03 May 2013

Seven Deadly Sins Challenge, Day 4: Gluttony

Hi everyone! I'm back with another day of gluttony! Ummm... that doesn't sound right... okay moving on. ;)

The theme for today was as follows: "Skip your diet and paint something that makes your stomach growl!!" Well I can empathize with this one. I skip my diet frequently, so frequently I forget what the diet was to begin with. And because I take my nail art seriously, I made sure to have some candy and soda while I was working on this one. :P

Gluttony nail art (inspired by Wayne Thiebaud)

For inspiration I turned to the work of California artist Wayne Thiebaud, who is known for his paintings of cakes, pastries, candy and ice cream. In these works, his subject is often placed against a plain white/off-white background, and they are painted in bold colours, and often with dramatic shadows.

Gluttony nail art (inspired by Wayne Thiebaud)

For my background I started with OPI My Vampire is Buff, and the outlines were done with OPI Vant to Bite My Neck? Then I painted everything white, maintaining the outline, before adding colour on top of that. For the sweets, I used several colours sometimes mixing colours to get the right shade. Basically, I used a few polishes from the Sinful Colors Sugar Rush collection, Models Own Nude Beige as my neutral, and Joe Fresh Cherry as my red accent.

Gluttony nail art (inspired by Wayne Thiebaud)

I like how this design turned out. It doesn't look exactly like Wayne Thiebaud's work, but that wasn't the point. My favourite nail is the ice cream soda on my index finger. I'd love to have an ice cream soda right now! *drool* :D

What do you think of this? Do you ever turn to works of art for inspiration?

14 comments:

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    1. Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

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  2. How adorable! I'd love to take on a Dali-inspired mani myself, but that could get really weird, haha.

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    1. Thanks! I think Dali-inspired nails would be very neat, especially the dripping clocks.

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  3. Meghan, if I'd pulled these off, I'd drop the microphone and walk off the stage--they're amazing! Such great detail and blending, and My Vampire is the perfect base for these. LOVE!

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    1. Haha! Thanks Elizabeth. I'm not ready to hang up my brushes yet, or whatever the expression is, but I'm glad you enjoyed this. What looks like blending though is actually just similar colours painted next to each other. I've seen your nail art and I think you're perfectly capable of pulling something like this off. :)

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  4. I am going gaga over this nail art :)
    so so so cute!!!

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    1. Awwww.... thanks! *blushing* So glad you liked this. :)

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  5. Your design is so delicate! This is really lovely :)

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  6. LOVE! Your freehand is so perfect. I love the shading on your ring finger soooo much, and the purple outlines!! <3

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