Saturday 21 June 2014

Forest silhouette over pink and purple cloudy sunset

Further to yesterday's post of an ad hoc pink and purple cloudy sunset thing, here's the actual finished mani. I was inspired by a photograph taken by my friend. She used real film photography (ancient, I know) to process the film. I just loved the rich pinks and purples in the cloudy sky above the forest treeline.



I described what I did to create the cloudy background in yesterday's post, but to recap: 
I did a regular make-up sponge gradient with two Essie colours, then sponged on one Charlotte Russe polish to outline the clouds but with a seafoam sponge, then proceeded to sponge on mixed acrylic paints in various tones of pink, purple and red in a random and irregular manner with the same seafoam sponge. I painted the treeline with black acrylic paint and a super crappy cut-down craft store brush that was fraying, although this probably worked for this mani because the tips of the tree branches are naturally frayed-looking anyways. A rare occasion where a shitty paint brush actually works.







Full photo inspiration shot:


Polishes used:
- Charlotte Russe - has no name!
- Essie 'Boom boom room' (bubblegum pink creme)
- Essie 'DJ play that song' (purple orchid creme)
- Acrylic paints (purple, red, black, white not pictured)



7 comments:

  1. WOW Christine! These look absolutely amazing!!

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  2. it's a fantastic idea and the mani looks amazing!

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    1. Thank you! Happy it turned out the way it did! It was literally random sponging!

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  3. Wow, how did I miss this one?! The colors are mind blowing like the hole design!

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    1. Thank you!! I wouldn't have been able to dream up these colours myself if it weren't for that photo :)

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