More Austria Pics...

First up, Scarlett on stage... and this is possibly her favourite picture so far.

Simply stunning.










And Scarlett onstage again...

Another great shot...











And Scarlett on the official stage after the jury tent... immediately after the judges had scored the artwork.










And Scarlett in the backstage photo area for the World Face Award.

Scarlett's Return

So, Scarlett has returned from Austria...

An amazing, weird, surreal, fun time was had. Seeboden is a really small and pretty place, with views of Millstatter See and the festival grounds from our apartment. Lots of hills, a few interesting shops. Great cake. And a postbox in the side of the bus...

And here are the photos...

This is the first design, based on the theme "Science; world of wonder", and this is Scarlett during the stage presentation for this category. Friday was 5 hours of painting time, in tents in the festival grounds, followed by time in the photo area backstage and then the stage presentations. Really long day. But the design placed 18th, and won us a place in the final.

Next up, Saturday was the Face Award.

Two hours to paint and costume your model, again followed by time in the photo area and the stage presentations

This was taken backstage in one of the sculptures that lives where the fesitval site ends up.

These two are both of Scarlett on stage during the presentation of the face.

And finally, a fuzzy and out of focus "work in progress" shot of the design from the finals.

There will be more photos as soon as Scarlett has copies of them from our team photographer. The ones currently displayed here are all available on the official World Body Painting Fesitval website.

More Upcoming performances!

After the sucess of Dr Sketchy's Scarlett is also due to perform at Burlesque Idol in Club Noir on the 2nd August.

She also has dates lined up for Kabarett in Edinburgh, and at the Edinburgh Festival. As well as Bloom on the 8th August.

And possibly the Breast Cancer Ball in Leeds - she has an audition for that on the 7th, on her way to Cheltenham.

More dates coming soon, but Scarlett hopes to see you at one of these events!

More Discoveries with Tuaca...

This is another pic of Scarlett at the final event in Edinburgh for Tuaca, held in the Southern.

Scarlett was joined by an excellent band called Conflict Diamonds, who you can find on myspace.

These events were also being used to find performers for the Cabaret Tent at the Bloom Festval in Cheltenham with the best performers from each city invited there to perform. Scarlett is therefore performing at Bloom on the 8th August!

Illusion

Here is a link to the photoshopped image Illusion, created by Inesperado.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drunkenlemur/2624527635/in/photostream

I would put the picture here too but I am having issues with technology...

Scarlett @ Sketchy's

Scarlett will be appearing at Dr Sketchy's in the Arches in Glasgow.

Sunday 27th July.

She will be performing at the open stage section of the session, with a three minute routine, danced en pointe to Love Potion Number 9... also known as her Shocking Stocking Routine, where she takes off her stockings using her feet.

It has to be seen to be believed!

Final Countdown

10 days to go until Scarlett leaves for Austria... and another painting session planned for this weekend.

Scarlett is starting to get somewhat nervous now, as it all seems to have arrived rather more quickly than expected. But everything is planned, and everything is booked, so there is really no backing out now.

Its been a very very quick journey from someone who felt so shy and self-concious to someone who has already had 3 reasonably sucessful performances in public. And hopefully more in the process of being lined up... But there is still more that is not posted here, and hopefully Scarlett will have time to update properly either before she leaves or when she returns. It has been a really quick 6 months, and hopefully the next 6 will be just as much fun.

The last performance of this run for the Tuaca promotion is at a bar called Southern, on South Clerk Street in Edinburgh... see you there!

Discover Tuaca

Scarlett's debut performance...

Before the show, managing not to look too nervous...

And the all important 'action' shots...

A selection of pictures from Scarlett performing at the Aspen Bar in Edinburgh, for the Discover Tuaca promotion.

For more information about Tuaca please visit http://www.tuaca.co.uk/

So how was it? Terrifying... and fun, and actually weirdly enjoyable in some ways. Good response from the audience. Lots of cheering and clapping. And offers to buy me drinks afterwards, and nobody who I told believed that it was my first night. So that should make me feel better, right?

Next one on Saturday, then the two consectutive Saturdays after that...

As ever, more pictures and hopefully videos when I have them, and time to post them on the internet.