Bucket List Item and DIY: Nose Painting

Sabrina and I have completed another bucket list item and thought that you all might be interested in doing this as well!

The Art of Painting...with Your Nose!

A couple of years ago Sabrina and I saw this video of a lady kissing a canvas to create this awesome portrait! The picture is absolutely amazing and it is such a neat concept! We have included the link to Natalie Irish's video below--check it out!

Anyway, we decided we wanted to try out a body part painting ourselves, and we decided to use our noses! We will give you a step by step below so you can try it out yourselves!

Step 1: Pick Out a picture or person to paint.

We are not the best artists in the world so we decided to do a landscape. This is the image we picked from Google:

We are pretty sure that ours is an exact replica ;) Just keep in mind that as you poke your nose on the canvas it can be difficult to see in a straight line. 

Step 2: Gather your supplies.

We used paper plates as our palates and had a couple of small paintbrushes to mix paint with. We used a variety of acrylic paints in order to create our masterpiece. Because the paint is sitting on our delicate skin we made sure to continually clean off our noses throughout the process. We would suggest using finger paints or a water-based paint just to keep your skin clear! And of course you need a canvas! We got ours in a 2 pack on sale from Jo-Ann's but you can also purchase them from Michael's, Walmart, or any store that sells crafting supplies.

Step 3: Start painting!

Our technique was to gently peck our noses at the canvas. Sabrina has a more hard nose peck with more space between. I went for a softer more smudgy peck. The peck you chose is up to you!

We started with various shades of green to create our mountain range.

We then started with sky. We put little purple patches on first and layered blue over it to give it that multi-shade effect. 

Then, we began to add the purple flowers using little nose pecks to create the lupines (I think that is what they are called!). I have to say, some of our flowers are struggling. 

 Then we flipped the canvas upside down, first filling in some of the white on our mountain with contrasting shades of green, then creating fluffy little white clouds!

Second to last we filled in the stems and grass at the bottom with a pale shade of green.

Here is our almost finished piece!

Lastly, don't forget to sign your work! We decided that the only appropriate way to sign it was to leave our nose prints. Can you guess which signature is which?

Try it out! Send us picture of your gorgeous masterpieces and let us know what you think in the comments below! 

Love,

Sabrina and Dagny <3