Field of tulips nail art

 

I decided to paint a field of flowers today. We've got some red tulips with some random yellow flowers thrown in to mix up the colours. Everything was done with acrylic paint with a top coat. To be honest, I'm not too sure how I feel about this one. From a distance it really looks nice because of the colours. However, I didn't do a very good job with the details. I tried to do some shading, but it didn't really work out, especially on the largest tulip. Hmm... oh well. They're still really colourful and make me think summery thoughts!

Van Gogh Starry Night Nails!

I'm back! Exams have been over for a couple of weeks now, but I've been so tired and uncreative, I haven't touched a bottle of polish in so long. But I'm back now, and (hopefully) better than ever! It's the summer holidays, and no school means more time for my nails.

So my nails today are inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night. I can't quite say how long they took me to do in total, but I would say about a couple of hours, maybe three.

I tried to recreate the piece as faithfully as I could, but it was kinda hard stretching it out to fill all four fingers. Of course, the main difficulty was trying to get all of the detail, which is always the case when you're using a canvas as small as your nails. That was why I chose to do a Van Gogh, his impressionist style means that it isn't too detailed, you just have to follow the lines of the brush strokes. However, as tough as it was, I don't think I did too bad a job trying to recreate it.

My thumb was a bit of a fail - oh well!

I think I'd like to do some more nail art similar to this, trying to recreate the works of various artists. What painting do you think I should try next? Leave me a comment if you have any suggestions!