What should I wear, if anything? How can I use my body as a canvas to express myself creatively?

Painted Cyclist of the Summer Solstice Parade
These guys are tops! Check this out for some inspiration.

[ unofficial site, supplement to magazine article ]

Body Painting Tips and Techniques

A site by Steven Bradford. Great site for creative and practical information. You can also purchase body paint supplies here.

World Bodypainting Festival

big event in Europe

Bodypainting London

lots of great examples

bodypainting.co.uk - Body Painting and Modelling by Rick Mills and friends

Pashur Creative | body art

artist's site

Bodypainting - Fredi Schmid

Yahoo! Directory Visual Arts > Body Art

Good starting point for some general info surfing

Painted Alive - The Fine Art Body Painting of Craig Tracy

Filippo ioco

Body Painting artist

Confest Photo Galleries - for the tribal look http://www.dte.org.au (site has been a bit challenging of late to navigate)

http://www.dte.org.au/ConFest/Gallery/Gallery2/gallery02.html

Henna (Mehndi or body painting)

The Art of Mehndi

Advice from site: PLEASE, never use BLACK HENNA. 
Don't even go near it. A chemical called PPD, present in black henna, can cause chemical burns on your skin. Escaping an allergic reaction the first time you use black henna does not mean that you will have the same luck next time. Some artist/henna supplier listings here may use black henna.

Mehendiworld.com : Mehendi, Mehandi, Heena Designs, Mehndi, Tatoo, India

BodyArtSupply.com

Serving your henna mehndi and temporary body art needs since 1997.

http://www.firacosmetics.com/main.cfm

Earth Henna for Mehndi

"The EARTH HENNA body painting kit is the most user-friendly kit on the market for creating beautiful temporary tattoos on your own body or for your friends."

Natural Expressions
Henna & Body Piercing E-Shop!

The Henna Page

The Henna Page is an educational resource
devoted to the history, traditions, techniques, science and art of Henna.