Here are just 10 of the ways you could get paid to do body painting:
- Doing body painting at parties. You could hire yourself for a night or a day and get paid either by the hour or a flat fee for the event.
- Painting party-goers before they go to a party or event. Themed or holiday parties would be a good opportunity for this. Make sure you mention that you could body paint their friends, too!
- As a professional body painter for the theatre. You could do one show for a discount to get in the door and get some recognition, if you don't have a track record yet.
- Travel with the circus as their 'in house' makeup artist. Become the official body painter for a dance company. Again, you could work for a low fee or even free to get in the door.
- Face painting alone opens up several opportunities: parties, festivals, fairs, and special events all are possible places for you to set up shop. Just make sure (as with all these options) that you are using proper, non-allergenic paints meant for face painting alone.
- Special events like graduations, celebrations, fundraisers, and reunions. Sports events: painting fans in their team colors and symbols has had a long tradition.
- Festivals around the world. There are several festivals specifically for body painting around the world, but there are many more that would be a great place for body painting. Look up the festivals in your area and find out how to become a vendor and what their requirements and rules are.
- Teach others how to do body painting. You could hold a one-time workshop, give ongoing group classes or even do an online body painting course (as I am doing).
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