It's been a while since my last post so I thought I'd update my blog about our new Monday class - body painting. I can't say it's my favourite class but it's definitely interesting & I love experimenting with illusions on the body!
As part of my course I need to complete a portfolio of evidence including parts of the body such as a foot, an arm/hand, back & of course full body!
My first attempt at body painting was creating a shirt sleeve on my arm, which was a good example of blending, highlighting & shading, but very messy - my arm was stained pink for a few days ..
For our foot painting we were advised to paint a sock, I thought by picking a stripey sock I was getting an easy escape but trying to paint stripes on a foot & making sure that they are the same size is more difficult than it sounds! In the end I decided to paint a ballet shoe after seeing an example in a Kryolan book.
While researching examples of bodypainting I came across some great animal illusions. A body painting artist had created the illusion of various animals such as a giraffe, zebra, tiger & a swan all on hands. Here's my attempt at the giraffe:
I also found a really cute body painting idea - painting animals on your lips! I loved these, I attempted the panda design & I will definitely try some more in the future! They're adorable :)
Apart from painting designs & illusions on the skin, tattoo stencils are also included in body painting. I chose a pin up girl stencil to try, however the aquacolour smudged quite easily & my tattoo looked more like banksy graffiti! I also tried to freehand a tattoo, just using a thin make-up brush, & created a 'love' tattoo over Euan's knuckle - he really suited it!
We were shown a demo on painting a corset on the back on Monday, it's so pretty! I can't wait to have a go next monday. I'll post some pictures! I'm excited to find out what our theme for our full body paint is, hopefully Mo & Bella will tell us soon!!
