Tuesday 6 November 2012

31 Day Challenge - Day 27: Inspired by Artwork

A little while ago, before I started blogging, I posted a manicure on Facebook.  One of my friends commented that I was "getting quite Piet Mondrian", so he seemed as good an artist as any to inspire today's manicure.

This is what I based my manicure on:


And here are the nails!


I was really really pleased with these, but then my topcoat smudged them - argh!

I used a base of Barry M Matt White, added blocks of colour in OPI Cherry Chick Flick, China Glaze Man Hunt and Rimmel Sunshine, before painting on the black lines with a nail art pen.

Have you ever done a manicure inspired by artwork?  Where do you normally get your inspiration from?

Check out all the other arty manicures:


Diana at Nails By Diana
Meredith at Perfectly Polished
Nicole at The Color Republic
Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful 
Liz and Lisa at Lozlosa 
Mari at Nailista 
Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
Gini at Sassy Paints 

12 comments:

  1. lol I did the same! I love that you made the blocks exactly as the painting. Mine are random. Too bad it smudged though, it happens to me very often too :(

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  2. I really love where you get your inspiration from! (Ie the art, clothing) This soo so cool :) Shame about the smudging but it looks great regardless :)

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  3. Love it! I hate when I work on something and am so impressed then I prematurely add the top coat

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    1. I know! We need to learn to be more patient lol.

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  4. :)) I have this pattern on my to do list. I love how it looks on your nails, smudging happens to me too, it looks more artistic :)

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  5. These are utterly lovely :) Nice work

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  6. Love it! His artwork makes for a great mani!

    Don't you hate smudging? Good think is it's not half as noticable IRL!

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  7. Oh very NICE translation. I love this.

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  8. Smudging sucks!! But this turned out great, I'm not even that mad at the smudging - lol!

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  9. Great mani!
    I hate it when my topcoat smudges my mani!
    xx

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