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Inspiration

1/12/2015

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"Where do you get your inspiration?" or "Wow, you are so creative! How do you come up with this?" are questions I get asked a lot of times. 
Usually at gigs that are very hectic and where I don't have much time to talk to people for long. So I tent to brush it off with some non- defined answer along the line of "Oh, everywhere really" knowing that is is not a very satisfying answer at all. But it is not a question so easily answered. 
Where does my inspiration and creativity come from?
Let's start with creativity as this is something I can answer easily. 
I grew up in a home and surrounded by a family where there was always ample of opportunity, and sometimes necessity,  to be creative and to make things and where someone was always working on some project or another.
I grew up with a do it yourself mentality which was partly based in my parents and grandparents upbringing and partly based in the need to save money. Needlework (knitting, sewing, stitching), pottery, gardening, food preservation, woodworking, and even building a house were all a normal part of my life growing up. (My parents build the house when I was 6 and we spend almost every day at the building site helping with whatever my brother and I were allowed to help with)
On top of that, my mom provided us with ever new craft materials to work with, from colouring books, paints, chalk, card making, craft foam, jewellery, beading to window colours, glass, wood and so much more. (probably mainly to keep us busy and out of trouble ;-) )
During my pre-teen years, my parents discovered Tiffany as their hobby and creative outlet. For those of you that don't know what that is- it is the art of making things out of stained glass. You can find my parent's work here https://www.facebook.com/PiontekOurTiffanyPage
So I believe my creativity and my need to create simply stems from being exposed to so many creative opportunities surrounding me when I was growing up. It makes one curious and in my case experimental in all sorts of art and eager to learn new ways to create. 

As for the inspiration,
well, it really does come from everywhere and at the weirdest times. 
BUT it cannot be forced! I have learned ways that help me get inspired but sometimes even that does not work. In fact, for the past three weeks, I felt utterly uninspired and creatively spent, until this morning, when I read a post on my newsfeed someone had written. 
All of a sudden all the creative gates opened and my mind was flooded with new ideas. And I mean literally flooded. It is like a school of fish riding on a wave into my mind and me trying to find, catch and hold on to the best one before they disappear out of consciousness again. If I don't sketch or write the fleeting images of ideas down right away, they dissolve and are gone until triggered again another time. 
It can be that one of these waves gives me a whole set of ideas, similar to each other, or it can be that there is just one idea, more defined and finished than the many fleeting snippets of images. 
In any case it is as if a picture appears in front of my inner eye. 
My inspiration comes from inside, what most of you really want to know is what triggers my inspirational process.
A trigger can be anything, sometimes it is a nice colour combination I see somewhere, or a pattern, a movie, a book, a quote, a sentence, a picture, an experience, nature and also political, social and ecological happenings. 
Basically I try to paint a picture out of a feeling or foreboding or some other strong emotion and sometimes I just paint because I like how pretty the colours look together and I just try to find elements that work well together or follow unseen patterns that appear once I put the first element of my work down. 
Some tricks I use to help me get some inspiration when I am having difficulty coming up with a new idea include
- taking a shower or taking a walk at the beach or along a river (something about running water relaxes me and makes me perceptive to new ideas and thoughts)
- using an online colour wheel  ( my favourite is www.paletton.com 
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Travel Notice

2/5/2014

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Dear Cutomers, Friends, Fans, Models and Photographers,

New Skin Bodyart would like to inform you that I will be in Europe (mainly Germany, possibly UK and Netherlands) for business as well as personal reasons from February 26th, 2014 until the end of April 2014.
You can still reach me via facebook, e-mail (laura@newskinbodyart.com) or my website, which I will be able to check almost daily.

For Canada:
I will NOT be available for bookings or collaborations within Canada during that time unless you are willing to pay for my airfare to get to your event (and back).

I will be available for events and private sessions again from April 25th, 2014 on. If your event is after the 25th of April, please use the above mentioned options to contact me and please keep in mind that my schedule fills up fast with bookings from May throughout September, so don't wait too long to get in touch with me.

From Feb. 26th until April 25th, 2014, Dotsy's Entertainment Co. will be happy to help you in my stead. Dotsy's provides a variety of excellent services such as balloon twisting, face painting and clown shows. I have worked with Dotsy's since 2011 and I can ensure that you will get well taken care of. You can reach Dotsy's at 519 633 7767 or have a look at their website http://www.dotsytheclown.com/

For Germany:

I will be in NRW (mainly the Cologne/ Duesseldorf area) during my stay but might travel to the UK and Netherlands for short periods as well.
Please get in touch with me if you are interested in my work. I am available for TFP and other collaborations (body painting, belly painting, face painting, or balloon art) during the week, but have limited availability on the weekends.
I am also planning to take workshops while I am there, so I might travel arround and be available the day before or after a workshop for other pro
Ich stehe waehrend meines Aufenthalts in Deutschland fuer TFP shoots und andere Projekte nach Absprache gerne zur Verfuegung. Ich werde mich vorwiegend in NRW ( Koeln/ Duesseldorf) aufhalten.
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Winter and Valentine's Day Special

1/4/2014

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Hello and Happy New Year 2014!
To start the year off on the right foot, I decided to run two amazing offers for January and February for sessions at my home studio. Now is the best time to book a belly painting or body painting session with me as you will be able to get prime timeslots on the weekends as well as during the week.
Belly painting sessions take between 1.5 and 3 hours, Valentine's Day Bodypainting sessions can take anywhere from 2- 6 hours.
Please, contact me for available dates and times!
You can e-mail me at laura@newskinbodyart.com or message me via my facebook page or the contact form on my website.

I hope you have a colorful 2014

Laura

New Skin Bodyart- face the colour
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Snowflake Tutorial 

11/8/2013

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Hello everyone!
About a year ago I recorded a bunch of video tutorials with the intend of posting them and by doing so give back a little. I very much believe in keeping my circle positive and since I have received a lot during the past years in the form of support, information, help, opportunity and a lot of other things when it comes to my business, I felt that it was my turn to give.
Of course, not everyone feels that it is ok to freely give something and before long I ended up deleting the only video I had ever uploaded.
However, it was a lot of work to record the video material that has now been stored away on my computer for a year and I am not about to just throw it away. So after thinking about it for a long time, I have decided that I will edit the tutorial material that I already have and post it with restricted access - for now.
I hope the majority of you will enjoy my videos and can take something away from them that is usefull to you.

On a nother note, after having been approached by different people that have aked if I had concidered teaching a workshop or giving private lessons, I am very thrilled to announce that I will be giving my first workshop shortly. We are aiming for Wed. Nov. 20th in the evening from 6pm on. If you are interested in participating, please contact me for more details.

Have a colourfull day
Laura
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Watch me work!

4/30/2013

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If you were ever interested to see what happens at a body painting photoshoot, here is a time lapse of me painting my model Wade O'Brien -created by Jim McAvoy, our photographer for this session.

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Warning for Bodypainting Gallery

3/20/2013

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From now on, if you want to view my Bodypainting Gallery, you will first be lead to a page with a warning that my Bodypainting portfolio contains images of, well, bodypaintings and therefore artistic nudity. This is merely a precaution so that noone stumbles upon it unaware.
:-)
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Welcome

3/11/2013

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Welcome to New Skin Bodyarts' blog.
In this blog I will update you on everything concerning my work. You will also be able to find information about special offers here and I might even write about current projects and my adventures as a bodypainter on here. You will just have to check in and see w
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    It's me, Laura from New Skin Bodyart. You can find information about myself in the Artist section of this website.

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Laura Nuesken - Face, Body and Prenatal Belly Painting-  London, Ontario, Canada