Hey lovelies,
You guys, after today,, we only have 3 days left!! How insane is that? Just the other day it felt like this overwhelming challenge ahead and now we are almost done. Never fear though, I am keeping the fails coming strong with todays attempt.
The 31 Day Challenge is usually done in September although you can do it any time of the year. If you want to find out more information you can find everything you need to know as well as the Inlinkz for the prompts here thanks to Cathy from More Nail Polish. Here are the prompts you can look forward to
Let me just start off by saying HATE this prompt. This is by far my least favourite prompt. Not only is it near impossible for me to find anything to be ‘inspired by’, it’s one of those prompts that requires too much freehand :D. Ugh, I totally cheated as best I knew how. Let me show you what I was inspired by
Pretty right? Well let me show you how I failed.
I started with 2 coats of ILNP – Paper route. I then tried my hand using Essence – Let’s get lost Essence – Shade of happiness Sinful Colors – Garden party Sinful Colors – Snow me white, China Glaze – Kiss my sherbet lips and China Glaze – Hot flash. I topcoated and that was that.
I actually redid this quite a few times trying different techniques. I tried it with a toothpick and with a stamper. I tried dropping the colours on a wet base and I tried ‘thinning’ it to get it more flowy. In the end I had spent so much time on it that I didn’t really have any other options. I considered trying something else (Sunflowers by Monet to be precise) but time wasn’t in my favour and honestly, I was just over it. So I present to you my failed attempt. Do you have any artwork you love? Help me out for an inspiration for next time please.
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Thanks for reading,
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Definitely not a fail! You did a great job. The inspiration piece looks really cool too.
You are way too kind! Thank you so much!
This is cute. I know what you mean by multiple attempts and finally just being over it. I’ve got some posted that I settled on but they certainly weren’t my best. I was too tired, bored, lazy, hungry, etc. to care. – yep, over it. I have a lot of artists that inspire me but it’s freehand and that isn’t my strongest. I chose Mary Blair for her use of bold primary colors and whimsical patterns. I was going to attempt Starry Night or The Scream or some take off of American Gothic, but I wanted more original and different. I love Mary Blair’s artwork as I am a Disney addict and she has a fun whimsical colorful style that is unique.
I am so inspired by all the amazing art you mentioned in your comment. I guess my problem always comes in when it comes to translating onto the nails. Yeah, there comes a point when you realise it is time to just pack it in and use what you have. I am so glad I am not the only one 😛
I can totally see what you mean… but it’s a good attempt and there has to be a manicure that is at the bottom of the awesome top 31, right?
For next time, just google “children’s scribble drawing”. If I ever get dragged into this 31 Day Craziness I’ll probably use that 😉
Hahahahaha I love the way you just put this into perspective, Even I feel ok with it now :P.
That is a brilliant idea. One of the previous years I actually used a ‘painting’ by my then 2 year old godson. I should definitely do that again!