Art meets beauty at ValentinaChirico’s because I strongly believe there’s no better way to learn than having fun. With this nail art, you’re going to discover an artist: Joan Mirò. This manicure was born by chance; thanks to its minimalism it’s incredibly easy to copy and wear!
Dive into contemporary art with Joan Mirò – Spanish artist, painter and ceramist – and me, you’ll just need three nail care products and five spare minutes. I promise you’ll have fun!
This nail art is inspired by Blue II (1961) and by some Mirò’s preparatory drawings for his Constellations and Collage.
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Avon Nail Experts Pearl Shine (original formula),
Born Pretty Store Meauey Gal shake me-pump & use nail art pen in #2. (Get a 10% off your order with V10K31),
KIKO Milano 3 in 1 Mat.
Step-by-step:
1 Create a natural base with either a natural-looking nail treatment or a translucent pink nail polish, and let it dry. Here I used 1 coat of Avon Nail Experts Pearl Shine, then let it dry.
2 Prep your nail art pen: as the product name says, shake, pump and push the nail art pen felt tip onto a paper sheet to release excess product.
3 Get art-y and draw your design: vertical lines and dots in a raw, then let everything dry.
4 Protect your masterpiece: mattify and seal your nail art with 1 coat of your favourite mat top coat.
Both the pearly treating base and the special effect topper featured in this post dry in less than one minute. By mattifying the base shade, your canvas will look sober and chic.
This quick manicure drew its inspiration in Blue II, a ’61 work now at the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), which is part of an oil-painted triptych inspired after a period spent by Mirò in the United States. Essential to the core: blue, red, black in strokes and dots create a universe, seemingly simple, but difficult to grasp because it’s Mirò’s subconscious.
What about the artist?Born in 1893 and son of a goldsmith. Joan Mirò first joined the Dada movement, to become one of the leaders of the surrealist group later with artists of the caliber of Klee, Ernst, and De Chirico. He ended up stepping away from the group stylistically, conceptually and thematically.
His art is made of simple lines and other graphics signs; cosmos, characters, and creatures appear solitary or – as happens very often – in crowded groups. Although sketched with extreme simplicity, Mirò’s works are the result of deep thoughts. I could better define them as expressed with an ideographic language of Mirò’s own invention or ‘painted graffiti’ with a dark and nebulous meaning by a ‘European aborigen’.
Valentina Chirico aka Valens
