Make-up artist training courses. Conditions Who is cut out to be a make-up artist? It does not matter to Klaus Boerrnert whether a trainee make-up artist comes from one of the core professions such as hair-dressing or window dressing or whether the student comes from the Academy of Fine Arts. What counts is talent and the will to succeed. Nothing can illustrate that talent and the high standards which Klaus Boerrnert sets for his students better than a review of the various stations of his own professional training and career.