Colouring outside the lines

Nobody likes colouring inside the lines... In fact, why stick to paper, when you can explore all other kinds of surfaces, including your body. The other day, Bobby and Minu had a blast mixing up paint and slathering it all over themselves. 

"I'm going to be a lizzard, a dinosaur, a chameleon," said Bobby. "I'm a flower, a tic-tac-toe game, a sea monster," said Minu. We didn't have any body paint to hand so we just used your bog standard watercolour paint you get in the shop. I thought, if it's fine to get on your hands, it's fine to get on your chest, arms, legs and bum. So the kids went crazy. 

What you need: 

• Your body
• Some water colour paint (but if you don't have paint just use mud and sludge. That might be even more fun. I might try that next time)

We've got a way to go before we get to the standard below (see last pic), but that's nae bad for camouflage is it? For more inspiration, take a look at some of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's early work. She is more of a polka dot kind of girl. Or check out some of the amazing body art of the Surma people in Africa (see pics below).


Top tip: As Elsa sings in Frozen, "Let it go." Just roll with it.
Top quote: "The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting." Vincent Van Gogh

Surma warriors in Africa

Surma children with body paint