2. 1. What is Body painting ?
2. Modern Body Painting
2.1 – Body painting festivals
2.2 – Fine art body painting
2.3 – Body painting in the commercial arena
3. Earn money using body painting
3. Body painting is a form of body art.
Body painting is temporary, paint onto the human
skin and lasts for only several hours
4. Body painting is not always large pieces on fully
bodies, but can involve smaller pieces on displayed
areas of otherwise clothed bodies.
5. Body painting led to a minor alternative art
movement in the 1950s and 1960s, which involved
covering a model in paint and then having the model
touch or roll on a canvas or other medium to transfer
the paint.
6. Body painting is commonly used as a method of
gaining attention in political protests, for instance
those by PETA against Burberry.
7. Body painting festivals happen annually across the
world, bringing together professional body painters as
well as keen amateurs.
8. Body paintings can also typically be seen at football
matches, at rave parties, and at certain festivals.
9. Since the early 1990s bodypainting has become more
widely accepted in the United States, and more and
more body artists are beginning to come onto the
national community.
10. Many artists work professionally as body painters
across the world.
11. Kids as young as twelve have made good money (like
$500 in afternoon) doing simple painting techniques
like airbrushed temporary body painting at festivals.
