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. Latest issue:  | 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
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List of back issues - click on image to see what's inside...  | 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
|  | 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!
|  | 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
|  | 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
|  | 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
|  | 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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Click Read More to see issues from 2007 and 2008
 | Issue 14 - December 2008 Articles include: - Cover Artist - Hendra Suryadi
- Featured Artist - Fernando Santos Iglesias
- Featured Artist - Marie Dadow, Balloon Couture
- Review - FIKAE, Spanish Bodypainting Competition
- Report - Post Christmas Jam, Surrey, England
- Step by Step - Firework Mask
- Step by Step - Party Eye Design
- Step by Step - Lion
|  | Issue 13 - November 2008 Articles include: - Featured Artist - Katy Pannulla
- Model Focus - Philip Levine
- Review - Stockholm Bodypainting Competition
- Book Review - Body Painting by Doug Mitchel
- Step by Step - Star Fairy
- Step by Step - Poinsettia
- Step by Step - Snow Scene
- READERS COMPETITION!
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| Issue 12 - October 2008 Articles Include: - Featured Artist - Brian Wolfe
- Bodypainted Calendar Girls
- Halloween Faces
- Temporary Tattoos Part 5 - alcohol-activated ink
- UK Face & Body Painters of the Year 2008
- Report - UK Face & Body Painting Convention 2008
- Step by Steps - Halloween butterfly, pumpkin swirl, cats, bat scene, devil, skull with gelatine effect, spider
- Video - Temp tattoos with ink
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| Issue 11 - September 2008 Articles Include: - Featured Artist - Bernd Rantscheff
- Featured Artist - Lisa Berczel
- Wonder Down Under
- UK Body Painting Festival 2008
- Welsh Face and Body Painting Festival
- Step by steps - Life on the Ocean Wave, Rainbow Fantasy, Flower Fairy
|  | Issue 10 - August 2008 Articles Include: - Featured Artist - Evgeny Freeone
- Class Review - Mark Reid
- Book Review - Karala Brandregt
- Painting the latest Film Characters
- Festival Der Farben
- Temporary Tattoos Part 4 - Mica
- Step by steps - Batman mask, The Joker, Hellboy
|  | Issue 9 - July 2008 Articles Include: - Brush Strokes News
- Featured Artist - Riffat Bahar
- Seeboden Results
- Seeboden - Heather & Juliet's Big Adventure!
- Seeboden - Judith's Diary
- Seeboden - Workshops Review
- News
- Competition Results
- Tattoos Part 3 - Henna
- Step by steps - Rainbow Butterfly, Ganesh, Teal Flowers
|  | Issue 8 - June 2008 Articles Include: - Brush Strokes News
- Featured Artist - Caroline Viesnik
- Young Artists - Sarah Jane Lyon, Johanna Ylistö, Bethan Davis
- 2008 Face and Body Art International Convention
- The New Zealand Body Art Awards 2008
- Midwest Fantasy Show and Haunters Convention 2008
- Product focus - new ideas for nipple covers
- Step by steps - Midnight Butterfly, Rhino, Robot
|  | Issue 7 - May 2008 Articles Include: - Brush Strokes News
- Competition - Painters Win Prizes!
- Featured Artist - Raphaelle Fieldhouse
- Welsh Talent - Cree Dykins, Erica Norman, Sophia Leadill-Taylor
- Report from Carmarthen Botanic Gardens Body Art Jam
- Update on Welsh Face and Body Painting Festival
- Canadian Body Art Championships
- Tattoo Review Part 2 - Jagua
- Step By Steps - Swirly Design by Cree, Flower Tiger by Erica, Carnivale Mask by Sophia
|  | Issue 6 - April 2008 Articles Include: - Brush Strokes News
- Featured Artist - Mark Reid
- Featured Artist - Emma Hack
- A Model's Perspective - Brenda Lee
- The Business Side of Body Painting by Matt Hennebury
- Convention Report - La Fete 2008
- Tattoo Review Part 1
- Angle Brushes
- Step By Steps - Dragon by Daniel Lasris, ForNow tattoos, Glitter stencil tattoos, Glitter freehand tattoos
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| Issue 5 - March 2008 Articles Include: - Brush Strokes News
- Featured Artist - Paul Roustan
- Featured Artists - Naomi Smith & Mark Greenawalt
- Review - Mark Reid's Blue Jeans DVD
- Camera tips - Lighting Your Photographs
- Zombie Walks - What are they?
- Zombie Walks - How to run a successful walk by Sean Avram
- Step By Steps - Classic Zombie, Back painting, Half face Desert Island, Princess
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| Issue 4 - February 2008 Articles include: - Featured Artist - Mandy Lawrence
- Featured Artist - Nelly Recchia
- Review - The Brush Stroke Handbook
- Convention Report - Orlando, January 2008
- Jam Report - Bristol, UK
- Readers Corner - Your magic moments
- Readers Corner - Questions and Answers
- Readers Corner - Face Painting Events Calendar
- Step By Steps - Flower eye design, African Sunset
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| Issue 3 - January 2008 New Year Edition. Articles include: - Featured Artist - Rich Diltz
- Featured Artist - Jocelyn Casdorph
- Review - Mark Reid's DVD - On Your Mark, Get Set, Paint!
- Latest News from the World of Face Painting
- Reader's Corner - your chance to get involved
- Review - Special FX Waxes
- Step By Steps - Special FX Cut, Burn, Facial Wound
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| Issue 2 - December 2007 Christmas Edition. Articles include: - Pashur's Review of the UK Face and Body Painting Convention
- Judith Whitelaw's UK Face and Body Painting Convention Diary
- A Review of the Wolfe Bros Workshop at the UKFBPC
- A Review of Mark Reid's Body Painting Class at the UKFBPC
- Featured Artist - Mark Gannon
- News - New Festival Announced!
- Featured Artist - Cat Finlayson
- Step By Steps - Skull, Christmas Butterfly, Rudolph
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| Issue 1 - November 2007 The Seeboden Special Edition. Articles include: - Report on the Seeboden World Body Painting Festival
- Carolyn Roper - On Top Of The World
- Bibi Freeman
- Cat Finlayson's Seeboden Review
- Priscila Dionis - A Leading Light in Spanish Body Painting
- The First UK Body Painting Festval
- The US Body Painting Festival
- Gary Cole's World Record
- Featured Artist - Jasmin Walsh
- Jam Report - Maesteg, Wales
- FACE - The International Face Painters' Association
- Step By Steps - Halloween, Tiger, Double-Dip Flowers
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