Pink and Blue Flowers

Do you have a personal flower style? As in, if someone asks you to draw a flower, or if you were just doodling around, you kind of do the same thing over and over?

Well, I do. And when fiddling around with my nails after removing the abstract art that was just SO COOL, I ended up with those same flowers that I've muddled with since probably elementary school.

My flower style is very simple. Five petals, no stigma (the middle part where pollen and nectar are found), no stem, with little shoot-things between each petal.

The quality of this image makes Ansel Adams cry.

I used Sinful Colors' Merlot for the petals of all but the ring finger, and Wet 'n' Wild's Lavender Pearlescent for the shoots (if anyone has a better name for these, I'm all ears!). For the ring finger, I used Sinful Colors' Aqua for the petals and Wet 'n' Wild's Blue Moon for the shoots.

That tiny paintbrush (the only actual tool I owned at the time) did a great job. I created the petals by starting at the center and gently flicking the brush outward in a V shape, then filling it in. Once the petals were dry, I added the shoots, which were a simple, single-motion line. I painted two flowers on each nail except the pinkie because it's so small, waited for it to dry, then added a topcoat.

At this point, my ambidexterity was already improving - my right hand was almost as pretty as the left! Though, it did take a lot more time and effort. I think this is the first design I created that got questions about whether I'd had them done professionally, too.

This is also a very versatile design. It can be done with any combination of colors, and any size flower.

I think I'm going to have to do this design again, at the very least so that I can take high quality photos instead of that sadface cameraphone picture!