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 off. A couple of fairly intense showers before bed removed most of it and prevented ruined bedsheets, but I was still scrubbing off the stray remains three days later.
I mention nude bodypainting because a naturist friend of mine has chosen to mark her pregnancy by having nude photos taken of herself and her partner; but instead of having 'standard' nude photos, designed to chart the progress of her 'bump', the couple are being 'bodypainted' in various intricate designs.
I put 'bodypainted' in quotes because technology has moved on since my experience and the 'paint' isn't actually paint. It's a powder, not unlike talcum powder, which she tells me comes off very easily.
The results are remarkable and, what's more, they are Facebook-friendly. The social-media behemoth is notoriously shy about naked human flesh and I know plenty of people (indeed I am one of them) who have been banned from Facebook for posting naturist pictures which contained even the merest hint of nudity.
Yet my friend told me: ''Facebook doesn't class body-painting as nude because you can't see through the paint even if you are nude.'' Which doesn't seem much of an excuse to me!
*The pictures can be seen on the G&C Artworks Facebook page.
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 off. A couple of fairly intense showers before bed removed most of it and prevented ruined bedsheets, but I was still scrubbing off the stray remains three days later.
I mention nude bodypainting because a naturist friend of mine has chosen to mark her pregnancy by having nude photos taken of herself and her partner; but instead of having 'standard' nude photos, designed to chart the progress of her 'bump', the couple are being 'bodypainted' in various intricate designs.
I put 'bodypainted' in quotes because technology has moved on since my experience and the 'paint' isn't actually paint. It's a powder, not unlike talcum powder, which she tells me comes off very easily.
The results are remarkable and, what's more, they are Facebook-friendly. The social-media behemoth is notoriously shy about naked human flesh and I know plenty of people (indeed I am one of them) who have been banned from Facebook for posting naturist pictures which contained even the merest hint of nudity.
Yet my friend told me: ''Facebook doesn't class body-painting as nude because you can't see through the paint even if you are nude.'' Which doesn't seem much of an excuse to me!
*The pictures can be seen on the G&C Artworks Facebook page.
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