I also wanted to try something I'd never ventured into before - that's the whole purpose of having challenges, right? ;)
I took my time procrastinating in the interwebs aaaaannnd it totally paid off :)
I found this photo:
by Fat Juicy Leaves of a stencil graffiti work by Jeremy Novy
(you can read some about this stencil artist and more on the meaning of koi fish to him here)
And that's when I knew I'd found my theme :)
:)
Even though I think I suck at painting fish, I kinda like these.
I painted my nails with Bellaoggi Light Chrome (No.28), which is the prettiest concrete like shade I own.
Before painting the koi fish, I did some dry brush painting with black, using Purple Professional No.18.
I then took my acrylic white paint and started (trying to) paint the koi fish.
And I'm actually sad I couldn't make them look all sinewy and fish like. They're kind of too fat where they're not supposed to be and too thin where they should be something else.
Despite all that, I loved wearing these and kept asking people whether they thought these were koi fish or cows. Erm... most just said it was pretty!!
Hahaha!
How about you? Did I do any good or is this 'pretty'? ;) heheh
Hope you had a smashing weekend, lovelies, and don't forget to check out everyone else's take on the theme!! :)
Hugs and Kissies,
Mina *
you're the nail art queen! it looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteAwww, thank you so much, lovely - quite the compliment!! :))
DeleteOh my gawd, I love them! And they're even relaxing to look at on the ground and nails.... Love!
ReplyDeleteheheh - glad you like them, sweetie! Thank you :)
DeleteSo awesome! That Koi fish turned out great.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Lisa - you're always so sweet and motivating! :)
DeleteThese are awesome! I love the style of how you painted them, absolutely great!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, hun!! That's quite the compliment, glad you stopped by :))
DeleteOMG! How can you be this awesome at doing nail art? It looks stunning dear! :)
ReplyDeleteAwwww *blushes*
DeleteThank you so much for such an awesome comment, hun! Happy you liked it!! :))
How DO you do it?! Look at something and then go about creating your own take on it - and do it wonderfully. I love the primitive graffiti with Japanese influence look of your fishes - and, again, your choices of polish are spot on! And thanks for the laugh in your post - 'cows'!
ReplyDeletehahahah - you saw that! :)) Everyone kept seeing cows for some reason ;)
DeleteThank you so, so, SO much for your comment and sweet words, hun! I always light up whenever I see your name, you're one the lovelies who makes it fun for me to go through all the hard work of nail art & bloggin. So, thank you, from the heart
*hugs*