Vase shape in fivefold pattern in nail varnish - 31 Dec 2023

Another one!?

Ok, likely the last for a while, for a couple of reasons - firstly, I’ve done a few now, and it’s time to move on; secondly, it’s a bit of a pain to work with nail varnish as it’s thick and needs acetone to clean. This time I thought it looked a little lumpy when dry, so I attempted to sand it, with poor results:

Result of sanding the nail varnish

Basically, the particles of sanded-off paint stuck to the rest of the paper, and made this mess.

Recovery

Cleaning this up went in slightly the wrong direction when I tried using the ‘slurry’ of polish dissolved in acetone from my wash pot - esentially a very dilute polish solution. This made the paper pink, although at least a uniform colour! So I then painted over with white gouache, and outlined the shapes in black ink:

Final version of nail varnish painting

Although the photo does not show it, the pink still shows through if the paper is held up to the light! Ho hum.

Final product

See this here if you like.