The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Inspired by Art - Week 4

December is almost over and it's time to share with you my fourth and final "Inspired By Art" Challenge mani. I saw this look on Pinterest and really liked it, I loved the colors together and simple geometric pattern.

This is my art inspiration:



Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/61924563600039323/

And here is my nail art:

Polishes Used:
-OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
-Zoya - Pippa
-OPI - My Vampire Is Buff
-Out The Door

I didn't go for an exact recreation, and switched up the direction of the yellow and white lines. I really love how my interpretation of the piece came out, my only disappointment was that without thinking ahead, I used red striping tape to get the crisp lines and then a little of the red shade bled onto the other colors once I had taken it off.

All in all, I think that this "Inspired by Art" theme was a success and I enjoyed participating in it with the other ladies, I know it was hard for some of them but I'm glad for those who gave it a shot (including myself!)

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Inspired by Art - Week 3

While the prompt, "Inspired by Art" may lead most to think, "Inspired by a painting"; there is so many other types of art out there as well, and today I wanted to capture something a little different. While my look didn't exactly turn out as I had planned, I am in love with the inspiration.

This is my art inspiration:


Source: http://www.designsigh.com/2013/10/unwoven-light/

This neat look is called, "Unwoven Light" and is an exhibition which captures light through these structural elements. From the site: Unwoven Light continues Park’s ongoing experimentation with the ephemeral qualities of light and how light affects our perceptions of architectural space. The artist began thinking about her installation by making a site visit to the gallery in July 2012, to experience the built and the natural elements of the space: its proportions and surfaces, and in particular its lighting conditions. Though immaterial, light is a critical structural element in each of Park’s works. Here she has utilized both the gallery’s lighting and the natural light that enters through the front glass wall.

And here is my nail art:

Polishes Used:
-OPI - Nail Envy
-Precision Lacquer - On Cloud 9
-Gelous

I wanted to create a similar look but of course I didn't have square glequins. Also, I used what I thought were white-ish colored ones which turned out to be pretty much translucent so it looked like I had just smooshed down my basecoat. LOL.

Anyway, this art piece is really cool and I'm a little disappointed in my look, but I do believe that I may try another mani using this piece as inspiration again in the future.

Check out what the other lovely ladies did for their art inspirations!

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Inspired by Art - Week 2

Happy Saturday! It's a snowy Saturday in Pittsburgh and the US North East which unfortunately let me to cancel a trip to visit my friend Colleen and to see her new baby. :( Hopefully I will be able to make it out to see her within the next month.

For today's look I searched Pinterest for some artistic images (if you are having trouble finding inspiration, I highly recommend Pinterest; they have an entire Art category and I found a ton of ideas)

This is my art inspiration:



Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/10062799140915756/

And here is my nail art:

Polishes Used:
-OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
-Acrylic Paints
-Hard Candy - Matte-ly In Love

This was the perfect inspiration as the watercolors in the original piece depict such a lovely winter scene. My first thought was to create this look overtop of a textured base, but that didn't work out so well, so then I decided that mattifying the look would work just as well to give a nice finish and I was really pleased with the outcome. As I mentioned before, my freehand skills are not that great but a simple look like this was perfect for me.

I love how my look represents the original artwork. I can't wait to see what the other ladies have in store!

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Inspired by Art - Week 1

I was really excited for this month's theme, in fact I had been voting for it for a couple months now and it was never getting selected. Of course, because she is so sweet, Katee had a secret vote  / encouraged everyone to agree that December be Inspired by Art and she surprised me! I was so touched! I had wanted Inspired by Art to get out of my comfort zone and try some designs I have never tried before (sometimes I feel like I get into a rut!)

Here is the piece of art that was my week 1 inspiration:

Source: http://epromolux.com/the-eye-of-the-beholder/famous-abstract-art

And here is my nail art:

Polishes Used:
-OPI - My Vampire Is Buff
-Julep - Claire
-Sally Hansen - Parrot
-MASH - Black
-Konad - White

I loved how abstract the artwork is and I think that my mani turned out great actually. I added the blue and green shades with a splatter mani technique and then topped that with some freehand black and white polishes to emulate the artwork. It obviously isn't an exact copy of the art but I think it really captured the spirit of the piece.

I am looking forward to my next mani to see what unique pieces of art are out there and how I can interpret them in my manis!