Boo Ritzen

I love the effect Ritzen achieves by smearing vibrant emulsion onto the human figure.

American stereotypical imagery is the core of each project, ranging from Diner Girls, Cops, Pin-up Girls and, of course, Fast Food.

The gloopy paint acts like a thick blanket over the figures and somehow draws in the eye to examine the teasing texture.

The rich colours Ritzen uses really add to the glutenous feel, and kind of make me want to go and eat lots of fast food. Strange.

 

I particularly like the below images. The transition from white to vivid colour is a change composition in most art works, so it achieves a bigger impact at first glance.

http://www.booritson.com/

Playing sitting duck with Universities

STILL haven't heard from ANY Universities!

This is making me annoyed, angry and upset.

Get back to me soooooooooooon!!!

Body Painting Materials

Markers: Cheap, safe, slow

Airbrush make-up: Excellent, fast, safe. Expensive

MagicColour and Mehron Face Paints: Good quality, safe, moderate price

Texile Acrylics: Practical, safe, good looking and inexpensive

Liquid Latex: Fascinating material with many possibilities

PAX Make-up: Adhesive based paint with great staying power

Tempera: low quality and cheap

Liu Bolin

Bolin is a master of what he does, turning a bucket of paint into a real life illusion.

I would like to experiment with paint on skin to see what effects I can create in the studio. If I am able to create a smooth, even texture in a range of colours, I will then experiment with locations to try and paint the background onto the skin/clothes.

Finding suitable paint will have to be researched further to ensure no risks to health are breached.

Camouflage Body Paint

When looking at Body Painting, I found some images of camouflage style painting. I really like this effect as it is almost an illusion that the person is part of the main foreground, but also linked to the background.

Body Painting

Body painting is something which has been taken up by many artists to produce amazing affects that almost trick the eye. So much hard work and time goes into each piece which is noticeable when observing the minor details.