The extraordinary thing about this sketch is...

...it isn't a sketch at all! It's a photograph of an actual person who's been face-painted. So is this:

And this is another example of a painted face, rather than a girl wearing some kinky bondage-mask:

Just as this isn't a 6th former's prize painting with two eyes cut out of a magazine stuck on it!

If you have young children, I suggest you don't show them these photos, or they're not going to be satisfied with face-painters making them look a bit like tigers in future. You probably won't want your offspring returning home from a jolly family outing looking like this:

These images are the work of Moscow-based photographer Alexander Khokhlov and makeup artist Valeriya Kutsan, and you'll find more of their stunning photographs here.