a cosmetic sponge and allow it to dry completely. Be sure to cover your eyebrows, leaving only your eyes and lips exposed.
Draw an outline of an exaggerated smiling mouth with a thin paintbrush and red paint. Feel free to design the mouth however you wish, but clown mouths are usually at least one inch bigger all the way around your lips.
Fill in the outline for the mouth with red paint and a cosmetic sponge or paintbrush.
Draw eyebrows one to two inches above your natural eyebrows with a thick layer of black paint. You might make dramatic arches, bright rounded arches or create your own design.
Fill in the eyes below your painted eyebrows with blue paint and a paintbrush. If you don't want blue eyes, try another color or use different colors for each eye.
Give your clown a flushed, rosy look by painting small pink circles on your cheeks.
Paint a red circle on the end of your nose to complete the basic clown features.
Add definition to the mouth, cheek and nose paint by outlining with a small paintbrush and black paint.