A real body of work, artists draw canvases for humans at the art festival

<img src = "http://malaysiandigest.com/images/stories/new3/syareen/22 /bodypaint_Reuters.jpg "alt =" Picture: Reuters "width =" 260 "height =" 173 "style =" margin: 0; Photographer: Reuters KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA : Corina, the Austrian model , gave her body as a canvas and patiently waited six hours to be turned into a blue Egyptian goddess for the annual Body Painting Festival.

"I visited the festival last year and when from the presentation of the models I had goose bumps, so I decided to be part of it, "she told Reuters at the Klagenfurt Festival, in the south of 39, Austria

was painted from head to toe, and yellow and black boots covered her blue legs, which were adorned with gilded hieroglyphs above her knee. 59006] An orange chest plate covered his torso with a blue beetle that climbed from his belly to a large gold necklace.

African Carla Gouws, a 20-year-old debut artist who only started painting last year.

She participated in the Brush and Sponge contest, one of the 12 categories of the four-day festival that has been taking place for 21 years. years and attracts more than 200 artists from 50 countries.

The Brazilian duo Jonathon Pavan and Alisson Rodrigues entered the team competition and turned the Thiago model into a mix of colorful animals for their work titled "World Culture".

Thiago dragon heads attached to his shoulders, an elephant head painted on his chest with various animal footprints on his legs.

The German painter Enrico Lein, 47, a former champion, said painting on people was tricky.

Every subject is new, it's a new challenge because every body is different, "he told Reuters as he finished his work, a stone statue with roses.

-Reuters