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In my shady past (ha!), I used to take Chinese brush painting classes. They were heaps of fun! One of the main techniques is to load your brush with a gradient of colour, then when you touch the absorbent rice paper you end up with gorgeous smooth patterns. Wiping off my acetone-y cleanup brush on tissues reminds me a lot of that!
Unfortunately nail polish doesn't behave like that on nails, nor does acrylic paint, so I had to make do with some very un-blended cherry blossoms. I went to Japan last year, but just missed cherry blossom season :(
I managed to do the whole thing in ulta3 colours. I freaking love this brand!
Base: English Rose
Design: Black Satin, Lily White, Watermelon, Gold Rush Fever
I'm really happy with it - might revisit this design for Chinese New Year! :)
More Artsy Wednesday flowers:
Great minds think alike - yet still so diff! Loooove the colours you've used, great design :)
ReplyDeleteWoohoo, nail art twins! Thanks :)
DeleteReally nice cherry blossoms, you did very well :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI don't think I could ever manage to do this but I am totally in love with it.
ReplyDeleteIt's easier than it looks - if you stuff up any branches, you can just cover it up with a flower! :)
DeleteLove the cherry blossoms! They look fabulous :D
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
Deletevery nice, those clases sound like a lot of fun :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Those classes were pretty fun... but my parents made me go, which made them a bit less fun :(
DeleteVery amazing! I wish I wasn't such a klutz for nail art.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's not that hard once you try a few times... you learn quickly :)
DeleteLove it :))
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
DeleteWow great minds MUST..think alike because I almost went with cherry blossoms...Great flowers & colors
ReplyDeleteCherry blossoms are the best, I think we've proven that from our choices and near-choices this round! Thanks :)
Deletethey look wonderful and I also did cherry blossoms LOL. My scheduled post didn't automatically post at the time i gave it!! Grrr :-(
ReplyDeleteJust saw yours, beautiful! Yeah Blogger did the same to me, but I was at the computer two minutes later anyway so I did it manually. I hope they fix it soon!
DeleteWow, these look fantastic! What pretty nails. I would try to re-create these but I know I'd make a mess of it. Love them!
ReplyDeleteThanks! They're surprisingly easy to do, I'd love to see your take on it :)
DeleteBeautiful! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
Deletebeautiful! my dad's chorus and a huge japanese chorus and dancers just had a concert for the 100 anniversary of when japan gave the US cherry blossom trees :)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like an awesome performance! :)
Deletewow you've been to Japan? that's on my to travel to list! this is lovely and i love the red! xx
ReplyDeleteJapan is amazing! There's seriously something for everyone there... for me it was mainly the food! :P Thanks!
DeleteReally gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
Deletethats a great ulta 3 colour. how did u go on ur left hand? the design is fantastic
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly well! I think I've improved at freehanding on the bad side with all the practice I've been getting. This one was pretty easy because I just covered up whatever I stuffed up with dotted flowers, and it's not too hard to dot with the wrong hand :)
DeleteThis is gorgeous!! The cherry blossoms are fab!
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
Deletethis is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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