art body painting | henna painting | henna body painting Art body painting with Henna is not typical art. When one thinks of art body painting, the usual association used to be with airbrushing or more traditional forms of paint-not henna painting. Art body painting used to be a rare thing to behold--as performance art in galleries or specific exhibit at an art fair. But henna body painting has changed all that. Henna painting, which is also traditionally done on canvas, wood, paper and animal hydes is the new standard. But henna body painting has become so associated with the idea of body painting that henna painting is what immediately comes to mind when any kind of art body painting is mentioned. Henna body painting is now synonymous with art body painting in all its forms.