FPBA Convention Las Vegas - Day 4 Airbrushed Tattoos Class

Today I was back in the studio teaching at the FPBA Convention in Las Vegas. This time I was focussing on Airbrush Tattoos. We explored designing and creating your own stencils, suitable products, effective use of stencils and working with alcohol based paints as well as demonstrating a Gangland Tattoo look on my model Chris.

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FPBA Convention Las Vegas - 2011 Airbrush Demonstration

At this evening's Bodypainting Jam at the FPBA Convention I was asked to demonstrate a quick airbrush look. I painted this oriental inspired top on fellow Brit and Bodypainter Carolyn Roper. Carolyn was a superstar! I wish I looked this good in not much more than paint!!

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FPBA Convention Las Vegas - 2011 images from Day 3 - Quick Painted Clothes

Photo: Jason Harre - www.jasonharre.com - 2011

Today's class I was teaching for the FPBA Convention at Harrah's, Las Vegas, was Quick Body Painted Clothes. I demonstrated a speedy cocktail dress look and broke out some practice bodies for the students to paint in teams alongside me. I demonstrated, blocking out the design, base application, creating folds and creases in fabric, highlighting and shading, creating a drop shadow, painting fine detail and sealing the look.

As I worked on my model the students got to work on thier own versions of the a cocktail dress look. It is always wonderful to see how amazing students work can be in a hands on class. I had a fantastic model - Alana who I hope to paint with again as she has a fantastic attitude.

Here are a few images from the class including a great shot of Alana by my husband Jason Harre who was the event's unofficial photographer.

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FPBA Convention Las Vegas - 2011 images from Day 2 - Painted Hands Class

 I love teaching about painted hands, it is such a wonderful way to use your body art skills and let rip with your imagination. Many of my commerical jobs feature painted hand looks of many different kinds. During the class we explored painted hands inthe media and spent time examining hand art by a range of artists.

 With the students feeling suitably inspired, I decided to allow empower the students to each create paint thier own hands to collage together into a our own verson of a painting. I chose the image Tiger Surprised by Henri Rousseau to inspire the students and guided them through creating thier own looks to jigsaw together into a finished look.

  The results were amazing, the students showed some really excellent work! Especally my youngest student - my 7 year old daughter, Isobel, who was shadowing her Mummy for the day! Here is a selection of the different looks we created. Well done everyone!!

If you are interested in taking a painted hands class I will be running one at the FABAIC Convention in Orlando at the end of May. Hope to see you there!!















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The Naked Truth Charity Calendar raises over £150,000 for The Lighthouse Club.

Byrnes Brothers hand over a cheque for over £153,000

Towards the end of last year I worked on a series of bodypainting images for a calendar for The Byrne Group called "The Naked Truth". We spent a week in the studio and on construction locations around London working with a great team. Photography was by Susan Porter-Thomas at SPT Photography and I was aided by my fantastic assistant Natasha, whose expertise and massaging our models cramps from holding tricky positions as well as her painting skills were greatly appreciated.

This was a calendar with a very limited run of no more than 100 copies which were auctioned to raise money for The Lighthouse Club which helps the families of those killed or injured in the construction industry. Images from the calendar are so exclusive they will not be available for general release, but it featured Byrne employees painted to vanish into a variety of different industrial backgrounds.

Byrne Brothers announced last week that the calendar raised in excess of £150,000 for The Lighthouse Club.

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FPBA Convention Las Vegas - 2011 images from Day 1

For the convention's opening jam I was booked to paint a model to vanish into an elaborate background I had created. Sadly my model did not show up due to a bit of confusion so I was left with a backdrop and no model. Thankfully as the evening wore on one of the organisers of the event Lea Selley volunteered to step in and model herself. I am in awe of her bravery not only to step in at the last minute like that, but to set aside her inhibitions in front of her peers. Thanks for being such a great sport Lea! It was Lea's first time as a bodypainting model and she did an amazing job. As I had much less time to paint Lea I chose an easy seated pose for her which had less detail to blend her into. Some day I will redo a bodypaint with this backdrop and use the full extent of the detail - until then - thankyou Lea for being such a fabulous model. I hope you enjoyed the experience!!


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FPBA Convention Las Vegas - 2011

 Next month I will be teaching and bodypainting at the FPBA Convention in Las Vegas. The instructors include aretists such as Myself, Mark Reid, Pashur, Carolyn Roper, The Wolfe Brothers, Wiser, Lea Selley, Gary Cole, Wolf Richter, Vargas and many more!

Purpose of the Face Painting and Body Art Convention is:

• foster creativity through education
• provide an opportunity for artists to connect with and learn from one another in a family friendly, PG environment.
• reach out to others and encourage them to understand that their artistic abilities are blessings that can transform not only faces, but hearts as well
• inspire individuals to “invest in their future” by assisting them to build businesses that will enrich their lives and allow them to follow their dreams
• offer a time and place for fellowship and sharing that promotes positive attitudes and actions

 It is a fantastic opportunity to expand your skills and learn in a safe fun environment from experts.


Look forward to seeing you there!!

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Filming a commerical for L'Usine in Lebannon

A few months ago I flew out to Lebannon to shoot a TV commerical for Saudi Arabian Bakery company L'Usine. I was working for Beirut based City Films, who made me feel really welcome in Beirut. The concept was bodypainting three contortionists with faces on thier stomachs so that they can create strange creatures to feature in the advert. Definately one of the more unsusual requests I have had, technically tricky as the contortion positions can only be held for a short periods of time. The stomach stretches so much when contorted that all sorts of clever techniques had to be employed to paint detailled featured that were not distorted when the bodies were in position. The three contortionists featured were  JJ Langridge, David Pereira and Milo Gonzales. The commerical was directed by Gaute Hesthagen of Uitch I Scratch.

We shot three commerical over the three shoot days. View the commercials here:

L'Usine Commercial 1 - Instruments

L'Usine Commerical 2 - Games

L'Usine Commerical 3 - University

Below are a few stills from the shoot days.

Underwater Bodypainting at Clothes Show Live with photographer CAndice for Fresh 2O Charity.

Last week I was painting for three days at the Clothes Show live at Earl's Court. I was there as part of a fund raising and PR event for water charity Fresh 2o. Fresh 2o is run by Oscar winning photographer Candice who has found an excellent way to use her amazing photography skills to raise funds for this worth cause. Take a moment to check out thier website www.fresh2o.org


A huge including celebrity stylist Arabella Boyce, Celebrity Hairstylist Michael Barnes, Make-Up Artists Hannah Wing and Anne Marie Simak and myself bodypainting worked our way through a veritable parade of celebrities and personalities from all walks of life creating amazing looks for them to submerge in the huge underwater tank Candice had set up in the Centre of the Clothes Show. There were about 15 models submerging for the shoot - which was a marathon of preparation and photography. I painted Olympiac Swimmer Karen Pickering, Olympic Synchro Swimmer Jenna Randall, Socialite and TV Presenter Hofit Golan and British Actress Rosie Fellner. It was high pressure to work with so many models in such a public arena but from what I can see so far the results looks amazing. I hope Fresh 2o raised lots of funds for thier current campaign!

Below are a few snaps from Fresh 2O's blog - finished images from Candice's underwater rig to follow at some point in the near future hopefully!

Candice and Hofit after a successful submerged shoot.

Hofit in the Spotlight

Rosie in action, to the left is CAndice with her underwater gear. Incredible!

Karen ready for her close up.

Karen ready for the submerge.

Me applying the finishing touches to Rosie's lingerie look.

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Live Bodypainting for Caorunn Gin at the All Bar 10 Trade show in London

Today saw me painting live at a trade show for the Bar industry called All Bar 10. I was working for a bespoke gin company called Caorunn. They comissioned me to paint an Art Nouveau design espousing thier company style. I rendered the gin's logo as well as special celtic art nouveau symbols representing each of the infusions which make this gin so unsual onto a model live on their stand. I worked again with the ever lovely Kelby Keenan who is a fabulous model. I'm really pleased wiht the finished design, and we even got a few mentions in the trade press.

http://www.gintime.com/news/2010/06/18/caorunn-reveals-all-at-bar-10/

http://www.gintime.com/news/tag/london-bar-10/

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The Rubicon painted hands billboard advert has gone live.

I've had various freinds telling me they have seen the Rubicon hands advert out there on bill boards in London. I am lookng forward to bumping into it at some stage over the next few days. In the mean time this is how it looks. I love it!!

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Bodypainting for Saracen's New Kit Launch

Yesterday I was up at Wembley Stadium bodypainting for Saracens Rugby Club. Thier new kit was being launched at the club's Gala Fundraiser and I had the pleasure of painting West End Actor Julian Essex-Spurrier in the new strip.

Below are a few pics of the finished look.

Rubicon Billboard photo shoot at Studio 4

Last week I was painting at Studio 4 for an advertisment for soft drinks manufacturer Rubicon. The concept was to take a family of five and have thier hands stacked up with a painting of the new family sized soft drink painted over the tower of hands. It was a great day for co-incidences as it turned out the nail tech for the job was one of my ex students Keti Nikolova and one of the hand models turned out to be fellow make-up artist Sushma Pugalia who I used to share an agent with. Small world! The models were great, it was tricky to stay still for such a long time and our youngest model who was 7 did an absolutely amazing job. I am not sure my 7 year old would manage to stay still for so long.

The photography was by Studio 4's Ross Perkins, it was great to work with such an amazing team. I really hope I get to work with them again as studio 4 has a fantastic vibe. Yesterday Studio 4 added some behind the scenes pics to thier blog - so below is a sneak peak of what we got up to. I am sure the final cut will be amazing!!

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Bodypainting Suzanne Shaw of Emmerdale for Celebs on Sunday Magazine Cover and Feature

Last week I was asked to bodypaint Suzanne Shaw of Emmerdale for the cover of The Mirror's Celebs on Sunday Magazine. The concept was to make her look as though she was covered in mud before she was submerged in a bath of mud as well for the feature set to accompany the actress and singer joining the cast of Emmerdale.

Celebs on Sunday coverage

Some images below:

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Backstage at The Brit Awards 2010 with Cheryl Cole.

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working with Cheryl Cole's team of stylists and Make-Up artists  preparing for her performance at the Brit Awards of her hit single Fight for this Love. I had 30 males dancers to paint with tribal tattoos. I had a great team working with me: Natasha Feldman, Vanessa Wayne and Lyndsay Lily Keys. Thanks girls you made it loads of fun and terrible glamourous!!
 

View Cheryl's performance on The Brits website

Daily Mail Coverage

Paparazzi Coverage

OK Magazine Coverage

Hello Magazine Coverage

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Bodypainting Olympian Mark Foster for Action Aid's Povertee Day

Yesterday day I spent the day in a studio in London painting British Olympic Swimmer Mark Foster in a T-Shirt for Action Aid's Povertee Day.

PoverTee Day is a campaign by Action Aid to encourage schools and work places to get their employees and students to ditch thier uniforms or formal wear for the day, don a t-shirt and donate £2 each to Action Aid to help battle poverty in Africa and other developing nations across the world.

Here is a peek at the finished look - but follow the link below to view in progress shots and more images of the final look. And don't forget to join in on June 18th.


Action Aid's Press Release

 

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Paint the Boss for Action Aid's PoverTee day 26th June

Need an excuse to get bodypainting?? Here it is!!!

Get your Boss to agree to be painted fro ActionAid's PoverTee Day on June 26th and have a bash at a bit of bodypainting!!

http://www.actionaid.org.uk/101847/paint_the_boss.html

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Bodypainting Masterclasses by Emma Cammack Summer 2009

Learn Body Art from an experienced professional bodypainter.

Emma's work speaks for itself. Her work is widely used internationally in advertising, Print and Television. As well as working at a high level Emma is passionate about teaching. She is now offering intimate masterclasses for both beginners and professionals alike. Her courses cover many aspects of body art including brush and sponge painting by hand, and airbrush application.

Course Programme Spring / Summer 2009

22nd & 23th April 2009 - Airbrush Make-Up
13th & 14th May 2009 -Airbrush Bodypainting
20th & 21th June 2009 - Textural Bodypainting
27th & 28th May 2009 -Working with Highlighting and Shading
10th & 11th June 2009 - Basic Bodypainting (with brush and sponge.)
24th & 25th June 2009 -Bodypainted Clothes
8th & 9th July 2009 -Camouflage Bodypainting

Places are limited to 3 students per course and are filling fast - so hurry to reserve your place! To view Emma's current programme of courses or to book a place visit www.bodypaintingmasterclass.com

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Video from "This is Now" campaign

Ogilvy Advertising have released on youtube the shots from the Ford Fiesta "This is Now" campaign. So heres my favourite selections of my work. Nice to see them full scale instead of inside the little TVs. The campaign seems to be everywhere right now - nice to see billboards with my work on them. Enjoy.

Article in The Creative Review about Ford's This Is Now advert.

Yesterday magazine The Creative Review published an article on featuring the advert I worked on for Ford earlier in the year. The advert was directed by Noah Harris and features gorgeous art shorts which were created by young up coming artists to represent the zeitgeist, the now.... The short art films were played inside television screens which featured in the advert and which eventually turned into the motor car driving away. I love the concept and think the advert looks incredible.

Still from the advert which shows two of the films I worked on which were styled by Nicky Yates.

The article features videos of selections of the films which are featured in the advert as stand alone films, some of them are gorgeous. Really worth a peek!


Creative Review's coverage of the This Is Now campaign