Nude bodypainting - an experience you simply must try
'Being nude in public doesn't necessarily mean exposing your bare skin.' Now that statement may not seem rational - of course being nude means exposing your skin, surely? But the important word in my opening quote was 'bare'. Because nude bodypainting is becoming increasingly popular; the skill of taking a naked human body and painting on it intricate designs. One of the most fun nights of my life was spent a few years ago at a big naturist event where I hosted a quiz night in front of about 300 naked people, painted as a tiger. I still have pictures of the event somewhere. A pretty convincing tiger I made, too. The artist spent most of the afternoon painting me in yellow and black stripes of differing lengths and by the time the pre-event photographs were taken (in which I struck a suitably scary pose), I was quite proud of how I looked. The body paint stayed intact throughout the evening and beyond. Indeed, the downside was how difficult it proved to wash of...