![]() ![]() We’d met when she was being painted beside me at several body art events, by other artists. This was my favourite Grimas dark red/ burgundy over gold Mehron/ Graftobian powder and matching mix.Ī fun afternoon, thanks ladies! And good luck in your career Alex.īRAVE Leonie let us shoot this on a day of sleet in Mid-Dec 2011, in a Norwich graveyard! She contacted me as she knew I was in Norwich, and she was going to be up visiting friends. It puffed up, looked fairly realistic, and was dry to the touch. ![]() Once Emily was in big pants and the bra inserts I prfer to glue on (they are huge and cover the whole breast so no naughty bits show), I’d found a traditionally-decorated Christmas Bauble I liked as inspiration, and to carry on from the glitter-blowing Frost Fae shoot, had got some fake ‘snow’ that you added water to. We arranged to meet up at her house where she had an actual studio set-up, impressive for a school pupil. Alex Burlingham was still in school and planned to do photography at Higher Education, but the portfolio she sent me was already really interesting. Emily I’d painted as a bronze statue for the Paintopia promo shots, and she was keen to get painted again. And isn’t it interesting to see the different interpretations of the same artwork? Amazing.ĭec 2011 I’m lucky enough to get quite a few models and photographers contacting me hoping to work together, and do sometimes arrange a shoot with some of them. And the photos are STUNNING – thanks to everyone involved. Soo, boo no fun/ fraternising but lots of glimpses of fab paints and a great atmosphere to work in. As the weather report was getting worse, I decided I had best skip the after-party/ meal and try to head home -sigh – espceially as a big rugby match would be letting out of Cardiff Stadium later which would snarl up traffic for hours. Several photographers waited by each backdrop to have their time taking shots of her as it was mainly a photographic completion, as well as a gathering for painty types. Fern wrapped up in my huge Tatooine (Star Wars) fleece cloak and raced out into the storm to cross the road for photos in the studio there. The stalky bits I’d made to glue onto her head were a bit of a paint but eventually stayed more or less in place to from a sort of built-in crown. Vague abstract crystal-inspired patterns made a pseudo-corset and necklace & gauntlets, which I outlines in dark and light freehand glitter tattoos. Using a mix of Diamond FX, Cameleon and Grimas (white) I blended icy tone onto her body. The same diecuts and scraps of iridescent material became an icy skirt and boob covers. I’d bought a bunch of paper die-cuts and ‘set’ them as prosthetics using Mouldlife 3 part cosmetic moulding stuff, so I could glue them to her skin. Perfect as I’d planned a sort of Alt Snow Queen look and would have needed to apply a bald cap – shaved head saves time, faffing and money! I had been amazed that I was able to nab the stunning Fern (love that name, always wanted to name a baby girl that) with her shaven head. It actually briefly stopped pouring as we unpacked our cars in the hilly village and set up in the big hall. Sadly I was so cold & wet & fed up I missed the meet-up meal (I got there too late anyway) and didn’t see many of the painters staying there until breakfast. I ‘popped’ over (hellish drive – started blizzards and torrential rain after an hour so the 6 hours turned into 10!!!) and stayed in a B&B near the Welsh village the night before. In Wales of course! The idea was a freestyle body paint jam with a bunch of photographers. November 2012 Welsh John (aka the Wizard of Odd) who used to run the much-missed Welsh International Face & Bodypaint Comp finally had time to organise another event.
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