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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Body paint with red, white, black and purple nipple.
Recommended reading:
* Old Yeti Spotted in Barcelona
* Body Canvas - Series #2
* Body Canvas - Series #1
Thursday, January 7, 2010
navajo sand painting. The Navajo refer to themselves as Dine (Dee-Nay), which means "the people." They are the largest tribe in the United States. Their land, which is called Dinetah, encompasses parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah.
In Navajo mythology, each of the four cardinal directions is represented by a different color: white for the east, blue for the south, yellow for the west, and black for the north. Navajo artists use these four colors in the creation of sand paintings, which were traditionally made by shamans as a part of healing ceremonies. When the ceremony was finished, the painting was destroyed.
For Navaho artists, the technique of making sand paintings involves trickling powdered minerals such as ocher and gypsum into symmetrical patterns on clean sand. For this home activity, tempera paints or food coloring will provide all the color you need.
1. Mix up several batches of colored sand. To do this, pour about a handful of sand in each of your containers. Then add a different color tempera to each container. For a richer color, add more tempera. (Note: if you are using food coloring instead of tempera, you will need to spread the sand out to dry before you begin your painting.)
2. Draw a simple picture on construction paper. Landscapes or seascapes work especially well.
3. When you have finished, use a Popsicle stick to spread a thin layer of watered-down glue over your drawing. Then decide where you want to put each different color.
4. Working on one part of your drawing at a time, use a spoon to sprinkle the colored sand on the paper. After each color has been added, lift the paper up and gently shake the excess sand onto a plastic or styrofoam tray to use again. Keep doing this until the picture is complete.
5. After your sand painting has dried, you can seal it by spraying it with a mixture of glue (80%) and water (20%).
source : http://www.eduplace.com/hac/arts/sandpainting.html
Sand painting is practiced in many cultures, usually for religious and healing purposes. Some of the more well known sand paintings are Navajo or Tibetan (where they are called mandalas). Sand paintings can include many colors and complex patterns. When the ceremony was done the sand was left to be carried away by wind or time.
Here's how to make sand pictures that will be simple and long lasting, as well as a lot fun to make! All you need is colored sand and glue to do this fun craft project with your child.
- Assortment of colored sand – can also use some cornmeal
- White school glue
- Warm water
- Paintbrush
- Paper – works best with an off white colored paper so you can see the glue easier.
- Newspaper
- Plastic bowl
- Craft stick
- Spread newspapers down on your workspace. This will help catch the sand and make clean up easier.
- Take a small amount of warm water and add it to some glue in your bowl, to thin it down a little bit. You don't want it like water, but thin enough to be able to spread with a paint brush. Use a craft stick to stir it.
- Next have your child paint a pattern or picture with the glue.
- Now gently trickle different colors of sand on the picture where they want the colors to go. Don't worry if all the sand doesn't stick.
- After all the picture has been covered, let your artwork dry.
- Gently turn your picture over and let the unused sand fall off onto the newspaper. Then have mom or dad clean up the newspaper. Your picture is ready for display.
Did You Know?
- In Tibet the mandalas (sand paintings) would take days to make. When they were finished the mandalas would be destroyed to show that life was not permanent.
- On Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) sand paintings are still drawn today. Seattle is famous for them. They are soon swept away to illustrate the fleeting nature of life.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Body painting on a female model with silver paint.
Recommended reading
* Body painting - Colored Stripes
Monday, January 4, 2010
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