Top 6 Festivals in the World

Dragonmen, Alien Mermaids, Fantastic Fire Dancers, Barebacked Santas, and even a Painted Labrador Retriever; you can see all these and more at the fantastic body painting festivals now occurring annually around the world.

There is a wide range of body painting festivals today. All include painted bodies, of course, and all include some kind of competitions; however there is a quite a range of skills and size among the different festivals, and some are more 'family friendly' than others.

Here's a quick look at the top 6 body painting festivals, where they happen and what you can expect to find there:

1. The World Body Painting Festival

This festival includes some of the most stunning professional body painting to be seen in the world today. A 3 day program includes dance, music and fireworks displays, as well as many competitions. Many of the body paintings here should fall under the category of 'fine art' with some of the dancers body paintings simply defying belief. A very large event and certainly worth traveling for.

Where: Seeboden, Austria
Duration: Three days
Events Include: World Championships in 3 categories; night contest for UV effects, Special Effects awards; classes and workshops; BodyCircus (fantasy ball); music and dance performances; an international photo contest; and a huge fireworks show.
Artistic Range: One of the very best, with stunning range of styles and surprising themes.
Family Friendliness: Not clear, but it is in Europe, so not likely to ban under 18. However this body painting festival does not advertise itself as family friendly, as some others do.

2. The Canadian Body Painting Festival

This is another body painting festival that showcases simply stunning artists and finished work. The quality of the art here is similar to that seen at the World Body Painting Festival. The Festival is themed from year to year, with the recent theme being "It's A Jungle Out There." Also includes the Canadian Body Painting Championships.

Where: Nanaimo, British Columbia
Duration: Two days
Events Include: Competitions in overall body painting, brush and sponge, and airbrush; includes the Canadian body painting Championships
Artistic Range: Most stunning, and one of the best overall. Very life-like and fantastic double-take images.
Family Friendliness: Not stated - would be worth making a call first.

3. The International Body Painting Festival

This festival takes place in Mainz, a city with over two thousand years of history. It is located on the river Rhine, has strong Celtic roots and may have been founded by the Romans as early as 13 BC. One can imagine that body painting has a long history here, if you remember the Celtic tradition of painting their bodies before going into battle. Once again, the artistic ability and range is stunning at this International festival.

Where: Mainz, Germany
Duration: Weekend festival
Events Include: Competitions include special effects and face painting
Artistic Range: Very stunning; high artistic skill.
Family Friendliness: Not known but again, it's in Europe. I would call ahead.

4. Welsh International Body Painting Festival
This festival is a bit younger and less established than the top 3, although it has some impressive artwork considering that they are just getting started. Also the atmosphere is more 'fun' orinted, less 'high art' and family participation is strongly encouraged. A good festival to consider if you want to make it a family outing and see some amazing work in the process.
Where: Wales (of course)
Duration: Two days
Events Include: Hands on demonstrations; horror specialists and flower specialists
Artistic Range: High, and impressive for a smaller sized event; not as subtle or creative as some of the others
Family Friendliness: Very good; in fact they encourage families and camping, with an 'all ages' atmosphere and events designed for younger participants

5. The UK Body Painting Festival

This festival showcases some of the least impressive - although most amusing - body painting, although it should be said that it is not presented as a stuffy 'high art' affair, but more a circus or county fair type outing for the entire family. Fun, relaxed and un-selfconscious atmosphere allows for some of the more surprising and purely 'fun' body art to be seen. If you're not a supermodel and would like to get your body painted without worrying about snide comments, this might be a good option for you.

Where: Ashford, UK
Duration: Two days
Events Include: Family-oriented face painting, body painting competitions for professional and amateur categories, craft fair, children's activities, workshops, and a 'bouncy castle.'
Artistic Range: Fair; more of a family outing with a lots to do than a showcase of spectacular art.
Family Friendliness: Very high; advertised as family event. Lowest cost of all the body painting festivals - comparable to a movie ticket.

6. The US Bodypainting Festival (or New Mexico Body Painting Festival/US Bodypainting Competition)

There is definitely some impressive body painting to be seen at this festival, and a lot of creative innovation with hair and unusual designs that you won't see anywhere else. One example that springs to mind is a model dressed in racecar theme with red, white and blue hair sprayed out behind her as though flying in the wind. Also, if you're in the US this festival obviously doesn't require a plane ticket. However this is not a family outing, as it explicitly bans anyone under 18.

Where: Alberquerque, New Mexico
Duration: Three days
Events Include: Demonstrations, workshops, competitions in body painting
Artistic Range: Good to poor - there is a mix of very impressive artistic works and things better left unpainted here; although it's all 'interesting.'
Family Friendliness: Not at all. We are in the US remember; no one under 18 allowed.

So that's my brief overview of the top 6 body painting festivals in the world. Would you like to take a vacation this year that's not your ordinary 'hum-drum' trip? Pick one of these festivals and you can pack light (you know, you could just bring a can of paint and a paintbrush for evening wear)!

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Full Alien Tattoo on Back Man

Full Alien Tattoo on Back Man - This Alien Tattoo is incredible

Documentary of Las Vegas Body Painting

The following is a Documentary of Las Vegas Body Painting

source : http://www.waynewallace.com/blog/labels/Body%20Painting.html

Body Painting: The Zero Movement - CocaCola Style Painting

Body Painting: The Zero Movement - CocaCola Style Painting

Body Art - Body Painting Culture

Body art - this art has many supporters and opponents. Tell the truth, can not be called art at all. Opponents say that it is vulgar, ugly and even dangerous. Supporters give their reason, that for centuries people have adorned themselves, either with clothing or jewelry and tattoos, body painting, plastic surgery and piercing is just a way to make people beautiful.

What for? A tricky question, but everybody has his or her own reason, actually, there are a lot of them: now people want to look better, earlier it was a necessity in order to get rid of enemies and frighten them. Actually, everybody has the right onto self-expression and if someone wants his or her body to be painted, it doesn’t matter. The deal is – we should feel the difference and a vague measure between a vulgar and a stylish appearance.



Body art can be divided into the following arts: tattoos making, body piercing and body painting. Very often artists take a nude model and paint her of his body with various types of paints of different colours and nowadays it is extremely popular among celebrities (especially tattoo making).




I like body painting very much, as for me it the only one way, to paint something on your body and to wash it with a help of water and soap in a week or in a day. Very often body painting implies usage of the additional materials, such as clay, flowers etc. Body painting is made not on the entirely nude body, a model can have a bra or pants, because body painting deals with a small part of the body. I adore their technique in creating situation and pictures in the medium- so-called thematic pictures. When a model is only a continuation of the reality.



source : http://chicstories.com/history/body-art-culture/

gz-bodypainting or John Vargas Clothing Body Painting on Nude Models

John Vargas is an artist who prefers to put paint on nude models rather than on traditional canvas. A unique and talented Vargas paints sports uniforms at some beautiful models. The work already done and then photographed and sold through the site BodypaintUSA.com.

The photos in full screen erotic tastes. We have been showing the girls his football in this particular post. We shamelessly we get stories from our friends at the CO-ED Magazine (link available below). We also have a video of the artist at work. First, it might be a bit on the side and showing titillating men and women get their paint is applied.

source : http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/03/01/john-vargas-paints-clothing-on-nude-models-photos-video/

gz-Body Painting or Paratroopers Woman Body Painting

Women Body painting of paratroopers.
Look at pictures of parachutes in body painting

gz-Body Painting or Sexy Beach wear Body Painting

A woman painting a section
with beach clothes on his body

gz-Body Painting or Irina Shayk on Beach Body Paint

Irina Shayk looks sexy for a photo session for
the body paint Sports Illustrated Swimsuit body painting on the beach.

gz-Body Painting or Improvements

Tonight was another meeting of the northern NJ Face & Body Art Guild, and I was finally able to make it again. I've missed several meetings because of the show and rehearsals. Now that we're out of rehearsals, and in fact there's only one weekend left, I've got time.

And I am now, quite literally, a card-carrying member of the guild!

How cute is that?

This month's meeting was especially valuable, as we had a guest teacher to lead our workshop, Pashur. Yup, the same great guy whose class I took back in November. He's really a great person in addition to being a great artist, and it was fun to see him again.

In addition to a great new parrot design, he showed us ways to really improve our sharks. Plus, I learned this great tattoo-style rose that, when filled in and shaded, is similar to an Ed Hardy look.

Polished up, filled in, shaded, and surrounded by some tribals or thorny vines, this will be a phenomenal addition to my repertoire.

The best part of Pashur's workshops are the games that get you to push your boundaries. One game was to fingerpaint fifteen 3-color roses with a vine, leaves, and a bumblebee... first person to finish won, so we needed to move fast and throw skill and "pretty" out the window. The range of outcomes was hilarious.

Mine was second from the left.

I can't wait to put my new skills and ideas to good use!

gz-bodypainting or Painting for Face Games Make Up

nice and creative face painting / body painting games make up, this originally face painting make up uploaded by Erwan bazin photographie

gz-Bodypainting or Chinese Cheong-sam

A Chinese woman painted in a traditional Cheong-sam outfit.

gz-Bodypainting or Japanese Geisha Body Painting

A semi nude participant in World Body Painting Festival with Japanese Geisha theme.

Just post, the recommended reading
* World Body Painting Festival - Korea 2008 - Part 2
* World Body Painting Festival - Korea 2008 - Part 1

gz-Bodypainting or Ethiopian African Style

A sexy body painted model with the Ethiopian National colors, the AfroSonic (sponsor) logo and body painted bling.

More body painted photos of Ethiopian African Style - AfroSonic by AirBrushToronto

gz-Bodypainting or Casino

A model with sexy body painting with Casino as the theme.

gz-Bodypainting or Wild Animal Stripes

Body painting on sexy women. The body painting pattern is not exactly matching any particular animal.

Black and white animal stripes

Orange body with black and white stripes.

gz-Bodypainting or Swimsuit Body Painting

About this swimsuit body painting:
Year: 1999
Swimsuit: Swimsuit by Swim Fair ($60)
Photographed by: Antoine Verglas
Model: Heidi Klum

Extreme 3D Nude Woman Paint Illusion

Extreme 3D Nude Woman Paint Illusion is one amazing airbrushed paint Illusion. Looking at this Image I could swear that it was 3D and extruding out of the hood. As far as i know it is “actually” just a 3d painting, or is it? What do you guys think, did some crazy guy mold a nude girl into his hood or was it just a painted by an amazing Artist Julian beaver.

gz-bodypainting or Sexy and Nice Woman

You are looking for two sexy women body painting. originally uploaded by kenkeps

gz-bodypainting or Witchblade Full Back Body Painting

This is witchblade full back female body painting. He stopped traffic. Surprised? There is a wide circle around him photographing wild. She then said something about visiting the vendors if you are interested in body paint and run. What? He's just a huckster! Nice sales job

originally body painting uploaded by FotoToad