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Welcome to Brush Strokes Magazine!
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Welcome to Brush Strokes Online Magazine, an e-zine for face and body painters worldwide, which we hope will inspire, encourage, help, and support you in your development as an artist.

Each issue we feature the work of fabulous artists as well as keeping you up-to-date with news from the face and body art world, reviews, and step-by steps. The magazine is available by subscription to this site but, as a taster, you can read the bumper first issue free of charge – just click here to start reading!

Access to the site costs just 15 pounds (UK Sterling or the equivalent in your local currency) for one year, allowing you to read all of our back issues as well as the new content, which we're sure you´ll agree is fantastic value.  Subscribing is easy – simply click on the subscribe button to the left of this text for full details.  We hope you enjoy reading the taster issue of Brush Strokes and look forward to getting to know you as a subscriber.  Please feel free to leave any feedback on the magazine in our guestbook.

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 Issue 28

  • Cover Artist: Kim Brennan
  • Interview: Gesine Marwedel
  • FBPA Las Vegas 2012
  • NZ Body Art Showcase 2012
  • Bodypainting and Therapy
  • A Day at the Art Gallery
  • Step By Step: Helloween Kitty
  • Step By Step: Zombie
  • Step By Step: Red Skull
  • Step By Step: Princess
  • Step By Step: Swan
  • Step By Step: Tooth Fairy

 

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 Issue 27

  • Cover Artist: Kristina Elizarova
  • Interview: Wendy Fantasia
  • News
  • Painting on Adults
  • Book Reviews
  • NZ Body Art 2011
  • Headism
  • Step By Step: Bat Pumpkin
  • Step By Step: Flower Body Art
  • Step By Step: Flower Eye Design
  • Step By Step: Fruity Mask
  • Step By Step: Heart Tattoo
  • Step By Step: Jack Frost
  • Step By Step: Patriotic Mask
  • Step By Step: Pig
  • Step By Step: Skull Mask
  • Step By Step: Sugar Skull
  • Step By Step: Tribal Eye Design
  • Step By Step: Webbed Eyes
  • Step By Step: Zombie Spider-Guy

 

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 Issue 26

  • Featured Artist - Amy Grigg
  • Featured Artist - Ambah O'Brien
  • Featured Artist - Ayesha Henderson
  • She's Got Legs - Mark Reid
  • John Davis' Shedquarters
  • Review: Australian Body Art Awards
  • Review: East Coast Convention
  • Review: IMATS London
  • Review: Kapital Kidvention
  • Product Reviews: Mark Reid Brushes
  • Product Review: Mark Reid Glitter Gels
  • Product Review: Paradise Prisma Cakes
  • Step-by-Step: Carnival Mask
  • Step-by-Step: Bodypainted Roses
  • Step-by-Step: Black Swan
  • Step-by-Step: One-Stroke Butterfly
  • Step-by-Step: One-Stroke Water Lily Tattoo

 

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 Issue 25

  • Featured Artist - Mark Laurie
  • Featured Artist - Margaret Mauthe
  • Review: Fabbulas 2010
  • Review: UK Jams 
  • Introduction to Nail Art
  • Queue Busting Tips
  • Armkandi competition
  • 8 Step by Steps

 

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 Issue 24 (DOUBLE ISSUE)

  • Featured Artist - Shay Armstrong
  • Shedquarters, John Davis
  • Results from WBPF 2010, Seeboden, Austria
  • Review: WBPF 2010, Seeboden, Austria
  • Review: Bodyssey 2010
  • Review: FABAIC 2010
  • Review: Midwest Haunters 2010
  • Preview: Brazilian Conference 2011
  • Review: Mark Reid in Holland
  • Review: Claire Howkins 1-Stroke class
  • How To Make: 1-Stroke Cakes
  • New Products
  • Elephant Parade
  • News Page
  • Step by step videos
  • 10 Step by Steps
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 Issue 23

  • Featured Artist - Natasha Kudashkina
  • Featured Artist - Lawren Alicé
  • What are the Judges Looking For?
  • Shedquarters, John Davis
  • Review: Gallery ML, Philadelphia, USA
  • Review: Bodypainting at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Austraila
  • Review: NABPC, Las Vegas, USA
  • Review: La Fete, Louisiana, USA
  • Review:Melbourne Body Art Competition, Australia
  • Book Review: Airbrush Bodypainting
  • UV Paints comparison
  • News Page
  • 6 Step by Steps

 

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Issue 22

  • Featured Artist - Tim Gratton
  • Featured Artist - Einat Dan
  • Featured Artist - Oziana Zegers
  • IMATS
  • Australian Body Art Awards
  • New series on improving your photos with photoshop
  • Shedquarters, John Davis
  • Video article, James McElligot
  • Large latex prosthetics, Simon Smith
  • Making your own horns
  • Body Art Documentary series
  • News Page
  • 6 Step by Steps

List of back issues - click on image to see what's inside... 

 Image Issue 21 - Christmas Edition 2009
  • Featured Artist - Simon Wyatt
  • Featured Artist - Myrtha Heydenrijk
  • Report - Shanghai
  • Report - FABBULAS
  • Shedquarters
  • Making of Space Girl by Simon Smith
  • Brush Strokes News
  • Product Review - Brush Sleeve
  • 7 Step By Steps
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 Issue 20 - August/September 2009

  • Cover Artist - Juliet Eve
  • Featured Artist - Sarah Terry
  • Featured Artist - Simon Smith
  • Alex Hansen in the UK
  • Brush Strokes News
  • Fantasy Figures Alive
  • Living Canvas Convention
  • Nanaimo Paint Jam
  • Swiss Bodypainting Day
  • UK Bodypainting Festival
  • Girls, Guns and Paint: Part 4
  • Mark Reid at the World's Biggest Biker Rally
  • World Naked Bike Ride 2009
  • Finding Reference Pictures
  • Wolfe Brothers Class Review
  • Step By Steps - Ghost Flames, Henna Flowers, Gremlin, Snake, Swamp Witch, Roses, Roses and more Roses!
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 Issue 19 - June/July 2009

  • Cover Artist - Yolanda Bartram
  • Featured Artist - Carolyn Roper
  • Featured Artist - Lauren Baker
  • Model Feature - Abby Trent
  • Report - World Bodypainting Festival
  • Report - Italian Bodypainting Festival
  • Diary article - Trip to Seeboden 
  • Article - Painting Jewellery
  • Article -Temporary Tattoos part 6
  • Article - Airbrushing part 3
  • Article - Blending Basics part 2
  • New products and product reviews
  • Brush Strokes News
  • 5 x Step-by-Steps

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 Issue 18 - May 2009

  • Cover Artist - Sean Avram
  • Featured Artist - Mem Bourke
  • Report - FABAIC 2009
  • Article - Guns, Girls and Paint Part 2!
  • Article - Blending Basics
  • Step By Step - Dolphin
  • Step By Step - 1-Stroke Ivy
  • Step By Step - Terminator
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 Issue 17 - April 2009

  • Cover Artist - Alex Hansen
  • Featured Artist - Lymari Millot
  • Report - Bodyssey 2009
  • Article - Guns, Girls and Paint! 
  • News Page
  • Step By Steps - Multicolour Monster, Wolverine, Iron Man
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 Issue 16 - March 2009

  • Cover Artist - Charlotte Herring
  • Brush Strokes News
  • Working in Night Clubs
  • Festival Report - LaFete, Louisiana
  • Competition Report - Seefeld, Austria
  • Zombie Crawl - call for zombies
  • 3 x Step-by-Steps: Easter Bunnies
  • Step-by-Step:  Diamonds & Daisies
  • Step-by-Step: St George's Day
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 Issue 15 - January & February 2009

Articles include:

  • Cover Artist - Patrick Leis
  • Featured Artist - Olga Engelhardt
  • Brush Strokes News
  • Belly Painting Around the World
  • Balloon Twisting for Beginners
  • Balloon How-To's on Youtube
  • IMATS 2009, London
  • The Making of... A Worldwide Winner
  • When Not To Paint
  • Step By Steps: Chinese Lion Mask, Firecrackers, Rainbow Dragon, Chinese Symbols, Balloon Bookworm, Hearts Fairy, St Patrick's Day, St David's Day

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