Sunset Timelapse

 I love gradients, and I love painting skies! That said, this didn't turn out as good as I hoped, but it's still fun. The idea I had was to paint a progressive time lapse of a sunset. Gotta love excuses to paint clouds and gradients!

 I laid down the base gradients as follows:
Thumb: Morgan Taylor Don't Touch Me I'm Radioactive to Julep Bess to Tea Beauty Mint Leaf
Index: Julep Bess to Tea Beauty Mint Leaf to ORLY Flawless Flush
Middle:Tea Beauty Mint Leaf to ORLY Flawless Flush to Julep Cassie
Ring: China Glaze One Track Mind to Morgan Taylor Don't Touch Me I'm Radioactive to Salon Perfect Bellini
Pinky: China Glaze Liquid Leather to China Glaze One Track Mind to Essie Fear or Desire

 I then used a small brush to brush on some clouds on each nail. I used a mix of the base colors to get the appropriate shading on each cloud. On the brighter nails the clouds are shaded in blue, where the later clouds take on a pinkish hue. I used a toothpick and some acrylic white paint to add highlights to the clouds as well as stars to my nighttime pinky.

On my middle finger I added a sun glow in OPI I just Can't Cope-acabana. I also used more Essie Fear or Desire to add a bit more color to my ring nail. Lastly, the horizon was added to each nail tip in China Glaze Liquid Leather.

Colors Used:

Morgan Taylor Don't Touch Me I'm Radioactive

Julep Bess

Tea Beauty Mint Leaf

 ORLY Flawless Flush

 Julep Cassie

 China Glaze One Track Mind

Salon Perfect Bellini

China Glaze Liquid Leather

Essie Fear or Desire

OPI I just Can't Cope-acabana