A MAKEUP artist showed children tricks of the trade when she visited their stage school.

Lauren Jackson taught the younger students at Stagecoach, Kelsey Park Sports College, Manor Way, Beckenham, how to face paint before they showed off their skills on each other.

She then helped the older pupils have fun creating Casualty makeup including bullet wounds, cuts bruises and glass wounds.

School principal Jill Schaverien said she was really excited by the enthusiasm of the children and added: “It was a fun and valuable experience for the students, and the Casualty makeup looked so real.”

Stagecoach takes children aged from four to 18.