Body painting 2010

"Face Painter" redirects here. For the EP by singer-songwriter Emma Dean, see Face Painter (EP). For the Seinfeld episode, see The Face Painter.

Bodypainted unicyclist in the 2006 Summer Solstice Parade and Pageant.Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of body art. Unlike tattoo and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, painted onto the human skin, and lasts for only several hours, or at most (in the case of Mehndi or "henna tattoo") a couple of weeks. Body painting that is limited to the face is known as face painting. Body painting is also referred to as (a form of) temporary tattoos; large scale or full-body painting is more commonly referred to as body painting, while smaller or more detailed work is generally referred to as temporary tattoos.