Body painting or body painting is an artistic painting applied to the skin, considered one of the first artistic expressions of our ancestors and one of its most beautiful forms is when it is applied during pregnancy, called belly painting .
So if you want to join this trend and have a nice memory of your decorated belly, we share 33 beautiful ideas to paint your pregnant belly , captured in the work of six talented artists.
Riina Laine
Our first artist is Riina Laine, a renowned Finnish body painter. Among his work, he includes special creations for the tummy of pregnant women, which he frequently shares on his website and Instagram account:
Hungarian flowers
Arcoiris
Watermelon
Tree of Life
Planet Earth
Bethlehem paints you
Belén, known as Belén te pinta, is an artist dedicated to artistic makeup and body art based in La Coruña, and has been a pioneer in introducing painting of pregnant tummies in Galicia, creating exclusive designs for her clients. You will surely find a nice idea among his creations:
Baby in the tummy
colorful mandala
Night stork
Sunflower
Sleeping baby
Miriam Priebe
In addition to making molds of pregnant women and bridal bouquets like the ones shown on her website, Miriam Lucy Priebe is a German artist who decorates tummies with tender and emotional paintings, where natural elements predominate.
Bouquet of flowers
Cherry blossoms
Watercolor tree
Sloth family
Fawn
Koala family
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Located in Zaragoza, Leticia is a tattoo artist and body artist, and many of her creations made in pregnancy tummies are inspired by elements and characters from popular culture. On his Instagram account we have found some very nice ideas:
Simba
The Lion King
The little Prince
Inspired by Klimt
A family photo
Alpaca
Fatima Carrion
Under the name of Premama Body Paint, Fátima Carrión has created hundreds of paintings on the belly of pregnant women, ranging from animals and flowers, to ultrasounds and custom designs:
Ultrasound
Globe
flowers
Dream Catcher
Elephant
Giraffe family
Anna john
Anna Jean Body Art is dedicated to body makeup, especially pregnancy tummies and faces. Among his works, which frequently star some Disney characters, we also find very cute and original ideas to decorate the belly:
Mandala
stork
Dancer
Avocados
Penguin Family
Acknowledgments | Riina Laine (Instagram), Belén te pinta (Instagram), Miriam Priebe (Instagram), Leticia Hidalgo (Instagram), Fátima Carrión (Instagram), Anna Jean Body Art (Instagram)
Cover photo | Pixabay
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