Body art (in orig. Body art) is a type of avant-garde artistic movement in art, in which the human body, usually the body of a woman, acts as a canvas for painting pictures. The technique of wearable drawings is so popular that now in open sources you can find many photos before and after applying images.
Thanks to the skill of the artist and the natural plasticity of the human body, the paintings are transformed in an unusual way when the posture changes. Bodypainting or drawing on the body, you can learn on your own. To do this, you need to know the simple secrets of the artistic process, the nuances of choosing colors and step-by-step instructions for drawing a picture.
Body paints
Since the pattern is applied directly to the skin, the main requirement for the coloring composition is safety and hypoallergenicity.
Adding glycerin to body paint will prevent it from spreading over the body For "body art", as well as its separate direction "face art" - drawing on the face, the following dyes are used:
It is not recommended to use watercolor for painting the face and body. It contains heavy metal oxides, which can cause severe allergic reactions.
body painting technique
Body art of a woman (before and after photos can be seen below) is a spectacular way to emphasize individuality. According to the application technology, body art is divided into 2 types - airbrushing and manual technique.
In airbrushing, a special airbrush device is used for painting, in manual technique - a brush, sponges, fingers. Any theme can be chosen for painting - animal prints, avant-garde drawings and illusions, as well as much more.
A few simple body art tips:
Before you start drawing a picture on the body, it is recommended to prepare a detailed sketch on paper. This will simplify the work of the artist, help to choose the shades and application technique for each individual zone.
Creating body art on the face
Body art on the face of a woman, man or child is called face art, or face painting on the face. In the before and after photos you can see all sorts of effects that the artist can embody.
Before you start applying paint, it is necessary to test the skin for possible allergic reactions. To do this, apply the paint to the elbow bend area, leave for 10-15 minutes, then rinse. If redness, rash or swelling does not appear on the skin, you can start creative work.
A few simple face painting tips:
- For drawings on the face, it is recommended to use compressed face painting, which is diluted with water, or is sold already in ready-made liquid form.
- For the convenience and clarity of drawing in the arsenal, it is necessary to have several brushes of different shapes and sizes for drawing elements, sponges for toning.
Body art photo step by step - Any drawing on the face is applied in 2 stages. First, the tone is applied with a sponge so that the foundation is smooth and even. After that, the details of the drawing according to the sketch are drawn with a brush.
- If the paint is applied in several layers, it is necessary to wait for the drying of each previous layer, so that when applying a new color, the clarity of the lines and color reproduction will not be disturbed.
- When drawing, the brush should be held like a pencil, at a right angle to the skin, so that the outline is clear. Wet the brush with water, and then dip into the paint in a circular motion.
There are rules for body art on a child's face. It is not recommended to apply face painting to children under 3 years old. If there are scratches and open wounds on the baby's face, it is undesirable to apply face painting. 
As an additional decor, you can use sparkles and rhinestones, which will enhance the incredible body art effect on your face.
Illusions on the body
With the help of body art, you can create any illusions on the body and face, even the most unusual ones, captivating the eye.
Some interesting ideas for beginners:
- On the back of the hand with a thin brush, draw a contour with black paint.
- Draw an imitation of a metal lightning with black and white paint, where black is the outline, and shade it with white. Blend the contour a little to add volume.
- Paint over the middle with any shade, observing shadows and transitions to comply with the artistic style.
Animals on the body and face
Body art is most often drawn on the figured body of women.(before and after photos clearly demonstrate incredible effects) you can draw on any part of the body. It is best to embody ideas with the image of animals on hand.
A few step by step tutorials:
- Bright parrot. The fingers are clenched into a fist, and the index finger covers the thumb, an imitation of a bird's beak is obtained.
How to draw:
- With a thin brush, black paint is used to mark the drawing. Draw an eye near the thumb bone, mark the borders of the beak and the bird's head.
- Paint over the beak area with yellow paint. Draw the eye in detail, tint the head with white paint and draw a few strokes with a contrasting color to add volume.
- Next, using wide strokes with a brush, draw a multi-colored plumage of a parrot.
- Leopard:
- Tone the arm up to the elbow with a beige sponge, shade a little in the area of \u200b\u200bthe fingers with a brown tone.
- Folding your fingers into a fist, mark the area of \u200b\u200bthe eye (on the pad between the thumb and forefinger), nose, head of the animal.
- Draw the outline of the eye with black paint, tint the pupil with green, draw the details with yellow and dark brown. Shade the nose with black, shading with white for volume.
- Draw specks on the hand with black paint, draw small strokes with white and brown, imitating fur.
- Drawing of a cat on a hand:
- On the back of the hand to the brush, draw a sketch of the muzzle using brown paint.
- With white color, use a sponge to tone the cheeks and outlines of the head.
- Draw the contour of the eyes in dark brown, tint the pupils in blue, outlining details for volume with dark and white paint.
- Draw the ears with dark paint, outlining triangles on the little finger and index finger.
- With a thin brush, using white and dark paint, add strokes, imitating fur.
Ideas for drawings on the face of a child
Body art on the face of a woman and a child is done using face painting. It is hypoallergenic, and before and after photos will help beginners do the work themselves.
Easy baby body art ideas:
- Pirate:
- With a sponge, draw a black bandage around the eye.
- Draw a bright bandage on the forehead, complete the details with black and white paint.
- With a wide brush, draw a mustache and beard of a pirate.
- Fairy Butterfly:
- With dark bright paint, draw the outlines of the wings of a butterfly, capturing the area around the eyes, the area of \u200b\u200bthe forehead and cheeks.
- On the nose, draw the body of a butterfly and antennae, drawing lines to the forehead area.
- Tinted the wings with a more delicate shade, accentuate with shiny glitter or rhinestones. - Clown:
- Toned with a sponge in white the entire front area.
- Draw eyebrows with bright paint in arcs to the forehead.
- Draw a smile, a round nose in red.
How to draw a cat on the face
To draw a cat face on the face, you will need white, pink, black or brown paint. First, with a sponge, you need to tone the area above the lip, the area between the eyebrows and the chin. Then, with pink paint, outline the ears on the forehead above the eyebrows, cheeks, put strokes on the tip of the nose and chin.
First, the contour of the ears is drawn with a brush, connecting them in the middle with a line, the tip of the nose is painted over. Several dots are placed on the white background of the cheeks, then the antennae are drawn. Draw dark and white stripes along the contour of the face, imitating fur.
How to draw a dog on the face
There are many ways to draw dog body art. You can paint over the entire face or only certain characteristic details. It depends on the complexity of the drawing.
The easiest way:
- The puppy's ears are drawn with light paint (from the eyebrow to the cheek).
- Draw a white spot under the nose and on the chin.
- Paint over one eye with dark paint, draw a speck on the nose.
- In the corner of the mouth, draw the tongue with pink and white paint.
- Draw all the details and contour with black with a thin brush.
How to draw a tiger or panther on the face, hand
To draw a tiger face you will need a sponge, brushes, black, white and orange paint. First, you need to draw a nose with white color, under it - imaginary cheeks. Next, outline the upper eyelid, chin and muzzle contour. On the rest of the surface, apply orange paint with a sponge in an even tone.
To add volume, you can shade with yellow or brown paint. The final step is to draw black stripes, eyebrows, the tip of the nose, lips and whiskers of the tiger.
How to draw a skeleton face for Halloween
One of the most popular Halloween ideas is the skeleton face makeup.
The process of creating body art skeleton step by step:
- Sponge to apply an even tone of white paint on the entire face.
- With black paint circle the contour of the eyes, the tip of the nose and the triangle above the lip.
- Sponge to apply shadows with dark paint under the eyes. Shade the details with white.
- Highlight the cheekbones in dark gray, draw the outline in black.
- On the lips with a brush, paint the teeth with black paint. You can add some small cracks on the cheekbones by painting them with a thin brush.
Pregnant Woman Belly Body Art Ideas
Body art is popular with pregnant women. Before and after photos will help beginners draw the first pictures for girls in position. Often, in order to capture the moment of expectation of a child, women paint their belly with bright pictures. This is an original idea for a maternity photo shoot.
For drawings, it is necessary to use exclusively hypoallergenic paints - water-based face painting. It is not recommended to use gouache, as the composition can cause allergies and dry skin. For work, it is recommended to use a sketch drawn on paper.
Ideas for painting the tummy of a pregnant woman:
- Panda. It's easy to draw:
- Apply a white background in a circle with an airbrush or sponge, toned.
- Draw the outline of the eyes, nose (around the navel), draw the panda's cheeks and mouth. Mark the outline of the ears.
- Paint over with black paint. Draw strokes with a thin brush, alternating black and white strokes, around the eyes, cheeks, contour of the ears and head of the panda.
The picture can be supplemented with a bright detail - sprigs of green bamboo.
- Giraffe. Draw an animal in stages:
- In the middle (around the navel) draw a circle with black paint. This is the nose of a giraffe. Shade the nose with pink, draw a smile and two nostrils in the form of a comma.
- From above, draw two eyes, ears, horns with contour black paint.
- Below the circle draw a neck. Tone the space above the nose and neck with orange paint, draw brown spots.
- Tinted the space around the black outline with blue paint, shading it with white.
- In the sky, draw multi-colored balloons and white clouds.
The algorithm for creating each drawing begins with the preparation of the tummy.
It must be moistened and then applied layers of paint. In order for the picture to turn out clear, each previous layer must dry.
Body art is an extraordinary way for every woman to emphasize a bright individuality, and in the before and after photos you can see the sparkle in the eyes of the guys who turned into fairy-tale heroes and animals with the help of drawings on their faces.
It is easy to learn art if there are visual examples, ideas and step-by-step instructions for creating beautiful paintings on the body.
glow in the dark body art
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The French actress Jeanne Moreau has a wonderful aphorism: “We have so many words for the state of the soul, and so few for the state of the body.” At the sight of the works of a famous American artist Craig Tracy the thought creeps in that this master of body art managed to find the necessary forms to express the state of human bodies. His paintings are an amazing world that comes to life on the naked bodies of models and blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction.
On the site Kulturologiya.ru, we have repeatedly written about the work. Most often, he refers to the creation. What is the image created in defense of endangered animals worth!
Creating paintings is a painstaking and time-consuming task. Craig needs several days to plan what the future work of art will look like, and another 9 hours to apply a drawing to the body. Often, Craig's body is enough to bring the idea to fruition, but sometimes he uses the environment as a background to emphasize the depth of the image.
Craig has been creative since childhood. The family photo album contains many photographs of his family at Mardi Gras, one of the largest costume carnivals in the world. In his youth, Craig painted a lot of paintings, but the framework of traditional art has always been tight for him. That is why he turned to the technique of airbrushing, applying paint to any surface. At first it was faces, and then bodies. For more than twenty years, the artist has been decorating the bodies of models not only with a brush, but also using an airbrush.
Craig admits that often a particular person or even a certain pose inspires him to create a picture. Each of his works carries a great intellectual load, it reflects a certain aspect of culture or captures enchanting pictures of nature. The artist avoids working twice with the same model, because each new body serves as a source of inspiration for him. The exception is paintings in which only some parts of the model's body were involved - arms, legs or face. The master of body art emphasizes that each new body for him is akin to a new unknown adventure.
The Austrian city of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee hosted the World Bodypainting Festival, which annually attracts about 30,000 spectators. Previously, the festival was held in Pörtschach am Wörther See, but this year the organizers decided to change the location. The festival traditionally attracts the best body painters from about 50 countries around the world, who use the human body as a canvas to realize their amazing ideas.
Last Friday in Austria, on Lake Wörth, the three-day World Bodypainting Festival began, in which more than 300 artists from 45 countries took part.
Participants competed in different drawing techniques: "Brush", "Sponge", "Airbrush", "Special Effects". During the festival, various exhibitions and parties were organized, where guests danced in spectacular costumes and outfits painted on the body.
28-year-old designer and fashion designer Kay Pike (Kay Pike) from Calgary, Canada, can transform into superheroes and supervillains with the help of body painting. The girl says that it takes her about 15 hours to make especially complex “transformations” and about $ 150 for paint.
The girl first tried out body painting in December 2015, when she transformed herself into a character from the Attack on Titan manga.
Photographer and artist John Poppleton creates fantastic works of art that combine the beauty of the female form with the magnificence of nature. On the backs of naked girls, he draws landscapes with luminescent paints, as if they were sunsets, sunrises, oceans, mountain ranges, shimmering lights and even space. All this looks mystical and bewitching.
We could not even imagine that body art could be like this.
Friends and acquaintances of Natalie Fletcher know firsthand what it means to completely merge with nature. The fact is that Natalie is a talented artist who paints such landscapes on human bodies that allow people to become one with Mother Nature.
Makeup artist and body painter Emma Fey, 27, who moved to Leicester last year, stunned the world with her work Spider, which quickly went around the world. These are Faye's latest works, where she transforms talented acrobats into artistic canvases depicting living beings, objects and landscapes.
Large blue-ringed octopus
Emma Hack is an artist, photographer and virtuoso body painter. She turns nude models into chameleons, blending in with the surrounding space, in particular with the wallpaper. You can see the contours of the body if you look closely. The Australian artist similarly painted singer and musician Gotye in the video for the song Somebody That I Used To Know.
When art and human plasticity merge, a miracle is born.
The human body is a perfect canvas. Its beauty and plasticity make it possible to create a work of art right on the hands and feet. It is especially cool when the artist manages to create not just a beautiful drawing, but a visual illusion. As a result, a person is simply indistinguishable from some flamingo.
We have collected for you 20 cool examples of body art, which proves that man and nature are one.
Pink flamingo
Vancouver-based photographer Spencer Kovats has created an unusual series of photographs showing people whose bodies are covered with tattoos. If you meet such a person in clothes, you will not even think that there is a painted body under it.
Body art- a phrase borrowed from the English language. The term is translated as "art of the body." That is, the concept is comprehensive, it indicates a lot that transforms the external nature of a person. Implants, branding, scarification and tattoos are all part of body painting.
Its component is painting on the body. In the West, it is called body painting. But, in Russia, the term did not take root - it is difficult to remember and is not associated with drawings on the body. Therefore, in our country they are designated as body art, without taking into account the other facets of this concept. We, in fairness, will consider all aspects of the art of the body.
Tattoo as part of the art of body painting
A classic tattoo differs from body painting in terms of service life. Ordinary painting on the body is superficial, easily washed off. Pigments for tattoos penetrate inside the cells, where they remain for life. Some of the colors may wash out, burn out in the sun. But, the general contours of the pattern and color spots will remain.
They persist even after the death of a person, if the body is mummified. So, in 1948, Sergei Rudenko found several embalmed bodies on the border with China. A Russian archaeologist discovered multiple . The bodies were sent for analysis and found to be about 2,400 years old.
So, already then there was body art. painting was applied not with needles, but with pointed sticks. This technique was also used in Egypt. A tattooed mummy was found on its territory, the age of which, indeed, is about 4,000 years. As a canvas, a priestess of one of the temples of antiquity used her body, in which she was buried.
Some modern ones will not give any information to archaeologists of the future. The point is not even that the culture of mummification of bodies has been lost, but that the drawings simply will not be preserved. Many samples of the 21st century can no longer be called tattoos. Masters do not use needles. The skin is colored with brushes.
Use natural coloring pigments, for example, henna. It seeps into the cells, but not deep. Within a couple of weeks after application, the patterns disappear, are washed off with water and go away along with dead epidermal cells. This is the top layer of the skin. Temporary tattoos are a kind of transition from baudiart for body painting.
Body painting as part of body art
Painting on the body is not inferior in antiquity. Suffice it to recall the wild tribes of Africa, the Indians of North America, who put on a frightening "make-up" before hunting, battles. Often, not the whole body was painted, but only the face. This direction of paintig is called face art. The art of face painting is closely related to the makeup area.
It's no secret that make-up, at times, requires masking some elements on the face. For example, make-up artists cover redness with green concealer. In the color wheel, grassy tones are opposite reds, neutralizing them. A regular foundation is applied on top and ... perfect skin is obtained.
Naked body art, that is, painting a naked body, also requires some kind of disguise. The video clip below has an age limit of 18+, so if you are under the age of majority, do not press the play button. By clicking on it you confirm that you are over 18 years old.
Not everyone dares to appear before the master, so to speak, in all its glory. Therefore, put on silicone stickers. They are attached to the glue, covering the secondary sexual characteristics, for example, nipples. The surface of the overlays is designed for easy distribution of the paint and its rapid hardening. The color of the stickers match the skin, do not stand out on the body and do not spoil body art.
Photo special stickers are usually offered by foreign stores. The most developed bodypainting in the West and in America. There, the procedure is salon, a lot of competitions are held with solid prizes. In Russia, there was an attempt to organize a national championship, but in 2002 it was canceled.
The phenomenon is partly explained nudists. Body art for them - a favorite "clothes". But, in Russia, the climate does not favor either nudism or body painting. But in the same states there are thousands of nudist communities. Therefore, the service is in demand body art». Video professional works are posted online and included in the portfolio.
World body art association exists since 2001. The best masters who are registered in the organization are foreigners. Famous Italian Johannes Stetter. He is not only an artist, but also the organizer of a folk group. The musical tastes of the man are reflected in many of his works. Pictures are original, full of mysticism.
In Japan, the master Cho-San is famous. She specializes in the visual fusion of people with nature. Models are set against the backdrop of mountains, forests, interiors and painted to match them. As a "canvas", as a rule, professional fashion models act. It is not easy for a simple person to stand 5-6 hours. But, you get an artistic masterpiece for free, and sometimes, an additional payment for your work.
In the USA, they are ready to pose for free if James Kuhn draws. Only now, this master does not require models. The man paints himself. Specializes in body art on the face, your own. Depicts James self-portraits, but modifies the appearance - it will appear in the form of a boar, then a shaman. Almost 400 works captured in the photo have already accumulated.
Scarification as part of body art
Body art - body painting and ... no matter what it is made of. Scarification is the creation of drawings with blades. In ancient times, glass fragments and sharp stones were used. Evidence of scarring is almost 5,000 years old. The technique was invented by African tribes. On swarthy bodies are not visible, and compositions from scars are noticeable.
They are voluminous, so they catch the eye. By the way, to make the scars more convex, they use the juices of poisonous plants. They are poured into deep incisions. Previously, the technique was used everywhere, but now, only some women in Sudan use it.
Scarification is included in body art. Buy The service can also be called scarification. This is the official name of the technique, also coming from the English language. The term is not popular, and the phenomenon is not popular either. According to statistics, out of 100 people with only 1-2 they also do scarring.
First, a few sensible masters. Secondly, the pain during the procedure is strong, and in order for the drawing to look spectacular, you need to use large areas of the body. So, most choose the usual body art. Women scarification is especially rare.
Implantation as a form of body art
Implantation is a concept made up of two Latin words - “inside” and “I plant”. Initially, the term is medical. But, gradually, implantation became part of the flow body art. Photos confirm that it is possible to drive metal balls and silicone molds under the skin for the sake of beauty. Many find this beauty controversial, but such is all modern art. It is designed to shock, make you think, experience, and not just enjoy the ideality of images.
So instead of body art paints implants are taken. They are round, in the form of bagels, stars, pyramids. You can choose any variations and compose a composition from them. Some, for example, ask for horns on their foreheads. Others want spikes sticking out of their fingers, like brass knuckles.
Details can be left under the skin, or partially brought out. It all depends on the wishes of the client who has chosen an unusual body art. women photo, as a rule, spread with stars and devil horns. Men prefer to radically change their appearance, for example, greatly increase one of the frontal lobes. Bodypainting video The video below will clearly show how the implants are installed, but I would like to warn you that this spectacle is not for the faint of heart.
Branding as types of body art
Officially, the procedure is called branding. It is believed that the direction originates in the slave system. In it, special signs were applied to the bodies of workers, indicating that people belonged to slaves. Drawings were made with hot iron seals. This is the technique of applying patterns even now. So, branding is not included in the list " body art pregnant". Pain is such that involuntary contraction of the internal muscles can occur, and this is one of the causes of miscarriages.
If body art body painting on photo, as a rule, is planar, then branding gives convex pictures. When the redness comes off, scabs from burns, thick, voluminous lines remain. They are slightly lighter than the rest of the skin, not. Therefore, to emphasize the drawings, many take sunbaths.
Branding is rarely included in the category " porn body art". The sight of human suffering excites few. Painful procedure and painful healing of burns. You have to refrain from scratching and constantly treat wounds with antiseptics.
Countess Vera Gottlieb Anna von Lendorf, better known in the fashion world as Verushka, became famous not only as one of the first highly paid supermodels but also as creative body art artist. She became the author and at the same time a model of extraordinary, vivid, memorable works of art written on her own body. Verushka knew how to merge with nature and become part of the landscape - even a piece of rusty iron or a peeled wall. At that time, no less was written about her talent for reincarnations than about her non-standard beauty.
Her talents were versatile: she not only posed for a gloss, but also wrote scripts, acted in films, and, perhaps, acting skills played an important role in her experiments with body art. With equal ease, she became a part of wildlife, reincarnating into wild animals, and took on the appearance of inanimate objects, merging with stones or a concrete wall.
The first experiments with body art began in 1966, when Verushka went with photographer Peter Berg to Africa for a photo shoot. Then she took black shoe polish and smeared it on her face and body. Since this all started. Wildlife evoked the most daring associations: “I painted like animals and plants, for example, a face in the form of a leaf,” Verushka recalls about the first body art photo shoot.
In 1978, experiments with body art continued in Mozambique. The meeting with the artist Holger Trulsch was a turning point in the life of the model. Together they created new images: “In the course of our joint work, my body became a canvas. I turned into a living sculpture,” Verushka says. Preparing paints of the desired color could take all day, a lot of time was spent on makeup - from 10 to 12 hours. Choosing the most similar color of paint, they achieved the visual effect of transparency of the body.
Especially the artist and the model were attracted by damaged materials and rusty surfaces - against the background of these imperfections, the ideal lines of a naked female body looked surreal and bewitching. “We were attracted by traces of the transient. It is everywhere and everywhere. Nothing exists forever. The transient is to my heart,” the model explains the concept of their work.
Critics saw in these works a thirst to go beyond the redistribution of the human body, to overcome form and boundaries, to dissolve in the world, to be exposed until the disintegration and decomposition of the body, to become naked matter. It is probably difficult to say more precisely about this unusual body art.
