I am been having a lot of fun giving myself manicures lately, and here is one I did yesterday.
I wanted to do an impressionist floral pattern, and I really like how it turned out.
It reminds me of vintage bed sheets from the 70's. And that makes me happy.
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| Start with a coat of green, my green is actually a bit lighter than this, as you can see in some of the other pictures. |
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| Brush on a smudgy flower shape in the first color; I used hot pink. I did 2-3 flowers for each color, letting each layer dry before moving onto the next. Overlapping flowers is good! |
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| Add the next layer of color, I think yellow is essential for a vintage look. |
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| I then added two more layers of flowers, in candy apple red and a sparkly teal. |
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| This is the step that will make the flowers pop. Use a toothpick to place tiny back and white dots in the middle of some of the flowers. |
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| There you go! It took me about 45 minutes to do these because of the wait times. Don't worry about the flowers being imperfect, I think it's part of the look! |
Those are SO cute! I'm happy if I do one color and it looks sort of ok. You're definitely an artist!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I really think you could do this...if not, we'll have to have a nail painting date soon!
DeleteI LOVE it!! You are such a cool chick :-) (I love impressionist paintings. So dreamy.
ReplyDeleteAwww, thanks, Maggie! I think you're pretty cool, too! :)
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